Robert Marquand

Staff writer

Over the past three decades, Robert Marquand has reported on a wide variety of subjects for The Christian Science Monitor, including American education reform, the wars in the Balkans, the Supreme Court, South Asian politics, and the oft-cited "rise of China." In the past 15 years he has served as the Monitor's bureau chief in Paris, Beijing, and New Delhi. He is based in Boston. 

Recent stories

• Why China won't help the US on North Korea
• US military chief in Beijing warns of North Korea 'miscalculation'
• Nuclear North Korea entreats Mongolia for help in feeding its people
• Pakistan won't have Musharraf to kick around anymore
• Kim Jong-un's goal? Status as the unequivocal god-king of the North.
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