Simon Montlake is a senior writer at the Monitor in Boston. He's a former Monitor correspondent in Jakarta, Bangkok, and Beijing, where he covered political upheavals, civil wars, economic crises, natural disasters, and the Beijing Olympics.
In addition to the Monitor, he has worked for The Economist and Forbes. Born in London, he was educated at the University of Manchester, and remembers when Manchester City FC were the underdogs. His other foreign postings include Guadalajara, Mexico, and Champaign-Urbana, Illinois.
Stories by Simon Montlake
- The Explainer Trump meme coins raise money. They also buy access.
- Empty shelves? Tariffs are about to hit US shoppers in a variety of ways.
- Four years on, Trump is still focused on his 2020 loss
- Markets got a tariff pause. But damage to global confidence in US could last.
- Is the anti-Trump ‘resistance’ starting to find its voice again?
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