Philip Gater-Smith Philip Gater-Smith is a U.K.-based Middle East analyst who focuses on China’s economic relations with the GCC and Iran. Most Recent Qatar Crisis Impacts China’s Ambitious Foreign Policy Philip Gater-Smith Load More Latest Articles 1 The Price of Trump’s Ignorance by Bill Gelfeld 2 Europe’s Digital Nomads are Building a Borderless Office Culture by John Lyman 3 Saudi Arabia’s Strategic Ambiguity is Catching Up With It by Justin Teller 4 Why Governments Now Depend on Private Genius by Charles Lester 5 Ted Turner: The Devil Behind Cable News by Binoy Kampmark