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 Invisible Infrastructure of Global Trade by Amro Shubair 2 Why the Pope’s Visit to Algeria Matters by Hana Saada 3 How a Christian Revival Narrative Fell Apart by Scott Douglas Jacobsen 4 The Helium Bottleneck Exposing a Hidden Weakness in Tech by Michael Harrison 5 Ceasefire Exemptions and Quarries of Death: Israel’s War on Lebanon by Binoy Kampmark
