Taylor Butch is a contributing analyst at Wikistrat, a blogger at The Huffington Post, and a freelance writer. His work covering China, Iran, and the Middle East, has previously been published at the Asia Times, International Policy Digest, and Real Clear Defense, and other publications. He graduated from King's College London with a Masters in Middle East and Mediterranean Studies and earned his Bachelors of Arts in History from Elizabethtown College.