Henry Hopwood-Phillips

Henry is a geopolitical analyst specialising in Asia and long-arc political history, including Byzantium. He runs Daotong Strategy, a Singapore-based political consultancy.

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The gentleman who turned Turk: Edward Wortley Montagu’s refusal of Englishness

Culture
May. 1, 2026

Batteries don’t bury barrels: The false war between petrostates and electrostates

Opinion
May. 2, 2026

Otto Eats: Paper-thin technology, one honest street borek at a time

Lifestyle
Apr. 13, 2026

Trump’s oil war is being measured with the wrong thermometer

Opinion
Mar. 29, 2026

Batteries over bread: Gulf war and China’s EV pivot to hit India’s fertilizer needs

World
Mar. 28, 2026

Otto Eats: Two nations, one spoon and the slow surrender of an onion

Lifestyle
Mar. 26, 2026

War in Iran: How China bought Iranian oil nobody was selling

Opinion
Mar. 16, 2026

Otto Eats: Tarhana turns hard months into powder for later

Lifestyle
Mar. 11, 2026

Otto Eats: How stuffed squid survived Byzantine monks and Ottoman tables by staying ink-ognito

Lifestyle
Feb. 26, 2026

Otto Eats: How history gets served

Lifestyle
Feb. 11, 2026

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