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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Lifestyle
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Otto Eats: Imam bayildi, or how to love an aubergine properly

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

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

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

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

Opinion
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World
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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

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