Damien Phillips is a Fellow of The Cobden Centre and a regular contributor to The Spectator. A specialist in international affairs and political economy, he has also written for CapX, The Critic, Reaction, Conservative Home and The Telegraph.

His writing focuses on geopolitics, international trade, defence and security, economic policy, and the intersection of politics and global markets. He has written extensively on developments in the Middle East, Europe and the Indo-Pacific, as well as the strategic and economic implications of major international events. He has a particular interest in free-market economics, international relations, and the ways political decisions shape economic and strategic outcomes. His analysis seeks to explain the forces driving global affairs and public policy in a clear and accessible way.

He aims to explain international affairs to a wider audience while encouraging Westminster to look beyond its preoccupation with domestic politics to learn from successful ideas, institutions and policy innovations overseas.