Railroads and Roads: Nepal-China Relations Move Into Fast Lane
Via the Malaysia Sun, a look at the growing ties between Nepal and China: Nepal and China have reaffirmed their commitment to advancing projects under the Trans-Himalayan Multi-Dimensional [...]
Why China’s Southeast Asia Belt and Road Push Could Give iIt Edge In Critical Battleground
Via South China Morning Post, a report on how infrastructure projects such as high-speed rail could help Beijing keep US from coaxing region into its orbit: When Vietnam’s new top leader To Lam [...]
How Tajikistan and Uzbekistan Are Resolving Transport Connectivity Issues
Via The Diplomat, a report on how – despite the potential for a conflict of interests on the transport and transit track – it is still beneficial for Uzbekistan and Tajikistan to [...]
Algeria Needs an Economic Transformation
Via Foreign Policy, a look at Algeria, which some argue, could become more than a petrostate with the right reforms: On Sept. 14, Algeria’s constitutional court certified President Abdelmadjid [...]
Saudi’s NEOM Drives Global Steel Demand
A fifth of the world’s steel is being used by Saudi Arabia’s mega project, according to this article from Semafor: Neom.com A fifth of the world’s steel is being gobbled up by just one [...]
How the U.S. Is Trying to Challenge China’s Cobalt Chokehold
Courtesy of the Wall Street Journal, a report that the Biden administration has held talks with at least three firms about purchasing a Congolese company: The Biden administration has held talks with [...]

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Wildcats & Black Sheep is a personal interest blog dedicated to the identification and evaluation of maverick investment opportunities arising in frontier - and, what some may consider to be, “rogue” or “black sheep” - markets around the world.

Focusing primarily on The New Seven Sisters - the largely state owned petroleum companies from the emerging world that have become key players in the oil & gas industry as identified by Carola Hoyos, Chief Energy Correspondent for The Financial Times - but spanning other nascent opportunities around the globe that may hold potential in the years ahead, Wildcats & Black Sheep is a place for the adventurous to contemplate & evaluate the emerging markets of tomorrow.