Pipelinestan: TAPI Moves One Step Forward
December 12th, 2010
Via The New York Times, a report that the long-discussed plan to build a regional natural gas pipeline across war-ravaged southern Afghanistan, long thought to be impractical given the dismal security there, moved a step closer to becoming a reality. As the article notes: “…The leaders of Turkmenistan, Pakistan and Afghanistan and India’s energy minister […]
Read more »Economic Cost Of A Potential ‘Third World’ War In Africa
November 25th, 2010
Via The Financial Times, an interesting report on the economic cost to Africa of potential renewed conflict in Sudan: “…For foreign investors, frontier markets don’t come much wilder than south Sudan. But what happens in that land-locked expanse of scrub also matters to people who’ve ploughed their money into more “civilised” places next door, such […]
Read more »TAPI’ing Around Quietly In Afghanistan
November 25th, 2010
Via StraightGoods.ca, an interesting look at the Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India (TAPI) pipeline project in Central Asia, from a Canadian perspective: “…The TAPI pipeline project has long been the elephant in the closet, quietly supported by Western powers. Countries expect to sign formal agreements in December, with construction to be completed by 2014 — […]
Read more »An Integrated Latin America
November 25th, 2010
Via Mark Mobius’ blog, an updated assessment of Latin American markets: “…At the end of November 2010, Chile, Colombia and Peru are planning to integrate their stock exchanges, providing local investors with more investment opportunities and also allowing companies to access a broader investor base. We are likely to see increased foreign investor participation with […]
Read more »Vietnam Comes Calling
November 18th, 2010
Via The Financial Times, a report highlighting Viettel’s (the military-run mobile phone network operator that is Vietnam’s largest) overseas expansion in the past few years. As the article notes: “…The persistent attempts by Huawei, the Chinese telecoms equipment manufacturer, to break into into the US have been met with hostility by American legislators suspicious about […]
Read more »The Cuban Oil Crisis? Russia’s Gazprom To Drill In Cuban Waters
November 16th, 2010
Courtesy of The New York Times, a report that Gazprom is going to drill for oil in Cuban waters: “…The Russian energy giant Gazprom has joined a growing list of companies that plan to drill for oil in the waters off Cuba, close to the United States but out of reach of its safety regulators. […]
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