Look South, Not East
November 12th, 2011
Via Parag Khanna, an interesting commentary on his view that – while the Obama administration is turning to Asia for the defining competition of the next century – if the United States actually wants to win, it’ll need Latin America. As the article notes: With Barack Obama’s administration pivoting toward Asia and with the U.S. […]
Read more »Uganda On Cusp Of An Oil Boom?
November 11th, 2011
Via Energy Daily, a report that Uganda may be p0ised to become a mid-sized petroleum power. As the article notes: Uganda, a long-ignored by-water in Africa’s Great Lakes region, is widely seen as being on the cusp of an oil boom that will make it a medium-sized producer. But it is also thrusting the East […]
Read more »Today’s Great Game: China, India, Iran and Pakistan Crowd Russia in Central Aisa
November 10th, 2011
Courtesy of James Brooke, an interesting look at the geopolitics of Central Asia: When I was in Dushanbe, India’s defense minister just happened to be in the neighborhood, and popped in for a visit. After the traditional bread and honey welcome ceremony at the airport, he met behind closed doors with Tajikistan’s defense minister and […]
Read more »TAPI’ng Along
November 7th, 2011
Via the Khaleej Times, an updated report on the Turkmenistan-Afghan-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project. As the article notes: Turkmenistan-Afghan-Pakistan-India transnational gas pipeline, or TAPI, took a good step forward as Ashkabad and Islamabad have agreed on the illusive pricing formula and have vowed to complete it in the shortest possible time. Pakistan and Turkmenistan, at the […]
Read more »Indonesian GDP: 6% and counting
November 7th, 2011
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on Indonesia’s economic strength. As the report notes: Consumers are buying cars and motorbikes by the million, exports have jumped 18.5 per cent and fixed capital investment are up 7 per cent from July to September. It was the fourth consecutive quarter of GDP growth above 6 per […]
Read more »India’s Track 3: Afghan-Iran Rail Link
November 2nd, 2011
Via The Hindustan Times, a report that India is planning a rail linkage of Iran and Afghanistan: “…In a bold move to assert itself in the Af-Pak region and reduce Pakistan’s room for manoeuvre, India is finalising a plan to construct a 900-km railway line that will connect Chabahar port in Iran, being built with […]
Read more »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.