Asia’s Mega-Mall Boom: Headed Toward Bust?
August 31st, 2013
Via Quartz, a report on Asia’s retail real estate issues: Hint: something’s missing. When the United States was choosing a location in Indonesia for its first @America cultural center—a new, interactive, social-media focused face of diplomacy—it decided to stay far away from the embassies of the city center. A stand-alone building would be too inconspicuous in […]
Read more »More Megaprojects? What China’s Rebalancing Means For Asia
August 31st, 2013
Via The Diplomat, a report on China’s economic presence in Asia, taken in light of its slowing domestic growth: The China boom has changed far more than China itself: its impact has been felt right across the global system, from the wealthiest states to the poorest. But for China’s neighbors, there has been a particular […]
Read more »Why India Is Stumbling
August 31st, 2013
Courtesy of the New York Times, a look at India’s recent economic woes: FOR the past three decades, the Indian economy has grown impressively, at an average annual rate of 6.4 percent. From 2002 to 2011, when the average rate was 7.7 percent, India seemed to be closing in on China — unstoppable, and engaged […]
Read more »The Promises and Problems of Gwadar Port
August 29th, 2013
Courtesy of Future Directions, some analysis on Gwadar Port which, though plagued with problems, is likely to succeed in becoming an economic hub: Background Gwadar Port is a deep water port being constructed, primarily with Chinese capital, in the south of the Pakistani province of Baluchistan. Operational control of the port was formally transferred to […]
Read more »Afghanistan’s Rare Earth Element Bonanza
August 29th, 2013
Via The American, a report on Afghanistan’s After more than a decade of war and nation building, members of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan are heading for the exits. Although what the ISAF will leave behind is better than what was there in 2001, Afghanistan remains a battered land. However, the resources […]
Read more »Terrorism, Petrol And International Competition: Turkey In Somalia
August 29th, 2013
Via The Eurasia Review, an interesting article on Turkey’s interest in Somalia: At the start of the month the Turkish Embassy in Mogadishu was the target of a suicide car-bombing. A Turkish policeman lost his life in the attack and three others were wounded. The extremist movement al-Shabaab (The Youth), an off-shoot of al-Qaeda, claimed […]
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.