Why Hasn’t Mongolia Developed Stronger Ties with Kazakhstan?
August 18th, 2013
Via The Diplomat, an interesting report on Mongolia’s regional alliance strategy: Since 1990, Mongolia has pursued a multidirectional foreign policy, forging strong ties with such global players as the United States, European Union, Japan, South Korea and India. This so-called “third neighbor policy” has given Mongolia much greater reach than might be expected as a […]
Read more »Kyrgyzstan: Future Economic Colony Of Russian Gazprom And China?
August 18th, 2013
Via the Emerging Markets blog, an interesting report on Kyrgyzstan: The sale of Kyrgyzgaz company for a symbolic price of US $1 to Russian gas monopoly Gazprom OAO has been finalized and may represent a landmark of a new type of Russification of Kyrgyzstan. This new deal followed the one related to the military base […]
Read more »Libya’s City States
August 15th, 2013
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, a report on Libya’s city states: By all rights, Misrata, Libya’s third-largest city, ought to be a mess. The late Colonel Muammar al-Qaddafi considered the place to be a hotbed of resistance during the 2011 revolution, and his troops pounded it with everything they had (including Scud missiles). The resulting levels […]
Read more »Nigeria
August 15th, 2013
Via SilkInvest, a look at Nigeria: At Silk Invest, we believe that Nigeria is probably one of most misunderstood places in the world today. And even though it continues to impress the global business community, it is still a fairly unknown investment destination to global investors. In this piece we take a closer look at […]
Read more »Somalia Deal Raises Concerns About Oil Risks
August 12th, 2013
Via The Financial Times, a look at Somalia’s fledgling oil industry: The signing of the new Somali government’s first oil contract with an untested company linked to a British peer raises concerns about whether the dash for oil wealth will destabilise the east African country. Last week, Michael Howard, a former leader of Britain’s ruling […]
Read more »Mexico Opens Up Energy Sector
August 12th, 2013
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on Mexico’s decision to open up its energy sector: President Enrique Peña Nieto has unveiled plans to change Mexico’s constitution and open up the country’s energy sector to foreign investors for the first time in 75 years, a move that could unleash billions of dollars of investment from […]
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.