Energy: Key To India’s Central Asia Reset
July 11th, 2015
Via Eurasia Review, a look at the energy objectives of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s current tour of the five Central Asian republics: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s current tour of the five Central Asian republics will signal whether India has the capacity to become a major power in Eurasia. Occurring half on his way to the July 9-10 […]
Read more »Developing A Trade Corridor Between Pakistan And China
July 6th, 2015
Via The Economist, an interesting article on how the conflict in Balochistan must be resolved for a trade-corridor between Pakistan and China to bring rewards: Disguised in the uniforms of paramilitary police, gunmen checked the ID cards of the passengers of a Karachi-bound bus before slaughtering all those they considered not native to the western […]
Read more »The Plunder Of Africa
July 4th, 2015
Via Foreign Affairs, an interesting review of a new book examining Africa’s economic past and future: Discussions about the fate of Africa have long had a cyclical quality. That is especially the case when it comes to the question of how to explain the region’s persistent underdevelopment. At times, the dominant view has stressed the […]
Read more »InFrontier Takes Stake In Afghan Pharmacy Chain
July 2nd, 2015
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on a British private equity company that has taken a stake in an Afghan pharmacy chain: A British private equity company has taken a stake in an Afghan pharmacy chain in a deal touted as evidence that the country is opening to business and foreign capital in spite of […]
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.