Is The Next Dubai In Pakistan?
March 8th, 2016
Via Frontera News, a look at Gwadar, the city at the center of the Pakistan-China Economic Corridor: Think of Dubai – dazzling shopping malls, yacht marinas, the world’s tallest tower. And then Pakistan. If you’re a consumer of news headlines, the mind’s eye is more likely to capture terror attacks and drone bombs. But that’s […]
Read more »Iran: The Next Middle East Superpower?
March 8th, 2016
Via Stasha’s Macro World analysis, commentary on the likelihood of Iran – with international sanctions being lifted and with the country boasting one of the most advanced and diversified economies in the MENA region – becoming the next Middle Eastern superpower by 2025: The Iranian nuclear deal struck at Vienna last year will undoubtedly lead to a […]
Read more »Mozambique: Signs Of Life In The Energy Sector
March 2nd, 2016
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), analysis of recent activity in Mozambique’s energy sector: Low oil prices and a weak global economy have thrown a wrench in many countries’ plans to develop and exploit their untouched energy resources. But for Mozambique, those plans may be back on the table. On March 1, an energy consortium signed […]
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.