China Making Iran A Hub In Its Global Infrastructure Project
July 26th, 2017
Via the New York Times, a look at China’s efforts to make Iran a hub in its global infrastructure strategy: When Zuao Ru Lin, a Beijing entrepreneur, first heard about business opportunities in eastern Iran, he was skeptical. But then he bought a map and began to envision the region without any borders, as one enormous […]
Read more »China and India: Torn Between Silk Roads and Loaded Guns
July 25th, 2017
Via Asia Times, commentary on the current stand-off at Doklam, or Donglang, which may ultimately be little more than a sideshow in the bigger picture as South Asia’s tectonic plates shift in a direction that makes New Delhi’s resistance to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) look increasingly futile: So, once again it’s down to a […]
Read more »Russia’s Far East Rolls Out The Welcome Mat For Investors
July 25th, 2017
Via Asia Times, a look at Russia’s efforts to develop its Far East region: Russia’s government is offering tax breaks, special economic zones and other incentives to investors in the Far East areas of the country, including the Free Port of Vladivostok, to broaden the economy from natural resource extraction to processing industries and services. […]
Read more »Limited Links Sink Myanmar’s Potential
July 25th, 2017
Via Asia Times, a look at whether Myanmar – long viewed as Southeast Asia’s ‘connectivity’ laggard – is poised to allow more foreign-built ports, roads and rails: Despite its 2,000 kilometer-long coastline, reaching from Bangladesh to the west and Thailand to the east, Myanmar is home to only nine functioning ports, with the one in […]
Read more »Trump Finds Reason for the U.S. to Remain in Afghanistan: Minerals
July 25th, 2017
Courtesy of the New York Times, an article on the Trump administration’s interest in Afghan minerals: President Trump, searching for a reason to keep the United States in Afghanistan after 16 years of war, has latched on to a prospect that tantalized previous administrations: Afghanistan’s vast mineral wealth, which his advisers and Afghan officials have […]
Read more »Russia Agrees Significant Silk Road Projects With China
July 23rd, 2017
Courtesy of Russia Briefing, a report on a number of agreements signed by Russia and China related to OBOR activities: As predicted, a significant array of economic cooperation agreements were signed between Russia and China during President Xi Jinping’s recent visit to Moscow. The deals include the creation of the new US$10 billion China-Russia RMB Investment Cooperation Fund, which provides access […]
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.