Myanmar’s Government Makes Life Difficult for Western Investors
October 9th, 2020
Via The Economist, a look at the challenges faced by Western investors in Myanmar: In a speech last year, Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s president in all but name, laid out the many reforms her government had undertaken to attract foreign investors. In return, she went on, “we only ask our investors to ensure that […]
Read more »Iraq’s Oil Sector Facing Economic Downfall
October 8th, 2020
Via The Frontier Post, an article on Iraq’s oil sector: Iraq’s oil sector is facing an economic emergency in the country. The slaries of the Iraq’s public sector employee salaries were delayed because of the economic setbacks. The Ministry of Finance announced on Tuesday that it will start distributing the unpaid salaries for the month […]
Read more »Sun Setting On Timor-Leste’s Pipe Dream
October 5th, 2020
Via The Asia Times, a report on Timor Leste where the Greater Sunrise gas field was supposed to lift the young nation out of poverty but that once hopeful vision is now dissipating: It was a bit rich for a leader who, less than five years ago, was personally stirring up a 10,000-strong crowd in protest […]
Read more »Beijing Ramps Up Investment Push In Pakistan, Afghanistan, Despite Risks
October 5th, 2020
Via Radio Free Europe, an article on China’s investment activity in Pakistan and Afghanistan: China is cautiously increasing its role in South Asia by rejuvenating economic interests in Pakistan and forging closer ties to Afghanistan with peace talks between Afghan officials and the Taliban under way. The enhanced footprint for Beijing in the region comes […]
Read more »Uzbekistan, The Big Hope For Stability In Central Asia
October 5th, 2020
Via Forbes, a look at Uzbekistan: Should we be concerned with the fate of Uzbekistan, a landlocked country forgotten by the world in recent decades, overshadowed by great powers such as Russia and China, until recently utterly isolated and beset by crushing environmental and economic hardships? The answer is emphatically yes – we must be […]
Read more »Gwadar: China’s Potential Strategic Strongpoint in Pakistan
October 3rd, 2020
Via the U.S. Naval War College, a detailed analysis of Gwadar: Gwadar is an inchoate “strategic strongpoint” in Pakistan that may one day serve as a major platform for China’s economic, diplomatic, and military interactions across the northern Indian Ocean region. As of August 2020, it is not a People’s Liberation Army (PLA) base, but […]
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.