Is Vietnam the Next ‘Asian Miracle’?
October 15th, 2020
Courtesy of The New York Times, a report on Vietnam: Within days of China’s announcing the first case of Covid-19, Vietnam was mobilizing to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Using mass texts, TV ads, billboards, posters and loudspeakers, the government exhorted the nation’s 100 million citizens to identify carriers and trace contacts, contacts of contacts, […]
Read more »Colombia Pins Recovery Hopes On Technology
October 10th, 2020
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on Colombia’s plans for future economic growth: For the past two decades, oil has fueled Colombia’s economic growth, one of the strongest in Latin America. But the country’s reserves could run dry in six years. While there is much potential in unconventional reserves, the courts have imposed […]
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 »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.