China and Uzbekistan: An Emerging Development Partnership?
May 14th, 2022
Courtesy of The Diplomat, an article on how Uzbekistan is leveraging its partnership with China to address the logistical and geographic challenges it faces: Uzbekistan has been expanding its economic cooperation with China as it aims to connect to world transportation and trade routes. In a recent meeting at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Beijing, Uzbekistan presented […]
Read more »Iran and Cuba To Increase Trade and Economic Cooperation
May 14th, 2022
Via the Iran Project, a report that Iran and Cuba agreed to increase trade relations through the development of joint trade and economic cooperation: Iranian Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Seyyed Reza Fatemi Amin announced the development of 34 opportunities and grounds for joint trade and economic cooperation between Iran and Cuba in his meeting with […]
Read more »The Turkish Drones Winning The Ukraine War
May 12th, 2022
Courtesy of Asia Times, a report on the growing commercial and military success of Turkey’s drone industry: Few modern weapons have reached the iconic status of Turkey’s Bayraktar TB2 drone. Grainy footage from the drone’s cameras showing hapless targets in Syria, Nagorno-Karabakh and Ukraine war zones being blown up by its laser-guided bombs have cemented […]
Read more »Lao Economy Grinding to a Halt as Fuel Crisis Deepens
May 11th, 2022
Via The Diplomat, a report on Laos’ economic crisis: Motorists in the Lao capital Vientiane have been forced to queue for hours at petrol stations as a fuel crisis tightens its grip, the latest sign in a brewing economic crisis in the nation of 7 million. According to a report in the state-run Laotian Times, crisis […]
Read more »Senegal: On Global Fashion’s Radar
May 11th, 2022
Via Business of Fashion, an interesting look at how Dakar’s reputation as a regional fashion hub has persuaded brands like Tommy Hilfiger and Hugo Boss to expand to the capital of the West African nation as it upgrades its retail infrastructure: Though Senegal is not in the same league as African markets like Nigeria, South Africa, […]
Read more »A New Russian Gas Pipeline Is a Bad Idea for Mongolia
May 11th, 2022
Via The Diplomat, an article on the Soyuz-Vostok pipeline, part of the larger Power of Siberia 2 project, which could make Mongolia even more vulnerable to pressure from its autocratic neighbors: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spent his middle childhood years in the Mongolian mining town of Erdenet, as the son of a Soviet specialist with […]
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.