China’s Footprint In Latin America
September 25th, 2022
Via the European Union’s Institute for Security Studies, a report on China’s footprint in Latin America: Latin America’s external relations have historically been shaped mainly by the region’s relationship with the United States and Europe. In contemporary times, China has been interested in the region since the Cold War period. Until the late 1990s, relations […]
Read more »Will China’s Digital Silk Road Interfere With Countries’ Critical Infrastructure?
September 25th, 2022
Via the Clingendael Institute’s China Center, commentary on China’s Digital Silk Road: Since the introduction of the Digital Silk Road as part of the BRI in 2015, China’s presence internationally has taken a digital turn. Beijing aspires to set global standards for technologies like 5G, artificial intelligence, and the Internet of Things. These efforts as part of […]
Read more »China’s BRI and Neoglobalization In East Africa
September 24th, 2022
Via an scholarly examination of China’s BRI strategy in East Africa as a particular variegation of transnational state capitalism and neoglobalization: ABSTRACT The most significant case of transnational state capitalism today is China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) which seeks to expand/extend the country’s geoeconomic and geopolitical integrations globally. We conceptualise the BRI as manifest […]
Read more »South Sudan Hopes Planned Port in Djibouti Will Increase Market Access, Profits
September 24th, 2022
Via AllAfrica, a report on South Sudan’s hopes that a planned port in Djibouti will increase market access and profits: Officials in South Sudan confirmed this month they have bought land on the coast of Djibouti to build a port. South Sudan says the port will be key for exporting the country’s crude oil, which currently […]
Read more »India: Building On Its Historic Links With Central Asia
September 23rd, 2022
Via Eurasia Review, a report on India’s efforts to build out its historic links with Central Asia: Present-day Indian rulers, who are keen on establishing India’s presence in Central Asia, can draw inspiration from the daring and enterprising Indian traders of the medieval era, who were key participants in the trade along the Central Asian […]
Read more »Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline Project Takes Off
September 23rd, 2022
Via AfricaNews.com, an article on a new Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline project: A memorandum of understanding on a gas pipeline project linking Nigeria to Morocco, which will also supply West Africa and Europe, was signed on Thursday in Rabat, an official source said. The memorandum on the Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline project (NMGP) was initialled by the […]
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.