The Future of the Kaesong Industrial Complex
November 11th, 2022
Courtesy of The Diplomat, commentary on the future of the Kaesong Industrial Complex: The security situation on the Korean Peninsula is heading toward its lowest point in recent years with North Korea’s firing of dozens of ballistic missiles last week and a potential nuclear test in the coming weeks or months. Few now seem distracted by the […]
Read more »Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGII): Moving Forward
November 11th, 2022
Courtesy of The Atlantic Council, commentary on the G7’s $600 billion response to China’s Belt and Road Initiative is here and steps that can be taken to ensure it succeeds: This summer, Group of Seven (G7) leaders followed on their 2021 promise to develop the new six hundred billion dollar Partnership for Global Infrastructure and […]
Read more »China’s Latin America Move
November 11th, 2022
Via Forbes, a look at China’s increasing interest in Central and South America: Washington may hate the word, but there is no denying that it has exercised all but untrammeled hegemony in Latin America for as long as anyone can remember. It now faces a challenger: the same one it faces in the western Pacific, […]
Read more »African Countries: Rumors of BRI’s Death Are Greatly Exaggerated
November 11th, 2022
Via The Diplomat, an article on the Tanzanian President’s visit to China: Xi Jinping has started his third term as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party with a flurry of diplomatic activity at home. Many headlines noted that Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who was in Beijing from November 2 to 4, was the first […]
Read more »Qatar Wealth Fund Transfers $1 Billion to Egypt’s Central Bank
November 9th, 2022
Via Bloomberg, a report that Qatar ‘s sovereign wealth fund transferred $1 Billion to Egypt’s Central Bank: Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund has deposited $1 billion with Egypt’s central bank as the gas-rich Gulf state moves closer to a deal to acquire government holdings in some of the North African nation’s major firms. The $445 billion Qatar […]
Read more »Algeria’s Bid To Joins The BRICS
November 9th, 2022
Via Eurasia Review, a report on Algeria’s interest in joining the BRICS: Algeria is making a bid to join BRICS, the conglomerate of emerging economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The country which is the 11th biggest holder of gas reserves globally, has already made a formal application to join the group 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.