Afghanistan, an Energy Eldorado for China?
August 24th, 2023
Via Modern Diplomacy, a report on China’s interest in Afghanistan’s energy resources: August 2021 was a key date for the Asian continent. That month was marked by the failure of the United States in Afghanistan, which, after 20 years of occupation and the fight against terrorism, had to leave the country in haste, leaving it […]
Read more »BRICS Bloc Grows Heft With Saudi Arabia and Other Mideast Powers
August 24th, 2023
Courtesy of Bloomberg, a report on BRICS expansion: Major emerging market nations invited top oil exporter Saudi Arabia, Iran, Egypt, Argentina, Ethiopia and the United Arab Emirates to join their bloc in a push to expand its global influence. Leaders from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa agreed to enlarge their BRICS group from Jan. 1 at a summit held in Johannesburg, […]
Read more »What Risks Does the Southern Corridor Project Pose for Kazakhstan?
August 23rd, 2023
Via the Central Asian Bureau for Analytical Reporting, an article on the risks that the Southern Corridor project poses to Kazakhstan: The Southern Transport Corridor should not be viewed as a threat by Kazakhstan, but rather be taken as a sign that it is necessary to strengthen Central Asian cooperation and create joint logistics projects […]
Read more »Zimbabwe’s ‘White Gold’
August 22nd, 2023
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, a look at how Harare has Africa’s largest lithium reserves and Beijing is poised to benefit, despite an export ban: The world’s clean-energy transition will be impossible without African minerals—and a degree of resource nationalism from African countries is benefiting China, which has for decades invested in the African green-energy market […]
Read more »Saudi Arabia’s $2.6B Mining Deal Reshapes Global Decarbonization Landscape
August 22nd, 2023
Via the Arab News, a report on Saudi Arabia’s $2.6B mining deal to access critical decarbonization minerals: At the end of July, a $2.6 billion deal with Brazil’s biggest miner, Vale SA, gave Saudi Arabia a 10 percent interest in mines from Canada to Indonesia that produce copper, nickel and other industrial metals — all […]
Read more »Future of the BRICS
August 22nd, 2023
Via Geopolitical Futures, commentary on the BRICS’ future: On Aug. 22-24, members of the BRICS grouping will hold a summit in Johannesburg. They’re expected to discuss two key issues: enlargement and the possibility of adopting a common currency. Both issues are critical to the future of this partnership of five large developing nations: Brazil, Russia, […]
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.