Using American Economic Power to Fix the Border Crisis
January 26th, 2024
Via The American Conservative, commentary on the potential for the U.S. to use economic influence in Nicaragua to help build power in Latin America: The U.S. is under invasion by millions of migrants in an assault that mocks its laws, tests its compassion, and costs its taxpayers over $450 billion per year. The next U.S. president must […]
Read more »The Hidden Rivalry of Saudi Arabia and the UAE
January 26th, 2024
Via Foreign Policy, a report on the growing competition between Saudi Arabia and the UAE: The Israel-Hamas war unfolded amid an apparent regional trend of peaceful coexistence. The Middle East’s transformation along these lines has been represented by the seemingly ever-closer alliance between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, as symbolized by the apparent […]
Read more »Africa’s Urbanization Challenge: Are Satellite Cities The Solution?
January 26th, 2024
Via The Economist, a look at whether satellite cities can help solve Africa’s urbanisation challenges? For all but the well-off, living in an African city can be dispiriting. Home is often a cramped shack in a fetid slum. Getting to work, if there is any, means navigating rutted streets and manic traffic. Unlit alleys give cover […]
Read more »In Angola, a Former Cold War Rival, Blinken Touts U.S. Investments
January 26th, 2024
Courtesy of the New York Times, a report on U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken’s recent four-nation tour of Africa which ended with a visit to Angola, site of major new U.S. investments, which may help counter China’s influence: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken wrapped up a four-nation tour through Africa on Thursday […]
Read more »Israel’s Ashdod Port Sees Strategic Risk from China during Gaza War
January 26th, 2024
Via Reuters, an article on Israel’s Ashdod port which is facing strategic risk from China during the Gaza war: Israel’s government-run port of Ashdod has complained that a rival Chinese-run terminal at the northern port of Haifa has become a strategic risk during the Gaza war. In a letter seen by Reuters, the chairman of […]
Read more »How a Start-Up Utopia Became a Nightmare for Honduras
January 26th, 2024
Via Foreign Policy, a report on why U.S. investors are suing Honduras over special economic zones, and the dispute could bankrupt the country: In June 2009, Honduras was rocked by a military coup that saw the country’s elected president, Manuel Zelaya, bundled out of the country at gunpoint. What followed was 12 years of deeply […]
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.