How Strong Is India’s Economy?
April 25th, 2024
Via The Economist, a look at India which – it argues – is not the next China, but it could still transform itself and the world: In six weeks’ time Narendra Modi is expected to win a third term as India’s prime minister, cementing his status as its most important leader since Nehru. The electoral […]
Read more »Saudi Arabia Spends Big to Become an A.I. Superpower
April 25th, 2024
Courtesy of the New York Times, an article on the oil-rich kingdom’s efforts to plow money into glitzy events, computing power and artificial intelligence research, putting it in the middle of an escalating U.S.-China struggle for technological influence: On a Monday morning last month, tech executives, engineers and sales representatives from Amazon, Google, TikTok and […]
Read more »The U.S. Must Not Ignore Indonesia
April 25th, 2024
Via Noahopinion, commentary on the importance that the U.S. should place on Indonesia, an Asian country with a huge population, a large and growing economy, and a strategic location: As China’s power grows in Asia, other countries have been forming defensive coalitions to balance it out. Recent examples include Japan’s new military and economic cooperation with Vietnam, closer Japanese cooperation […]
Read more »US and Russia: Vying to Build Ghana’s Nuclear Energy Plant
April 25th, 2024
Courtesy of Semafor, a report on the race to build Ghana’s nuclear energy plant: The United States and Russia are locked in a race against China, France, and South Korea to build the first nuclear power plant in Ghana. The West African country is among several nations on the continent looking to nuclear power as […]
Read more »Russia Considering Creating Ports in Tanzania, Senegal, Algeria and Egypt
April 24th, 2024
Via Russia’s TASS News, a report that Russia is considering the possibility of creating ports in Tanzania, Senegal, Algeria and Egypt: Russia is considering the creation of ports to organize the flow of domestic goods with African countries, in particular in Tanzania, Senegal, Algeria and Egypt. Roman Chekushov, director of the department of international cooperation […]
Read more »Turkmenistan’s Afghanistan Policy: Balancing Risks and Untapped Opportunities
April 24th, 2024
Courtesy of The Diplomat, an article on Ashgabat’s delicate balance between hewing to its traditional neutrality and mitigating potential threats from Afghanistan: The recent delegations from the Taliban regime to Turkmenistan underscore a significant warming of relations between the two countries. On March 15, workers from Turkmenistan were scheduled to arrive in Afghanistan for three months to […]
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.