Can Egypt’s Economic Overhaul Stave Off Crisis?
April 24th, 2024
Via Council on Foreign Relations, a look at Egypt’s economic crisis: International lenders have pumped tens of billions of dollars into Egypt’s faltering economy amid the war in the Gaza Strip, but experts say the country’s economic crisis is not yet resolved. In February 2024, Egypt won its largest-ever foreign investment: an influx of $35 […]
Read more »The Geopolitics of Africa’s Debt Crisis
April 24th, 2024
Via Project Syndicate, commentary on how heightened geopolitical tensions underscore the urgent need for Western countries to help African countries tackle the ongoing debt crisis. Without Western support, poverty, hunger, and political instability could intensify across the continent, increasing the allure of Russian and Chinese overtures. The United States has a population of roughly 330 […]
Read more »How Fast Food’s Global Takeover Was Underwritten by Development Banks
April 24th, 2024
Courtesy of TruthDig, a report on how – from South Africa to Ukraine – five industrial chicken companies that supply KFC have benefited from financing from the World Bank Group and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development: With its unparalleled purchasing power and exacting demands, fast food has long shaped agricultural systems in the United […]
Read more »Why the Taliban Love Social Media
April 24th, 2024
Via The Walrus, a report on the Talian’s use of social media to normalize its rule in Afghanistan: HAMED LATIFEE launched the YouTube channel Afghanistan Streets in 2023 to portray daily life in the country under Taliban rule. His videos often featured tours of construction sites, shops, or trips to Afghanistan’s provinces, where locals would showcase […]
Read more »Maldives Vows China-backed Building Boom, Indians Out
April 24th, 2024
Via Energy Daily, an article on Maldives recent support of a China-backed building boom: The Maldives will press on with Chinese-backed construction and evict Indian troops from the strategically placed atoll nation, President Mohamed Muizzu’s office said Tuesday, two days after his party’s stunning parliamentary victory. He thanked voters for the landslide victory by his People’s […]
Read more »The Axis of Upheaval: The Four Power Threat
April 24th, 2024
Courtesy of Foreign Affairs, insightful commentary on how America’s adversaries are uniting to overturn the global order: In the early morning of January 2, Russian forces launched a massive missile attack on the Ukrainian cities of Kyiv and Kharkiv that killed at least five civilians, injured more than 100, and damaged infrastructure. The incident was […]
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.