Pakistan-China Agree to Upgrade CPEC
June 10th, 2024
Via The Diplomat, a report that – during Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s visit to Beijing – Pakistan sought to reassure China of its stability and security concerns. But will it deliver on its promises? During Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s recent visit to China — his first since his victory in general elections in February — […]
Read more »China and Equatorial Guinea: Why Their New ‘Comprehensive Strategic Partnership’ Matters
June 9th, 2024
Courtesy of The Diplomat, an article on China and Equatorial Guinea’s new ‘Comprehensive Strategic Partnership’: If you were to do a quiz on “Africa,” Equatorial Guinea is likely to come up due to its fairly distinctive features. It’s the only country on the continent where Spanish is an official language and is one of Africa’s […]
Read more »Avocado Champ: Kenya’s Green Economy
June 9th, 2024
Courtesy of The Economist, a look at how avocados are driving another sort of green economy in Kenya: Look beyond the lions and elephants. Resist the cups of coffee and tea. Hail instead Kenya’s latest success story: the firm but luscious avocado pear, now climbing up the list of Kenya’s exports. Already the biggest African avo-exporter, […]
Read more »Georgia’s Anaklia Deep-Water Port Becomes Chinese Geopolitical Project
June 9th, 2024
Via the Jamestown Foundation, a report on Georgia’s Anaklia deep-water port project: Executive Summary: The Georgian Dream government has announced that a Chinese-Singaporean consortium dominated by the Chinese state won the tender for the construction and management of the strategic Anaklia deep-sea port. The port could drastically change the geoeconomic and geopolitical situation in the region, […]
Read more »China, Japan Vie for Influence Over Southeast Asia’s Decarbonization
June 9th, 2024
Courtesy of Nikkei Asia, an article on efforts by both China and Japan to vie for influence over Southeast Asia’s decarbonization: Landlocked Southeast Asian nation Laos is at the forefront of shifting dynamics in Asia, as the decarbonization strategies of various countries — including Japan — collide with China’s Belt and Road Initiative to create […]
Read more »Saudi Arabia Courts Latin America and the Caribbean
June 9th, 2024
Via The Americas Quarterly, a report on Saudi Arabia’s increased engagement with Latina America and the Caribbean: Last November, a group of Caribbean dignitaries departed from Barbados and Miami in two private jets headed for Riyadh. Following the inaugural CARICOM-Saudi Arabia Summit, they returned with a $2.5 billion investment commitment for Caribbean development. The pledge, announced by Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali, 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.