Building Tomorrow: The Challenges and Promises of Pakistan’s First Smart City
June 29th, 2024
Courtesy of Modern Diplomacy, a look at the challenges of Pakistan’s efforts to build Lahore into the nation’s first smart city: Indonesia and Egypt are two notable countries building new capital cities, which are expected to be completed in the next few years or may take shape in the coming decade. Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital city, built by […]
Read more »Improving Indonesia’s Investment Climate: A Multi-Pronged Approach For Sustainable Growth
June 29th, 2024
Via Eurasia Review, commentary on Indonesia, the largest economy in Southeast Asia, which has significant potential to attract both domestic and foreign investment. However, to fully realize this potential, the country must address several key areas. This essay aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of strategies to increase investment in Indonesia. The focus will be […]
Read more »Train Diplomacy: Revisit the Efforts Made by Two Big Giants of Asia in Indonesia
June 29th, 2024
Via Modern Diplomacy, an article on how Japan has long been seen as the leading Asian country in train technology and transportation systems. But with the rise of China and its Belt and Road Initiative, Japan’s long-standing leadership began to be threatened: As governments race to build new rail infrastructures to reintroduce this environmentally sustainable […]
Read more »China’s Subsea Cable Drive Defies U.S. Sanctions
June 28th, 2024
Via Nikkei Asia, a look at how subsea cables are set to become an even hotter battleground between the U.S. and China: For Chinese undersea cable maker Wuhan FiberHome International Technologies, being banned by the U.S. government is nothing to worry about. It has, in fact, been good for business. “We don’t care about the […]
Read more »South Asia and Southeast Asia: Globalization’s Next Frontier
June 28th, 2024
Courtesy of Noahpinion, commentary on the potential for South Asia and Southeast Asia: Map created with mapchart.net Most talk about globalization these days is doom and gloom. It’s all U.S.-China decoupling, tariffs, export controls — the fragmentation of the world economy into competing geopolitical blocs. The assumption, whether stated or unstated, is that developing countries are going to suffer in this new […]
Read more »Middle East Banks Are Beating Wall Street at Its Own Game
June 28th, 2024
Via Bloomberg, an article on the increasing growth of Middle East banks: Four Gulf banks financed $3.25 billion loan to GEMS Education Loan is part of deal that saw Brookfield buy a stake, CVC exit When one of the largest private school operators on the planet was looking to pull off a deal involving buyout […]
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.