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 »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 »Critical Infrastructure and Power Games in China-EU Relations
June 27th, 2024
Via Institut Montaigne, a report on China’s investment in strategic infrastructure, though often overlooked, which was a primary factor in the decline of China-EU relations: Over the past decade, numerous factors have contributed to the deterioration of relations between China and the European Union. Of those factors, China’s investment in strategic infrastructure is often overlooked, […]
Read more »Africa Needs More American Involvement — Not Less
June 27th, 2024
Via Foreign Affairs, commentary on U.S. engagement in Africa: Sub-Saharan Africa is facing headwinds it hasn’t experienced in more than 30 years. Since 2020, the region has been buffeted by coups, conflicts, and crises, with nine military takeovers in the past five years, more than the total number of coups d’état in the region between […]
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.