Sri Lanka’s Central Asia Gambit
August 31st, 2024
Via The Diplomat, a report on why the Indian Ocean island state of Sri Lanka is making a concerted effort to build ties in landlocked Central Asia: On August 21, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Sri Lanka, together with The Geopolitical Cartographer, a Colombo-based think-tank specializing in the Indian Ocean, organized a forum on Central […]
Read more »Decarbonization Now Drives China’s Belt and Road Push
August 31st, 2024
Via Nikkei Asia, an article on how brisk sales of EVs, solar panels and wind turbines are boosting Beijing’s global clout: The Belt and Road Initiative, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s signature international infrastructure building program, may have hit snags with some projects, but China’s massive green energy push is helping it gain geopolitical and economic […]
Read more »Indonesia’s Africa Outreach: Principle or Pragmatism?
August 31st, 2024
Courtesy of The Diplomat, an article on how the upcoming Indonesia-Africa Forum will serve as a litmus test for the viability of Indonesia’s Africa strategy: As Indonesia prepares to host the second Indonesia-Africa Forum (IAF) from September 1-3, 2024, questions arise about the efficacy and motivations behind Jakarta’s African engagement strategy. While rooted in historical ties dating […]
Read more »ASEAN Hasn’t Got Talent
August 31st, 2024
Via East Asia Forum, commentary on the challenge some ASEAN countries face in transitioning to knowledge-based economies: In Brief ASEAN is scouting global talent to strengthen its digital transformation. While countries like Singapore and Vietnam are climbing global education rankings, others in the region continue to lag behind. To accelerate the transition to knowledge-based economies, […]
Read more »Where Young People Should Go To Understand Their Century: No Longer, ‘Go West, Young Man’
August 31st, 2024
Courtesy of The Financial Times, interesting commentary on where a young person should go to understand the forces that will influence their lives, noting that places such as Accra, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, and the Philippines should now comprise a list that used to include Paris, New York, and Tokyo: Friends in Los Angeles, California […]
Read more »How Turkey Won Over Africa
August 31st, 2024
Via Geopolitical Futures, a report on how Ankara’s early recognition of Africa’s potential paid off: Since Recep Tayyip Erdogan came to power, Turkey has taken a greater interest in Africa than any other nation. Ankara has aggressively expanded its influence across the continent in security, economic, cultural and political sectors. When Erdogan became prime minister […]
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.