Why China’s Southeast Asia Belt and Road Push Could Give iIt Edge In Critical Battleground
October 17th, 2024
Via South China Morning Post, a report on how infrastructure projects such as high-speed rail could help Beijing keep US from coaxing region into its orbit: When Vietnam’s new top leader To Lam visited Beijing in mid-August, infrastructure was very much top of mind. During the trip, China agreed to support a feasibility study for two standard-gauge […]
Read more »How Tajikistan and Uzbekistan Are Resolving Transport Connectivity Issues
October 16th, 2024
Via The Diplomat, a report on how – despite the potential for a conflict of interests on the transport and transit track – it is still beneficial for Uzbekistan and Tajikistan to cooperate rather than compete: Cooperation between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan in the field of transport and transit should be considered within the paradigm of […]
Read more »Algeria Needs an Economic Transformation
October 16th, 2024
Via Foreign Policy, a look at Algeria, which some argue, could become more than a petrostate with the right reforms: On Sept. 14, Algeria’s constitutional court certified President Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s reelection to a second—and final—term in office. Under Tebboune, Algeria has taken steps to transform its economy, making significant progress in the areas of infrastructure, […]
Read more »Saudi’s NEOM Drives Global Steel Demand
October 16th, 2024
A fifth of the world’s steel is being used by Saudi Arabia’s mega project, according to this article from Semafor: Neom.com A fifth of the world’s steel is being gobbled up by just one site: Saudi Arabia’s behemoth project NEOM. So said NEOM’s Chief Investment Officer Manar al-Moneef during Riyadh’s Global Logistics Forum this week, according […]
Read more »China’s Evolving Strategy in South and Central Asia
October 16th, 2024
Via The Diplomat, a look at how China’s growing footprint in South and Central Asia has been made possible by the influx of grants, loans, mergers, and economic concessions for projects: In the middle of the Pamir mountains, near the remote Tajik-Afghan border area of Badakhshan, I find myself staring at a large red banner […]
Read more »Bridging the Green Power Gap: A Nigerian Village Shows The Way
October 16th, 2024
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, a report on one Nigerian village showing how to develop human opportunity and protect the planet at the same time: In June, I walked through the streets of Lugbe, a small community in Nigeria about 7 miles outside the capital of Abuja. Over the last 25 years, as head of USAID […]
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.