Shanghai, Mumbai, Dubai or Goodbye
December 26th, 2024
Via Emerging World, commentary on how a visit to Jebel Ali port in Dubai is like looking under the hood of globalization: “Do you own a glass building?” “Well, no, unfortunately I do not,” I told the bright-faced and enthusiastic Chinese woman whom I had just met a few minutes earlier. “Mabel” – her Westernized […]
Read more »Ethiopia’s Plan for the Red Sea: A Looming Threat to Regional Stability
December 26th, 2024
Via Modern Diplomacy, a report on Ethiopia’s Red Sea strategy which is becoming an increasing threat to the countries of the Red Sea coast: The Ethiopian strategy in the Red Sea is an increasing threat to the countries of the Red Sea coast. Ethiopia has pursued its long-term goals by creating a geopolitical environment that often harms […]
Read more »How a Burgeoning Industry in Kazakhstan Is Trying to Kickstart ‘Climate-Smart Beef’
December 22nd, 2024
Via Inside Climate News, a look at how the central Asian country is working to scale up its livestock industry without adding to global emissions. Experts are skeptical. In 2010, several herds of cows airlifted from North Dakota to Kazakhstan helped spark a burgeoning cattle industry in the former USSR republic. The effort was part […]
Read more »Iran’s Energy Crisis Hits ‘Dire’ Point as Industries Are Forced to Shut Down
December 22nd, 2024
Courtesy of the New York Times, an article on Iran – which although it has one of the biggest supplies of natural gas and crude oil in the world – finds itself in a full blown energy emergency, coming just as it also suffers major geopolitical setbacks: Government offices in Iran are closed or operating […]
Read more »Who Is Profiting From The Sudan War?
December 22nd, 2024
Via The Africa Report, a look at who is profiting from the Sudan war: Hemeti and his Rapid Support Forces (RSF) officers dream of carving out their own state – which neighbour will help them do it? Sudan’s geopolitical location has encouraged the involvement of countries in the conflict, and a combination of Sahelian and […]
Read more »Expanding US-Pakistan Relations Through Mining Projects
December 22nd, 2024
Via Jerusalem Strategic Review, commentary on the potential role that mining projects could play in The geopolitics of minerals has changed in the last five years, driven largely by the global focus on electric cars. The demand for minerals used in batteries, like lithium, cobalt, and copper, will quadruple by 2040. Among top consumers is the […]
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.