In Cape Verde, Blinken Signals U.S. Attention To Africa
January 28th, 2024
Courtesy of the New York Times, an article on the U.S. Secretary of State’s recent tour of four African countries, hoping to promote positive news on the continent: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken touched down on a remote African island chain before heading on to the Ivory Coast on Monday, kicking off a four-nation […]
Read more »Coral Bridge: New Submarine Cable To Connect Egypt and Jordan
January 28th, 2024
Via Arab News, a report on a new Egypt-Jordan submarine cable to power AI and data centers demands Artificial intelligence applications and data center demands are poised for a boost, thanks to a new submarine cable connecting Egypt and Jordan. In the first collaboration of this kind in 25 years, the Coral Bridge submarine cable […]
Read more »Milei Suspends Plan to Privatize Argentina State Oil Company YPF
January 28th, 2024
Via Bloomberg, a report that new Argentinian President Milei has suspended plans to privatize Argentina State Oil Company YPF: Surrendering control of oil firm abandoned in haggle over bill Libertarian had targeted divestments to shrink government The privatization of state-run oil company YPF SA is no longer included in sweeping reforms that President Javier Milei is trying to get approved […]
Read more »Uzbek President In China Seeking New Era Of Relations And Investments
January 28th, 2024
Via Radio Free Europe, an article on Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev’s recent efforts to activate additional Chinese investment: Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev is in Beijing to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping for a high-profile state visit intended to lay the groundwork for strong ties between the two countries. In an article signed by Mirziyoev that […]
Read more »Canary In Coal Mine: Dry Panama Canal Shows How Climate Change Will Scramble Globalization
January 28th, 2024
Courtesy of the Washington Post, editorial commentary on how a dry Panama Canal demonstrates how climate change will scramble globalization: Global shipping companies excited by the potential new routes that climate change and melting ice are opening up around the North Pole have gotten walloped by some unexpected bad news. The Panama Canal might be […]
Read more »Will BRICS Expansion Finally End Western Economic and Geopolitical Dominance?
January 28th, 2024
Via Geopolitical Monitor, an article on BRICS expansion and its potential impact on the West’s economic and geopolitical dominance: Following the conclusion of the 2023 BRICS meeting held in Johannesburg, South Africa, the official summit declaration announced that in January 2024 the BRICS group of emerging market economies would undertake in the words of the Chinese President […]
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.