How Afghanistan Can Benefit from China’s Investments
February 26th, 2025
Via The Diplomat, a report on how a strategic relationship with China could end Afghanistan’s isolation through economic cooperation and ensure stability through strategic engagement: Although China has not yet officially recognized the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, it has been steadily deepening ties with them. Its efforts to strengthen diplomatic and economic ties have intensified […]
Read more »Saudi Arabia’s Investment in Baluchistan
February 26th, 2025
Via Modern Diplomacy, a look at Saudi Arabia’s growing interest in investing in Baluchistan, Pakistan’s largest and resource-rich province, marks a significant turning point for the region’s economic and geopolitical landscape: Saudi Arabia’s growing interest in investing in Baluchistan, Pakistan’s largest and resource-rich province, marks a significant turning point for the region’s economic and geopolitical […]
Read more »China And The Chocolate Factory: Investment In Cote d’Ivoire Sweetens China’s Access To Cocoa Market
February 24th, 2025
Via South China Morning Post, a look at China’s impact on the cocoa market: In the heart of West Africa, where the world’s finest cocoa beans are cultivated, Chinese investment has built new processing factories in Ivory Coast and Ghana. On the outskirts of Abidjan, Ivory Coast’s economic capital, China Light Industry Nanning Design Engineering […]
Read more »Belarus: A Strategic Point For China’s Belt and Road Initiative
February 24th, 2025
Via Blue Europe, a report on Belarus, a strategic point to China’s BRI: 1. Introduction At the moment, the EU and China are each other’s largest trading partners (Leali, 2020). In particular, in 2022, China accounted for around 9 percent of goods exports of the entire EU and 20 percent of the EU good imports […]
Read more »On Chinese Tuna Boats, North Koreans Trawl for Cash for Kim Jong-un
February 24th, 2025
Courtesy of the New York Times, a report on how – thousands of miles from home – North Koreans work on Chinese tuna longliners in the Indian Ocean for pay that goes to their leader: They spent up to 10 years at sea, toiling in some of the harshest conditions distant-water fishing crews ?can face. […]
Read more »Chabahar: Where Trump Is Hurting India and Helping China
February 24th, 2025
Via the Asia Times, commentary on how President Trump’s decisions to end a sanctions waiver on the India-invested Iranian port, jeopardizes Quad cohesion and boosts China’s position and power: When Indian Prime Minister Narendra recently met with US President Donald Trump at the White House, Iran’s Chabahar Port wasn’t apparently on the two leaders’ broad […]
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.