The U.S. Military Is Investing In Palau. So Is China.
July 29th, 2025
Via The Washington Post, a look at Koror, Palau, where the U.S. plans to expand the main harbor for its warships, and where officials worry a Chinese-owned hotel could be used for surveillance: The U.S. military will next year upgrade Palau’s main harbor, usually frequented by dive boats full of tourists heading to emerald lagoons, […]
Read more »Nepal: The Country Where 76% of Cars Sold Are Electric
July 28th, 2025
Via The New York Times, a look at how subsidies, hydroelectricity and a manufacturing powerhouse neighbor are moving the cars into Nepal faster than almost anywhere else: The narrow streets of Kathmandu — sized for pedestrians and rickshaws — are choked with engines. Buses, motorbikes, small trucks and taxis fill the sprawling valley with horns […]
Read more »Chinese Car Giants Rush Into Brazil With Dreams of Dominating a Continent
July 27th, 2025
Courtesy of the New York Times, an article on how – as the likes of Ford and Mercedes retreat – Great Wall Motor and BYD are building factories and bringing affordable EVs and hybrids to one of the world’s biggest markets: A two-hour drive beyond the traffic jams of São Paulo, past the vast valleys […]
Read more »U.S. Firms To Develop Syria Energy Masterplan After Trump Lifts Sanctions
July 26th, 2025
Via Reuters, a report on U.S. firms’ plans to develop a Syrian energy masterplan: Argent LNG, Baker Hughes, Hunt Energy form coalition for Syria energy masterplan Masterplan includes oil, gas exploration and power generation Syria’s energy infrastructure needs billions in investment Focus on areas west of Euphrates under Syrian government control U.S.-based firms Baker Hughes […]
Read more »Mozambique’s $6.4 Billion Hydropower Plan to Get World Bank Funding
July 22nd, 2025
Via Bloomberg, an article on Mozambique’s hydropower plan: Mozambique won World Bank backing for its plan to build Southern Africa’s biggest hydropower plant in half a century. The lender plans to provide debt and equity funding as well as risk guarantees and insurance for the $5 billion Mphanda Nkuwa plant on the Zambezi river and an […]
Read more »China Trade With North Korea Jumps As Neighbors Rebuild Economic Ties
July 21st, 2025
Via Nikkei Asia, a look at increasing trade between China and North Korea: Economic exchanges between China and North Korea are picking up, with cross-border train service set to resume and bilateral trade between January and June jumping roughly 30% on the year. China’s exports to North Korea in the first half of 2025 grew […]
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.