Malaysia’s King Bids to Revive Chinese-Backed ‘Dream Paradise’
July 15th, 2024
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on the Malaysia’s king bid to revive a Chinese-backed ‘dream paradise’ – the $100bn Forest City development on Malaysia’s southern coast aimed to provide homes for as many as 700,000 people: Malaysia’s billionaire king is trying to resuscitate a huge real estate project he helped launch in his […]
Read more »Cuba: Ratcheting Up Pressure On Private Business As Economic Crisis Deepens
July 15th, 2024
Via Reuters, an article on Cuba decision to ratchet up pressure on private business as economic crisis deepens: Cuba is tightening regulations on fledgling private businesses, reining in profits and beefing up oversight as the government wrestles with how best to manage fast-growing private enterprise in the communist-run country. Cuban authorities two years ago lifted […]
Read more »Conflict in Congo Threatens Trade in Key Metals, UN Experts Say
July 15th, 2024
Via Bloomberg, a report on how conflict in the DRC is threatening mining of key metals: Main mine for world’s coltan ‘ineligible for trade’ due to war ‘Serious risk’ region’s metal supply contaminated by conflict Companies buying metal sourced from central Africa could be exposing themselves to United Nations sanctions for supporting war in eastern […]
Read more »Ethiopia, South Sudan Agree To Build Alternate Oil Pipeline Route
July 15th, 2024
Via the Sudan Tribune, a report on a new agreement between Ethiopia and South Sudan on an alternative oil pipeline route: South Sudan and neigbouring Ethiopia have agreed to enhance border security and trade by building alternate oil infrastructure. The agreement was reached on July 6, 2024 by governors and administrators on the common border […]
Read more »From Backwater to Beacon: Kazakhstan’s Identity as a Middle Power
July 15th, 2024
Via Modern Diplomacy, a look at the shift in Kazakhstan’s identity on the global arena: On March 23, 2024, Kazakhstani President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev visited Singapore, marking the first official state visit in over 20 years. Tokayev, who previously served as a diplomat in Singapore during the 1970s, also delivered the 46th Singapore Lecture on May 24th at the […]
Read more »Can Russia Help Cash-Strapped Pakistan?
July 15th, 2024
Via The Diplomat, a look at how Russia and Pakistan expand cooperation: Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif attended the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s recent summit in Astana on July 3-4, 2024. On the sidelines of the summit which gathered the SCO’s leaders, Sharif met multiple world leaders including China’s President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, […]
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.