The North Korean Economy in 2019: Treading but Not Underwater in the New Year
January 16th, 2020
Via 38 North, a look at North Korea’s economy: Although 2019 was not a good year for the North Korean economy, it was also not disastrous. Kim Jong Un will not be able to make much headway this year in implementing his vision of greater prosperity for the North Korean people as long as sanctions […]
Read more »Iran: China’s Gas Station for New Trade Route
January 16th, 2020
Via International Policy Digest, a look at Iran’s relationship with China: They see things differently in China. What is referred to in the West as the Middle East is, from a Chinese perspective, the Middle West. What is often referred to in the West as the Persian or Arabian Gulf is always referred to in […]
Read more »Iran’s Largest Clients: China, India, and Russia
January 16th, 2020
Via Silk Road Briefing, an interesting OpEd examining Iran’s relationships with China and Russia: With a Donald Trump ordered assassination of Iran’s most senior General a few days ago, the world was introduced to 2020 with rather more than the traditional balloons and whistles. Just three days into the new decade and a major problem has […]
Read more »Is Somalia Poised for Economic Success?
January 13th, 2020
Via National Interest, a report on Somalia’s economic potential where Mogadishu’s debt may be the only thing preventing it from being prosperous in 2020: Dr. Michael Rubin of the American Enterprise Institute has published a series of articles in the National Interest and other publications that seemed aimed to destabilize a concerted effort by the federal government of […]
Read more »A Stable North Korea Welcomes Economic Growth
January 9th, 2020
Via The Asia Times, a report on how – despite sanctions – North Korea’s economy shows signs of virility: The earliest news to emerge from North Korea in 2020 covered two issues key to the Pyongyang regime as it advances into a new decade: loyalty and the economy. On January 5, North Korean state media […]
Read more »Namibia: Petroleum Investors’ New ‘Land of the Brave’?
January 3rd, 2020
Via Eurasia Review, a look at Namibia’s hydrocarbon potential and comparative positioning with Angola and Nigeria: Nigeria has long been known for its oil riches. Angola has too, but decades of entrenched corruption have chased foreign investors away. Now Namibia is joining the African oil conversation with one of the most oil-friendly regimes on 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.