Turns Out North Korea’s Economy Is Actually Doing Pretty Well
May 2nd, 2017
Via Vox, a look at North Korea’s economy and how its quiet embrace of free markets has helped the country survive sanctions: Resolute in its commitment to communism and plagued by sanctions, North Korea has one of the most isolated economies in the world. And yet its economy is showing signs of expanding — potentially […]
Read more »Turkmenistan’s Ongoing Gas Quandary
April 27th, 2017
Via The Diplomat, reports of a late resolution of a dispute with a Chinese supplier show further problems in Turkmenistan’s gas industry: Turkmenistan’s gas industry has struggled to adjust to the new regional market configuration, with Russia dropping it as a supplier, China becoming its sole reliable customer, and the TAPI pipeline construction lagging behind. Structural […]
Read more »Iran’s First Mobile Network Operator Has A 58% Market Share
April 26th, 2017
Via Techrasa, a look at Iran’s mobile phone market: During a recent event, CEO of Iran’s first mobile network operator (MCI) gave a performance review of the company to the public. MCI currently owns 58% of the SIM cards sold in the country. Mobile Telecommunication Company of Iran, also known as MCI or Hamrah-e Aval […]
Read more »Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan Should Take a Regional Approach To Start-Ups
April 26th, 2017
Via Bourse & Bazaar, a report on the potential for Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan to take a regional approach to start-ups: Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan host some of most interesting and promising start-ups in Southwest Asia. Entrepreneurship and innovation are neither new nor foreign imports to the region. Cities and towns in Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan make […]
Read more »Mishandled China-Pakistan Economic Corridor could misfire
April 26th, 2017
Via the Center for Strategic and International Studies’s Reconnecting Asia project, a look at how Islamabad may be attempting too much, too fast amid mounting debt problems: It has been a tumultuous two years in Pakistan and China’s regional interactions. Since it was launched on April 20, 2015, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor has sparked praise, skepticism, […]
Read more »New Silk Road Or New Great Game? India Developing New Sri Lanka Port To Combat China
April 26th, 2017
Via Forbes, a look at Sri Lanka and India’s efforts to develop Trincomalee port in the northeast of Sri Lanka: As regional powers like China, Russia, Japan, and India vie for political and economic position throughout the eastern realms of Eurasia, many of the less powerful countries caught in the middle are employing what could be […]
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.