India: States Have Become Engine Of Growth
August 20th, 2013
Courtesy of Foreign Affairs (subscription required), an interesting look at the increasing economic influence of India’s economic growth: When Nitish Kumar became chief minister of the dirt-poor Indian state of Bihar in 2005, kidnapping was said to be the leading industry in the capital city of Patna. People searching for stolen cars were advised to […]
Read more »Peru Grows Uneasy As Boom Slows
August 20th, 2013
Via the New York Times, a look at Peru’s slowing economy: From his office window, Henrik Kristensen, the chief executive of the company that runs Peru’s main port, can still look out at rows of newly arrived, shiny Kia automobiles from South Korea and shipping containers stacked four high, full of imported items like television […]
Read more »Pakistan’s IP Gas Pipeline: A Road To Stability
August 20th, 2013
Via Eurasia Review, an article on the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline (IP) project: Pakistan is facing an acute energy crisis and there is a huge gap in demand and supply. Pakistan, being an energy deficient country, is hugely suffering both economically and socially. Since gas is the cheapest source of energy production therefore, Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline […]
Read more »Avoiding Africa’s Resource Curse
August 20th, 2013
Courtesy of Foreign Affairs (subscription required), a very interesting look at some ways Africa could avoid a “resource curse”: In October 2011, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a motion to seize a palatial cliff-top home in Malibu, California. The 16-acre property towers over its neighbors, with a palm-lined driveway leading to a plaster-and-tile mansion. […]
Read more »Russia And Azerbaijan Outline Energy Cooperation
August 20th, 2013
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), some analysis on Russia and Azerbaijan’s plans for energy cooperation: As the geopolitical dynamics in the Caucasus continue to shift, Russia and Azerbaijan have given indications of what their future energy cooperation will look like. Rovnag Abdullayev, the head of Azerbaijani state energy company SOCAR, said Aug. 19 that the […]
Read more »Why Hasn’t Mongolia Developed Stronger Ties with Kazakhstan?
August 18th, 2013
Via The Diplomat, an interesting report on Mongolia’s regional alliance strategy: Since 1990, Mongolia has pursued a multidirectional foreign policy, forging strong ties with such global players as the United States, European Union, Japan, South Korea and India. This so-called “third neighbor policy” has given Mongolia much greater reach than might be expected as a […]
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.