Gulf Family’s $300 Billion Fortune Is About More Than Oil
December 9th, 2022
Courtesy of Bloomberg, an interesting report on Abu Dhabi’s Al Nahyan family which owns Manchester City Football Club, a dozen or so palaces and invested big in SpaceX and Savage X Fenty: In a region where opulence is on full display, Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan keeps a low profile belying his importance. That doesn’t stop the […]
Read more »Despite 6th President in 4 Years, Peru’s Economy Keeps Humming
December 9th, 2022
Via McClatchy DC, commentary on Peru which – despite having its sixth president in four years – has a strong economy: When Peruvian President Dina Boluarte was sworn in on Dec. 7 as her country’s sixth leader in the past four years, virtually all news reports pointed out that Peru is one of the world’s most […]
Read more »Russia’s Proposal for a ‘Gas Union’ With Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
December 9th, 2022
Via The Diplomat, an article on Russia’s efforts to find new export markets for its piped gas or users of its gas infrastructure following its invasion and Central Asian states’ fear that Russia could use the states’ increased economic dependence on Russia as a result of the deal to secure political concessions from the countries in the […]
Read more »Thriving on China’s BRI, Laos Border Town Ditches Kip for Yuan
December 7th, 2022
Courtesy of NikkeiAsia, a report on how one Laotian town is thriving due to a BRI-funded railway connection: If you want to eat in the northern Lao town of Boten on the border with China, you better have some yuan on you. Boten is one of the cities that have been so changed by China’s […]
Read more »Djibouti Suspends Chinese and Other Loan Repayments
December 7th, 2022
Via South China Morning Post, a look at Djibouti’s – the strategically important Horn of Africa nation which is struggling under mounting financing pressures – recent decision to suspend loan repayments Djibouti – the tiny nation at the intersection of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden where China has vast commercial and military interests […]
Read more »China-Africa Relations in Review
December 7th, 2022
Via Geopolitical Monitor, a detailed look at China’s relationship with Africa: “China did this,” “the Chinese did that.” There is an essentialization of China and Chinese actors that hinders our understanding of China-Africa relations – whether to praise or demonize them – as it lumps a multiplicity of approaches, as well as actors, into 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.