Can Armenia Extend Its Current Economic Boom?
July 26th, 2024
Via Modern Diplomacy, a report on the Armenian economy which has performed surprisingly well in recent years: The Armenian economy has performed surprisingly well in recent years. However, most experts remain skeptical, viewing this high growth as an unsustainable result of short-term external factors. In contrast to this skeptical view, we argue in this paper […]
Read more »Armenia’s Controversial Dry Port Project Hinges on Foreign Investment
March 18th, 2024
Via Oil Price.com, a report on Armenia’s plans to build a dry port to become a transit and trade hub, reducing reliance on Russia: Armenia aims to build a dry port to become a transit and trade hub, reducing reliance on Russia. The project faces challenges including securing large foreign investment and navigating a complex […]
Read more »Putin’s Silk Road Around Sanctions
March 1st, 2024
Via Project Syndicate, commentary on Russia’s growing transshipment of Western goods viacountries like Armenia, Georgia, and Kyrgyzstan? For about 1,500 years, high-value goods were moved from China (and perhaps other parts of Asia) to Europe and the Middle East via the Silk Road. The precise route varied over time, but it always ran through and involved […]
Read more »Baku, Yerevan, and Moscow Clash Over Regional Transit
January 27th, 2024
Via Jamestown Foundation, a report on Armenian-Azerbaijani discussions over regional transit corridors: Frustrations in Baku, Yerevan, and Moscow are growing over delays in Armenian-Azerbaijani peace negotiations, as key differences remain on unblocking regional transit corridors. Azerbaijan remains committed to opening the Zangezur Corridor, while the Kremlin calls for Russian border guards to oversee administration of […]
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.