Without Social Reform, Brunei’s Economic Transformation Will Fall Short
August 10th, 2025
Via World Politics Review, a look at Brunei’s economic transformation: With its oil reserves set to run out in about 30 years, the sultanate of Brunei Darussalam has recently begun to implement major changes to its socioeconomic model. In doing so, it has been inspired by the ongoing transformations implemented by several Gulf states, which have […]
Read more »Brunei: Oil in the Imperial Periphery
February 15th, 2025
Via Phenomenal World, an article on Brunei’s unlikely path to independence: The majority of the nearly two hundred sovereign states that exist today were born through decolonization following the end of the Second World War. With the colonial metropole fearing the emergence of unstable and unviable states, smaller territories were often included in larger entities […]
Read more »Brunei Seeks Chinese Investment Amid Diversification Challenges
September 13th, 2023
Via East Asia Forum, a look at Brunei’s efforts to secure Chinese investment amid diversification challenges: As the third-largest oil producer in Southeast Asia and the fourth-largest producer of liquefied natural gas in the world, Brunei is blessed with vast oil and gas reserves. The country has long enjoyed impressive per capita income and living standards, […]
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.