India–Myanmar–Thailand Trilateral Highway: Road To Regional Economic Connectivity
August 6th, 2024
Via East Asia Forum, a report on the India–Myanmar–Thailand Trilateral Highway which aims to bolster regional economic integration and expand India’s influence in Southeast Asia. But despite its potential benefits, the project has faced significant delays due to political instability in Myanmar, financial constraints and security concerns. Ethnic conflict and bureaucratic hurdles have further complicated […]
Read more »Can India’s Economy Thrive Without China’s Help?
August 6th, 2024
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a look at how India’s restrictions on technology and people from its rival risk stifling its ambitions to become a manufacturing superpower: At a testing facility near the town of Cheyyar in India’s southern Tamil Nadu state, a new generation of Mahindra Group vehicles are being put through their paces. […]
Read more »India’s Chabahar Ambitions Amid Web Of Embargo And Secret Pacts
July 28th, 2024
Via Eurasia Review, commentary on India’s Chabahar ambitions amid a web of embargo and secret pacts: Chabahar is India’s first significant overseas port project and has become a key part of New Delhi’s foreign policy. It aims to build strong ties with resource-rich Central Asia and Afghanistan. After signing a long-term agreement in May, New […]
Read more »How Apple’s India Gamble Paid Off
July 25th, 2024
Via Rest of World, a look at how India’s growing middle class is fueling a billion-dollar sales surge for Apple: It’s been just over a year since Apple opened its first flagship stores in India — first in Mumbai, and then a smaller store in Delhi. After years of watching Android dominate the world’s most populous country, […]
Read more »The ‘Corridorizing’ of Asia: Cooperation, Competition, and Consequences
July 25th, 2024
Via The Diplomat, an article on the intense competition, epitomized by competing “corridors,” is emerging in Asia and beyond between the U.S., China, and Russia: “Corridor” has become a ubiquitous buzzword in governance and analyst circles. To fully assess the meaning of “corridors” it is appropriate to fashion an outline of a definition. While the […]
Read more »Honda’s Made-in-India SUV Grabs Japanese Drivers With Low Price
July 24th, 2024
Via Nikkei Asia, a report on the success of Honda’s new made-in-India SUV: With its low sticker price, Honda Motor’s new made-in-India compact SUV has been such a hit in Japan that the automaker in April and May was crowned the country’s top imported vehicle seller. The Elevate first hit Indian showrooms last August, then […]
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.