The UAE’s Role in the Sudanese Civil War
November 10th, 2025
Via Geopolitical Futures, commentary on UAE’s interests in Sudan: Sudan is an unviable country because it is home to 570 tribes, 57 ethnic groups and nearly 60 separatist movements. Immediately after its independence in 1956, the southern part of the country took up arms against the government in Khartoum to protest economic deprivation, gross political […]
Read more »Sanctions, the Taliban, and an Iranian Port: The Uncertain Future of India’s Kabul Route
November 7th, 2025
Via The Diplomat, commentary on how India’s approach to the Taliban has gradually shifted from purely humanitarian aid to a focus on trade and transit. On October 30, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs announced that the United States had granted India a six-month extension to the sanctions waiver for operations at Iran’s Chabahar Port. Issued under […]
Read more »North Africa: On The Rise
November 7th, 2025
Via Global Finance, a report on how North Africa is emerging as a growth engine, led by Egypt and Morocco. But structural challenges persist. This year again, North Africa is the fastest growing region in Africa and the Arab world. Combined GDP growth in Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya is expected […]
Read more »China: Here To Stay In Iraq’s Energy Sector
November 6th, 2025
Via The Atlantic Council, a look at why China is here to stay in Iraq’s energy sector: Even as Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has worked to increase US involvement in Iraq’s energy sector, his government has also expanded already-deep ties with Beijing by awarding new upstream projects to Chinese companies and increasing the […]
Read more »Saudi’s AI Ambitions May Run Through Syria
November 5th, 2025
Via Semafor, a look at how Saudi’s AI ambitions may run through Syria: Courtesy of TeleGeography. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Saudi Arabia and Syria are in talks to build data cables connecting the kingdom to Europe, a move seen as a crucial part of Riyadh’s plan to become a global artificial intelligence hub. Syria […]
Read more »China’s Massive African Mine Threatens to Upend Iron Ore Market
November 5th, 2025
Via Bloomberg, commentary on how the size and richness of the Simandou deposit in Guinea could shift the industry’s power dynamics and help transform the nation’s economy: In April 1998, a young geologist and his team set out from the village of Moribadou and trekked for six hours through the Guinea Highlands, a densely forested […]
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.