Emerging Powers and the Future of American Statecraft
April 10th, 2024
Via the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a new report on how, collectively, emerging powers in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East are growing in their geopolitical weight and diplomatic ambition. How closely do they align with the United States when it comes to Russia and China? What drives their decisions on the […]
Read more »China’s Tianqi Lithium’s $4bn bet on Chile at risk of backfiring
April 10th, 2024
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on China’s Tianqi’s $4bn bet on Chile’s lithium which is at risk of backfiring: When China’s Tianqi Lithium paid $4bn in 2018 to become the second-largest shareholder in Chile’s SQM, it was making a gamble to gain a strategic foothold in one of the world’s top lithium reserves […]
Read more »Robert Friedland: Africa’s King of Copper
April 10th, 2024
Courtesy of The Africa Report, an in-depth article on Robert Friedland, whom many consider to be Africa’s king of copper: At the head of Ivanhoe Mines, the American-Canadian tycoon has established himself as one of the key figures in the world of copper mining. He entered the continent via the DRC in the early 2000s, […]
Read more »Who Controls Argentina’s Lithium?
April 10th, 2024
Via Diálogo Chino, a detailed report on Argentina’s lithium industry, where nearly one million hectares of the country’s lithium-rich salt flats are controlled by just five companies: Argentina’s lithium, with all its promises of bringing foreign currency and economic progress, is spread out across millions of hectares of unique ecosystems: salt flats. Below these sparse expanses, […]
Read more »How the US Could Compete with China in Latin America
April 9th, 2024
Courtesy of The Financial Times, commentary on how the US could compete with China in Latin America: As China became an economic superpower, its banks and companies planted five-star red flags all over the world. But nowhere has booming Chinese business caused Washington as much concern as in Latin America. “They are on the 20-yard […]
Read more »India’s Electric Rickshaws Are Leaving EVs In The Dust
April 9th, 2024
Via Rest of World, a report on how little-known e-rickshaw companies like YC Electric are at the forefront of India’s EV revolution: India’s second-largest e-rickshaw manufacturer, YC Electric, is a brand the average Indian would not know of. A timely partnership between a cycle rickshaw company and a three-wheeler company, YC Electric sold over 40,000 […]
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.