Palau’s Plan to Reopen A Marine Sanctuary For Industrial Fishing
January 24th, 2024
Courtesy of Bloomberg, an article on the Nature Conservancy’s role in the Palau government’s move to reopen an ocean reserve to industrial fishing highlights the global debate over how to aid Pacific island nations imperiled by climate change: Every coastal nation controls the 244 miles of the ocean that extends from its shores. These “exclusive […]
Read more »Top 5 Emerging Market Import / Export Centers in 2024
January 24th, 2024
Via The Business Year, an article on which emerging market countries are essential nodes in global trade in 2024? One way of looking at international trade is to see it as the cumulative exchange of goods and services across borders over time. Every component used in a finished product has been through the import/export process several times […]
Read more »North Korea’s AI Progress
January 24th, 2024
Via Reuters, a report on North Korea’s AI development which is raising international concerns: North Korea is developing artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning for everything from how to respond to COVID-19 and safeguard nuclear reactors to wargaming simulations and government surveillance, according to a new study. International sanctions imposed over its nuclear weapons program may […]
Read more »Balance of Power Between African States and Mining Companies Is Tipping
January 23rd, 2024
Courtesy of The Africa Report, commentary that the balance of power between African states and mining companies is tipping: Across the African continent, growing political will and modernised legal frameworks are boosting countries’ negotiating power, but real domestication of value chains has a long way to go. In recent years, relations between African governments and […]
Read more »Gelephu: The World’s First Mindfulness City Is in Bhutan
January 23rd, 2024
Courtesy of The Diplomat, an article on Gelephu, the city envisioned as Bhutan’s new economic hub and an opportunity to capitalize on the economic corridor linking South Asia to Southeast Asia: The Kingdom of Bhutan, world-renowned for creating the concept of Gross National Happiness (GNH) and for being the first carbon negative country, is now […]
Read more »Vietnam’s Tech Worker Chinatown
January 23rd, 2024
Via Rest of World, a look at how – as Chinese manufacturers open shop in Vietnam – Bac Ninh has become a cultural hub with Chinese restaurants, bubble tea shops, and language centers: Chinese tech manufacturers are flocking to Vietnam to set up new factories following disruptive Covid-19 lockdowns and ongoing U.S.-China tensions. The influx […]
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.