Why Deepening Investment Ties with Guatemala Can Advance US Economic Security
August 7th, 2025
Via the Atlantic Council, a discussion on why deepening investment ties with Guatemala can advance US economic security: The Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center, in partnership with the Foundation for the Development of Guatemala, hosts a discussion on Guatemala as a destination for strategic foreign investment and a growing source of capital contributing to […]
Read more »The Changing Skies Over Central Asia
August 6th, 2025
Via The Diplomat, an article on how – with a rapid expansion in flights to, from, and within the region – the aviation industry is starting to reshape Central Asia: For all the talk of infrastructure corridors, the real transport success story of the last few years in Central Asia has been in the air. […]
Read more »The Secret Rise of China’s AI Desert Empire
August 1st, 2025
Via Bloomberg, a report on Beijing’s efforts to build a small city of data centers in remotest Xinjiang: There are approximately three dozen data centers spread across China’s western deserts that may one day have at their heart a cutting-edge processor made by Nvidia—the kind they’re not supposed to have. The US government has been trying […]
Read more »Breakaway Africa Region Seeks US Recognition With Base, Minerals
July 30th, 2025
Via Bloomberg, a report on Somaliland’s willingness to offer the US a military base at the entrance to the Red Sea and critical-minerals deals in its quest for international recognition as a sovereign state: Somaliland, which proclaimed independence from Somalia in 1991, is willing to offer the US a military base at the entrance to […]
Read more »Inside Africa’s New Cities: Egypt, Kenya and Nigeria Bet Big on Urban Mega Projects
July 30th, 2025
Via The Africa Report, a look at – from Egypt’s sprawling New Administrative Capital to Kenya’s self-contained hub and Nigeria’s reclaimed lands – the companies shaping Africa’s future – and the enduring challenges of equitable growth: Africa’s fast-growing cities are defined by bold new projects, each aiming to address pressing urbanisation challenges. These developments, driven […]
Read more »The U.S. Military Is Investing In Palau. So Is China.
July 29th, 2025
Via The Washington Post, a look at Koror, Palau, where the U.S. plans to expand the main harbor for its warships, and where officials worry a Chinese-owned hotel could be used for surveillance: The U.S. military will next year upgrade Palau’s main harbor, usually frequented by dive boats full of tourists heading to emerald lagoons, […]
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.