Gaza 2035: Free Trade Zone or Geoeconomic Imaginary?
July 9th, 2025
Via Chartbook, commentary on what the author terms is the surreal geoeconomic imaginary of Netanyahu’s “economic peace” in the Middle East: I have to admit, when I first saw the image, I thought it must be a hoax. Source: Archpaper & PM Office of Israel Skyscrapers, solar power plants, container ships, oil rigs off shore – […]
Read more »Brazil and China Study South American Transcontinental Railway Project
July 9th, 2025
Via South China Morning Post, a report that Brazil and China agreed on Monday to study the feasibility of a transcontinental railway that could reshape South America’s trade routes by connecting Brazil’s Atlantic Ocean coast to Peru’s Pacific Ocean port of Chancay: Brazil and China agreed on Monday to study the feasibility of a transcontinental […]
Read more »China Snaps Up Mines Around The World In Rush To Secure Resources
July 7th, 2025
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a look at China’s efforts to secure mineral resources worldwide: Chinese mining acquisitions overseas have hit their highest level in more than a decade as companies race to secure the raw materials that underpin the global economy in the face of mounting geopolitical tension. There were 10 deals worth more […]
Read more »Qatari Firms Pour Billions Into Syria’s Postwar Economy
July 7th, 2025
Via Semafor, a report on Qatar’s investment interest in Syria: Qatar’s longtime support for Syria’s rebels is now translating into business deals. The latest is Baladna — the food and beverage firm I helped make famous after scooping their plan to fly cows to Doha during the 2017 embargo — which plans to invest $250 million in […]
Read more »The Salvadoran Beach Town that Became a Bitcoin Testbed
July 4th, 2025
Via BBC, a report on the Salvadoran beach town that became a Bitcoin testbed In 2019, a grassroots crypto project in El Salvador aimed to create the world’s first Bitcoin-based local economy. It inspired national policy, sparked global attention and changed the lives of young locals. Today, in the quiet surf town of El Zonte […]
Read more »Turning Diplomatic Commitments into Mineral Investments in the Democratic Republic of Congo
July 2nd, 2025
Via CSIS, commentary on how to turn diplomatic commitments into mineral investments in the DRC: Earlier this year, as hostilities escalated between Rwandan-backed M23 rebels and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), President Félix Tshisekedi proposed granting the United States access to the DRC’s mineral resources in exchange for security support. Following intensive negotiations […]
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.