Syria Signs $7B Qatari-Led Deal To Double Power Supply
May 30th, 2025
Via The National, a report on a $7bn Qatari-led deal to double Syria’s power supply: Syria on Thursday signed a $7 billion deal with a Qatar-led business group aimed at doubling the country’s power supply, in the latest move to boost its postwar economy. The Syrian government signed an agreement with a consortium of companies led by Qatar‘s UCC Holding […]
Read more »Beyond Geopolitics: The Domestic Drivers of China-Iran Cooperation on the Belt and Road Initiative
May 23rd, 2025
Via The Diplomat, a look at how the alignment of domestic socioeconomic interests is a key driver for continued Sino-Iranian cooperation, despite U.S.-led sanctions: More than a decade after the announcement of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), its transformation of global supply chains and trade flows has garnered significant attention. Nevertheless, despite being identified as a crucial country […]
Read more »Gold and Cocoa: Can Ghana’s Twin Economic Pillars Deliver Under Mahama’s Watch?
May 23rd, 2025
Via The Africa Report, a look at Ghana’s economic future: Ghana sits atop a wealth of natural treasures – from the gold buried beneath its soil to the cocoa grown on its farms. But as global prices soar, a question emerges: why is this prosperity not reaching the people who need it most? With cocoa […]
Read more »America’s Dangerous Obsession With the Panama Canal
May 22nd, 2025
Courtesy of The New York Times, commentary on what one observer feels is President Trump’s dangerous obsession with the Panama Canal: There’s a country in Latin America that’s not even as big as South Carolina, but on which the United States’ economy and national security depend: Panama. Every year, 40 percent of all U.S. container traffic, valued […]
Read more »The Gulf’s Lifeline For Egypt Worries Cairo Residents
May 22nd, 2025
Via Semafor, a report on how the Gulf’s lifeline for Egypt is worrying Cairo’s residents: A Dubai-based billionaire’s plans to redevelop downtown Cairo with new streets and skyscrapers — an area akin to his home — is drawing a growing backlash in the Egyptian capital, where residents fear not simply the loss of a historic […]
Read more »North Korea Stole Your Job
May 22nd, 2025
Via Wired, an article on how – for years – North Korea has been secretly placing young IT workers inside Western companies. With AI, their schemes are now more devious—and effective—than ever: On paper, the first candidate looked perfect. Thomas was from rural Tennessee and had studied computer science at the University of Missouri. His re?sume? said he’d […]
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.