Turkey’s Currency Crisis Threatens Its Syria Strategy
December 28th, 2021
Via Al Monitor, a report on how Turkey’s economic turmoil might challenge Ankara’s grip over opposition-held areas in Syria, where in-house rivalries among the armed factions over financial resources have escalated: With economic turbulence rattling Turkey’s economy, the question is rising of whether Ankara can maintain its grip on Syria’s opposition-held areas where the Turkish lira […]
Read more »Turkmenistan Trilateral Natural Gas Deal
December 24th, 2021
Via Foreign Brief, a report on a trilateral Turkmenistan-Iran-Azerbaijan natural gas trade agreement that goes into effect today: A trilateral Turkmenistan-Iran-Azerbaijan natural gas trade agreement will go into effect today. The agreement calls for 1.2 to 2 billion cubic meters of natural gas to be sold from Turkmenistan to Azerbaijan and transported through Iran. The Turkmen […]
Read more »U.S. Should Bet on Bangladesh
December 24th, 2021
Via The Asia Times, commentary on the geopolitical importance Bangladesh has for the U.S.: Natural disasters, poverty and overpopulation are the reductive lenses through which many international observers view Bangladesh. While the country’s recent economic success has captured global attention, it is still rarely on the radars of strategic thinkers. Yet Chinese Ambassador Li Jiming […]
Read more »How Argentina Pushed Chinese Investors to Help Revitalize Its Energy Grid
December 23rd, 2021
Via the Carnegie Endowment, a report on Argentina and Chinese investment: China has become a global power, but there is too little debate about how this has happened and what it means. Many argue that China exports its developmental model and imposes it on other countries. But Chinese players also extend their influence by working through local […]
Read more »Kenyan Flower Exports In Full Bloom
December 23rd, 2021
Via Logistics Update Africa, a report on Kenya’s cut flower industry: With a perfect all-year growing climate, affordable labour and access to temperature-controlled air freight, Kenya has all the ingredients to become one of the top flower producers in the world. For an emerging nation like Kenya, being the third-largest exporter of cut flowers in […]
Read more »Pakistan-Iran-Turkey Rail Freight Line Reopens After Ten Years
December 23rd, 2021
Via Silk Road Briefing, a report on a newly resumed Islamabad-Istanbul rail service which will boost trade among the Economic Cooperation Organisation countries: The first freight train to run from Pakistan to Turkey through Iran has departed after a 10-year hiatus in a major boost to the trading capabilities of the three founders of the Economic Cooperation […]
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.