How The Venezuelan Collapse Could Bring Down A Region
August 13th, 2017
Via Frontera News, speculation on the potential impact that Venezuela’s collapse could have upon the region: The Venezuelan government is living on borrowed time. The embattled United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) government faces increased pressure from all directions to relinquish power and allow free elections. Popular street protests and government opposition have created volatile […]
Read more »Six Ways Green Technology Will Be A Game Changer For Belt And Road Countries
August 13th, 2017
Courtesy of Frontera News, a look at how green tech may impact OBOR nations: A digital Belt and Road? The Belt and Road initiative promises massively increased interconnectivity across Eurasia and most people think of improved trains, rail and roads, but there is another overlooked element to the Belt and Road – which is the […]
Read more »Nurly Zhol: Kazakhstan’s Own Belt & Road Initiative Takes Hold
August 13th, 2017
Via Frontera News, a look at Kazakhstan’s own Belt & Road initiative, called Nurly Zhol: Kazakhstan has paid lip service to becoming a clean energy, technology, and innovation hub in Central Asia (AAXJ) (VPL) for many years. Increasingly, the aim is taking hold. The economy has already received $1 billion in loans from the EBRD (European Bank […]
Read more »Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan: Facing Reality of Central Asia’s Economic Development
August 13th, 2017
Via the Times of Central Asia, an article on Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan’s economic performance over the last couple of years: Increasing discrepancies between a growing avalanche of economic forecasts by more and more institutional lenders and sideliners for the wider Central Asian region have revived the debate on criteria used in macroeconomic assessments. Sharing a […]
Read more »Turkmenistan Still Has An Option To Direct Its Gas Westward
August 11th, 2017
Via Trend, a report on Turkmenistan’s gas export options: Enormous quantities of natural gas are concentrated in one limited (Caspian) region. The nations that own it – Russia, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan – each has its market to sell the gas, but all of them would willingly diversify their gas export in order not to […]
Read more »China’s Maritime Silk Road
August 9th, 2017
Via Forbes, an interesting look at China deal to take over a key Abu Dhabi port: The next stop on China’s “21st Century Maritime Silk Road” has been chosen: Abu Dhabi. At the end of last month, China’s Jiangsu province signed a $300 million deal with the UAE’s Abu Dhabi Ports to develop a manufacturing operation in the […]
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.