How China Reinvented the BRI
April 3rd, 2026
Via Foreign Policy, a look at how Western tariffs accelerated the BRI’s transformation into a sophisticated extension of China’s industrial policy: Not long ago, Western policymakers were writing the obituary of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). That verdict is now dangerously obsolete. The stark reality of 2025 has shattered the narrative of a Chinese retreat. […]
Read more »Dominican Republic Is Next Frontier in US-China Space Race
March 26th, 2026
Via Bloomberg, a look at the Dominican Republic’s space ambitions: The retired US colonel behind a privately financed rocket launch site in the Dominican Republic sees the project as a response to China’s dominance of the space race in Latin America. Florida-based Launch on Demand is slated to begin building a $600 million facility in […]
Read more »The Politics of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan Railway
March 26th, 2026
Via The Diplomat, a look at the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway: In late March 2026, during the celebration of the Central Asian new year, Nawruz, Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov announced the latest target for the completion of China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan (CKU) railway: 2030. “If now we live in a ‘dead-end’ country between Europe and China, with the completion of the construction of […]
Read more »Liberia Eyes Blue Economy Boom
March 12th, 2026
Via the Liberian Observer, a look at Liberia’s blue economy potential: The Liberian government is stepping up efforts to unlock the economic potential of its vast marine resources, with officials announcing a major National Fisheries Investment Conference designed to attract global investors and reposition the country’s fisheries sector as a driver of jobs, food security […]
Read more »How Trump Could Take Control of DRC’s Rubaya Coltan Mine from AFC/M23 Rebels
March 6th, 2026
Via The Africa Report, a look at Rubaya – a project that has been officially added to the list of strategic mining assets that Kinshasa is offering to the United States. Highly coveted, the site remains under de facto rebel control and is under constant attack. Here is an analysis in infographics. On 24 February, […]
Read more »The Hungry Hegemon: China Is Running Short of Donkey for Dinner
March 2nd, 2026
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, a report on how the shortage of a popular regional specialty is shaking global meat markets: A local news report revealing that high prices for donkey meat were forcing some restaurants in Henan province to switch to horse meat in their soup went viral on Chinese social media a few weeks ago. Reportedly, […]
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.