Invasion, Insurgency …Investment? Iraq Looks Beyond its Troubled Past
March 12th, 2013
Via Emerging Markets blog, a report on Iraq: For most people, chances are that the mention of Iraq conjures up images of suicide bombs, sectarian strife, and widespread destruction. In the aftermath of the 2003 US-led invasion and Saddam Hussein’s deposition, a power vacuum and simmering Sunni-Shia tensions led to a bloody civil war that […]
Read more »Pakistan Makes Two Bold Decisions
March 12th, 2013
Via Eurasia Review, an interesting OpEd on two strategic decisions recently taken by Pakistan: Aerial view of Gwadar Port, Pakistan Pakistan has recently made two very bold, but strategic decisions, which have drawn the concern of regional and global superpowers. These decisions are: 1) transferring management of the Gwadar port located in Balochistan to China […]
Read more »How Afghanistan Is On The Leading Edge Of A Tech Revolution
March 3rd, 2013
Via Time Magazine, an article on Afghanistan’s mobile money initiative: In the eyes of the rest of the world, war-torn Afghanistan is a place with a beaten-down infrastructure, the minimum of modern amenities and certainly none of the services made possible by the latest technological advances powering the Internet, financial services and telecommunications. Surprisingly, however, […]
Read more »Mexico: Back In The Game
February 26th, 2013
Via The New York Times, an op-ed on Mexico’s re-emergence as global economic power: IN India, people ask you about China, and, in China, people ask you about India: Which country will become the more dominant economic power in the 21st century? I now have the answer: Mexico. Impossible, you say? Well, yes, Mexico with […]
Read more »KFC: Taking On Mongolia’s Barbeque?
February 26th, 2013
Via The Financial Times, a look at KFC’s efforts to enter the Mongolian market: Mongolia is following the footsteps of its largest trading partner, China, whose first western food chain in 1987 was Yum! Brands’ KFC. Now Mongolia’s Tavan Bogd Group has attained franchise rights to the restaurant chain, though the success of fast food […]
Read more »Pakistan’s Energy Savior: Iran
February 26th, 2013
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a report on Pakistan’s energy ties with Iran: Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari arrives in Iran today to sign a series of economic agreements, including one that finalizes the Iran-Pakistan natural gas pipeline. At the end of January, the two sides agreed to set up a joint construction company to build […]
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.