The Political Economy Of Vietnam’s North-South High-Speed Rail Project
October 28th, 2024
Via Eurasia Review, analysis of the Vietnam’s North-South high-speed rail project: Vietnam has had to struggle to develop an efficient railway system due to financial and technical constraints. In 2010, then-Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung proposed an ambitious plan to build a 1,500km high-speed rail (HSR) which would connect the two economic centres, Hanoi and […]
Read more »Surf’s Up: Riding The Waves In Ghana
October 27th, 2024
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on a new surfing community and industry arising in Busua a tiny fishing village in Ghana. Can they go global? Busua is a small fishing village in south-western Ghana. A six-hour drive from Accra, “it’s a place where you feel totally disconnected from the town”, says Sandy Alibo, […]
Read more »BRICS Keep Growing In A Multipolar World
October 27th, 2024
Via Geopolitical Economy, commentary on the recent BRICS held a summit in Kazan, Russia in October 2024, where it expanded with 13 “partner nations”, after adding four new members. These are the most important takeaways from the historic meeting: The Global South-led organization BRICS is growing. More and more countries support the group’s mission: to […]
Read more »Johor and Malaysia’s Data Center Boom
October 26th, 2024
Via The Diplomat, a report on the massive ramp-up in Malaysian data centers which is attracting foreign investment, but infrastructure challenges persists: Due to the ongoing China-U.S. geopolitical tensions, many Chinese big tech companies have looked to expand their digital infrastructure in Southeast Asia given its proximity and relatively affordable land and resources. Johor Bahru, […]
Read more »China Offers Taliban Tariff-Free Trade, Inches Closer To Regime
October 25th, 2024
Via Nikkei Asia, an article on the Taliban efforts to find foreign investors willing to help it diversify its economy and profit from its mineral wealth, but Afghanistan exported no commodities to China last year: China will offer the Taliban tariff-free access to its vast construction, energy and consumer sectors, Beijing’s envoy to Afghanistan said […]
Read more »Djibouti’s Alleged Ties to Iranian Proxies Stir Global Concerns Amid Red Sea Crisis
October 25th, 2024
Via Modern Diplomacy, a report on Djibouti’s support for Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and other Iranian-backed actors: Djibouti, a small but strategically significant country located at the southern entrance of the Red Sea, has been drawing attention over its support for Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and other Iranian-backed actors. Given its strategic location as a […]
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.