China’s Evolving Strategy in South and Central Asia
October 16th, 2024
Via The Diplomat, a look at how China’s growing footprint in South and Central Asia has been made possible by the influx of grants, loans, mergers, and economic concessions for projects: In the middle of the Pamir mountains, near the remote Tajik-Afghan border area of Badakhshan, I find myself staring at a large red banner […]
Read more »Bridging the Green Power Gap: A Nigerian Village Shows The Way
October 16th, 2024
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, a report on one Nigerian village showing how to develop human opportunity and protect the planet at the same time: In June, I walked through the streets of Lugbe, a small community in Nigeria about 7 miles outside the capital of Abuja. Over the last 25 years, as head of USAID […]
Read more »Beijing: Making Inroads in North Africa
October 15th, 2024
Via the Atlantic Council, commentary on China’s growing engagement with North Africa: Talk of China in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) rarely focuses on the latter, but Beijing has made significant gains in its recent outreach to the Maghreb. This was highlighted in September when the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Ministerial Conference […]
Read more »The Power of Names: Turkey’s Shift From Central Asia to Turkestan
October 15th, 2024
Via The Diplomat, a report on Ankara’s efforts to strengthen its bid for influence in the region by stressing historical and cultural ties: Turkey has decided to replace the term “Central Asia” with “Turkestan” in its national history curriculum. By using the term “Turkestan,” Turkey aims to realign itself with Central Asia while also evaluating the region […]
Read more »‘China Is Not Cuba’s Sugar Daddy’
October 15th, 2024
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on Havana’s economic collapse is hampering relations with Beijing: It is the only communist nation in the Americas, was the first in the western hemisphere to recognise the People’s Republic of China and is described by Beijing as “good brother, good comrade, good friend”. But despite their shared […]
Read more »Turkiye Secures Major Stake In Somalia’s Hobyo Port
October 14th, 2024
Via The Africa Report, a look at Turkiye’s involvement in Somalia’s Hobyo Port: The port development deal will create a trade corridor between Somalia and Ethiopia and boost Turkiye’s strategic influence in the Horn of Africa. Turkish company Metag Holding signed an agreement on 7 October to collaborate with the Somali Hobyo Investment Company (HICO) […]
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.