The Taliban Emirate, China, India and Pakistan
October 17th, 2025
Via Geopolitical Futures, commentary on what attacking Pakistan means for the Taliban to try to break out of international isolation: After the United States withdrew from Afghanistan in 2021, it was only a matter of time before conflict erupted between the Afghan Taliban and their former patron, Pakistan. One of the ways this manifested was […]
Read more »Pasni Port Deal Would Pivot Pakistan from China to US
October 8th, 2025
Via Asia Times, an article examining how a Pakistan proposal for US role at port would undercut China’s CPEC while giving America access to bounty of critical minerals: Pakistan’s reported proposal to grant the United States a development and management role at Pasni port, as reported by the Financial Times, marks one of the most consequential geopolitical […]
Read more »Canadian Barrick Gold’s Gamble in Balochistan Meets a Violent Insurgency
September 17th, 2025
Via The Diplomat, a look at how the dream of reopening Reko Diq meets a harsh reality on the ground: a worsening insurgency and continued political instability. When Canadian mining giant Barrick Gold contracted a long-awaited deal in 2022 with the government of Pakistan to revive the Reko Diq copper and gold project in Pakistan’s […]
Read more »How The Sino-US trade War Prompted Pakistan To Advance the Balochistan Mines and Minerals Act
May 17th, 2025
In the second week of March, while the media was busy covering the deadly train hijacking in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan, the provincial assembly quietly and in great haste passed an important and now controversial piece of legislation: the Balochistan Mines and Minerals Act, 2025. With little to no discussion or opposition to the […]
Read more »Pakistan’s Mineral Diplomacy and Importance in the Context of Pakistan-US Ties
April 19th, 2025
Via The Geopolitics, commentary on the Pakistan’s mineral diplomacy: The Pakistan Minerals Forum was held in Islamabad on April 8–9, 2025. Representatives from several countries, including the US and China, attended this forum Eric Meyer, senior official at the State Department Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, at a meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz […]
Read more »Pakistan’s Rich Mineral Endowment
April 8th, 2025
Via Mining Visuals, a report on Pakistan’s rich mineral endowment: Pakistan sits at the crossroads of opportunity, strategically located within the mineral-rich Tethyan Belt known for hosting world-class deposits. While much of its vast geological wealth remains untapped – with over 90 minerals discovered but only around 50 currently under production – the nation is […]
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.