Reweaving the Silk Road
April 20th, 2025
Via The Economist, a look at China’s reconfiguration of its rail links to secure exports to Europe: China says its ties with Russia involve “back-to-back, shoulder-to-shoulder” co-operation. Yet when it comes to concerns about security for its massive exports to Europe, the People’s Republic would rather not depend on its best friend. In December work officially began on […]
Read more »Namibia Holds Talks With Russia Over Nuclear Energy Partnership
April 5th, 2025
Via Bloomberg, a report on Russian interest in Namibia’s uranium sector: Namibia’s President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah held talks with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yury Trutnev seeking to boost cooperation on nuclear energy in Africa’s biggest uranium producer. Nandi-Ndaitwah in a meeting on Tuesday in Windhoek, the capital, “highlighted the need for stronger cooperation with the Russian […]
Read more »Are China and Russia on a Collision Course in Africa?
March 31st, 2025
Via Foreign Policy, a look at how – while Beijing seeks influence and prizes a stable investment climate – Moscow is sowing chaos and selling private security services to quell it: The sun was just coming up on March 19, 2023, as gunmen invaded the Chimbolo gold mine in the Central African Republic and opened […]
Read more »How a New Axis Called CRINK Is Working Against America
March 29th, 2025
Courtesy of the Wall Street Journal, a look at how China, Russia, Iran and North Korea have united to defy Western sanctions and undermine U.S. interests: An axis uniting China, Russia, Iran and North Korea—dubbed CRINK by some Western officials—has emerged from the war in Ukraine, a loose alliance united by a mutual disdain for the […]
Read more »There’s A New Power Scramble Underway in the Red Sea
March 12th, 2025
Via Ethan Chorin’s blog, commentary on the new power scramble underway in the Red Sea: As the Trump Administration attempts to broker deals to end the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, and as Russia has lost its Syria client (and its only warm water port outside the Black Sea), The Kremlin is quietly shifting military weight to the […]
Read more »Sudan Agrees To Deal For Russian Naval Base
February 15th, 2025
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on an agreement for a Russian naval base in Sudan: Sudan on Wednesday said it had agreed a deal for Russia to establish a naval base on the war-torn country’s Red Sea coast, marking a rare success for Moscow’s drive to expand its network of military bases in […]
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.