Gulf States And Central Asian Republics
April 23rd, 2024
Via Eurasia Review, an article on growing linkages between the Gulf states and Central Asia: Trade, transit and energy topped the agenda when foreign ministers from the GCC and Central Asian republics met in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, last week for their second “strategic dialogue”, following an inaugural event in Jeddah last July. The six Gulf states […]
Read more »Uzbekistan Chases Chemical Hub Dream with Chinese Polymer Tech
April 15th, 2024
Via Nikkei Asia, an article on Uzbekistan’s aims to export value-added products made from its natural gas: An ambitious economic transformation effort gaining steam in Uzbekistan hinges on Chinese technology. At the heart of the plan is a project that would make value-added products from natural gas instead of simply burning it for energy. The […]
Read more »Central Asia’s Critical Raw Materials: The Next Frontier in Global Power Rivalry?
April 7th, 2024
Via Central Asian Bureau for Analytical Reporting, a report on the strategic position of Central Asian nations within the rare earth metals’ geopolitical landscape: Eldaniz Gusseinov of the Ibn Khaldun University’s Heydar Aliyev Center for Eurasian Studies, alongside Abakhon Sultonazarov, IWPR Central Asia Regional Director, contend that the interplay between Central Asia’s ties with the […]
Read more »With Superapp Uzum, Uzbekistan Gets Its First Tech Unicorn
March 26th, 2024
Via Emerging Europe, an article on superapp Uzum, Uzbekistan’s first tech unicorn: Uzum, a leading digital services ecosystem in Uzbekistan, this week secured 114 million US dollars in funding through a combination of a Series A funding round and debt financing, making it the first tech company in Uzbekistan to achieve unicorn status with a […]
Read more »Uzbekistan Aiming To Become World’s IT Outsourcing Hub
March 14th, 2024
Via Modern Diplomacy, an article on Uzbekistan’s plans to become the world’s IT outsourcing hub, displacing traditional locations India and China: The Central Asian country plans to increase its export of IT services to $5 billion by 2030 (compared to $344 million in 2023). A special economic zone, IT Park, has already attracted over 400 […]
Read more »With the US Looking Elsewhere, Uzbekistan and China Quietly Cement a Regional Alliance
February 6th, 2024
Via The Hill, a report on the growing partnership between Uzbekistan and China: While the U.S., Russia and Europe are trying to quell (or aggravate) crises simultaneously in Ukraine, Iraq, Syria, Israel/Gaza, the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea/Yemen, Uzbekistan and China have quietly elevated their partnership. Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev made a state visit to […]
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.