Russia’s Far Eastern Frontier: Energy as a Political Tool
As recently reported in The Japan Focus, Russia’s Far Eastern frontier is now turning into the place where energy export becomes a political tool in shaping the country’s relations with [...]
Venezuelan-Russian Energy Axis: Global Power Politics
As recently discussed by The Latin Business Chronicle, the emerging Venezuelan-Russian energy axis is a 21st-century throwback to the Cold War Soviet-Cuban alliance and may be emblematic of [...]
Race to the Frontier
From The Financial Times, an interesting article noting that, while investor appetite for emerging markets is dwindling as worries about rising inflation and falling equity markets grow – [...]
Russia’s Chess Match in The Middle East & North Africa
From The National, an interesting analysis of Russia’s recent diplomatic and trade activities in the Middle East and North Africa in a bid to enhance its geopolitical clout and gain access to, [...]
China & Kyrgyzstan: Closer (But Unbalanced) Ties
From The Asia Times, an interesting examination of China’s efforts to steadily strengthening political and economic ties with small, landlocked Kyrgyzstan, with one eye on the sizeable energy [...]
Vietnam’s Economy: Growing Pains
From The American, a detailed look at how – despite rapid economic growth in the past few years - the past several months have offered a reality check for Vietnam, as inflation has spiked [...]

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WILDCATS AND BLACK SHEEP
Wildcats & Black Sheep is a personal interest blog dedicated to the identification and evaluation of maverick investment opportunities arising in frontier - and, what some may consider to be, “rogue” or “black sheep” - markets around the world.

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.