Afghanistan’s Role in Fuelling Smuggling and Drug Trafficking
Via Modern Diplomacy, a report on how – since the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan in August 2021 – concerns have escalated regarding the group’s involvement in illicit [...]
Pakistan and Russia’s Pivot to the Global South
Via The Diplomat, a report on the noticeably increased engagement between Islamabad and Moscow” During the Cold War, Pakistan and Russia experienced icy relations. Pakistan was apprehensive of [...]
Climate Change Is Stunting Africa’s Economic Growth
Via Bloomberg, a look at the projected impact of climate change on Africa: Some countries are spending 9% of their GDP fighting extremes Adaptation will cost $30 billion to $50 billion yearly Climate [...]
Sri Lanka Must Pivot To The BRICS For A New Dawn
Via Eurasia Review, commentary on the potential that the BRICS can offer Sri Lanka as economic and strategic partners: In the run up to elections the post-Marxist National People’s Party (NPP), has [...]
Will Cambodia’s Funan Techo Canal Be A Success?
Via Eurasia Review, analysis of Cambodia’s Funan Techo canal: Mot Yen’s ramshackle kitchen is nestled under an old mango tree. It’s near the end of the season and there’s no fruit on the [...]
North Korea and BRICS
Via 38North, a report on North Korea’s engagement with the BRICS: North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui recently attended the Fourth Eurasian Women’s Forum in Russia and the First [...]

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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.