China Hosts African Leaders To Rekindle ‘Belt and Road’ Outreach
Via The Washington Post, a look at Beijing’s efforts – by feting African leaders and announcing new investment deals and partnerships – to strengthen its influence in global trade [...]
Turkey Bids to Join BRICS in Push to Build Alliances Beyond West
Via Bloomberg, an article on Turkey’s request to join the BRICS: Turkey has formally asked to join the BRICS group of emerging-market nations as it seeks to bolster its global influence and [...]
Africa Can and Should Get More From China
Via the Asia Times, commentary that China is Africa’s most important trade and investment partner but the continent needs a more unified position to get a better deal: China’s relationship with [...]
Why Hezbollah Is Rich and Lebanon Is Poor
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, an article on Lebanon and what – as the country’s economy is in free fall – Hezbollah is thriving: Lebanon and Israel have recently been at the precipice of [...]
The Solomon Islands-China Relationship: 5 Years On
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a report on how the diplomatic relationship between the Solomon Islands and China has had profound and far-reaching effects on the country’s development, economy, and [...]
Over 30 Years After Independence, Uzbekistan Continues To Undergo Profound Transformation
Via Modern Diplomacy, a look at Uzbekistan’s ongoing transformation: Three years ago, the landlocked country of Uzbekistan celebrated a key milestone in its history. The year 2021 marked the [...]

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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.