Africa’s Petrostates: Missing Out On Oil Boom
Courtesy of The Financial Times, commentary on those African petrostates are missing out on the oil boom — and why it matters because these countries need to finance their energy transitions: [...]
Tracking China’s Control of Overseas Ports
Via Council on Foreign Relations, analysis of China’s growing maritime influence via investments in strategic overseas ports: This interactive map tracks China’s growing maritime influence [...]
The Young and the Westless
Via Foreign Policy, commentary on how new centers of power are emerging as a new generation in the global south looks beyond Washington and former European colonizers (adapted from Westlessness: The [...]
China Conquers Mexico’s Automotive Market, and the US Is Worried
Via Wired, a look at how – led by the automaker BYD – China has established itself as the main car supplier in Mexico: China has positioned itself as the main car supplier in Mexico, [...]
Can Cooperation Solve Cambodia’s Canal Conundrum?
Via East Asia Forum, commentary on tensions surrounding Cambodia’s Funan Techo Canal which is backed by China: Cambodia’s US$1.7 billion Funan Techo Canal, backed by China, aims to reshape [...]
Growing but Limited: Iranian Economic Relations with China
Via Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies, analysis of the growing dependence of the Iranian economy on China: The tightening of relations between China and Iran is considered one of [...]

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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.