China, Quad and the Rare Earths Mineral Competition in Myanmar
December 10th, 2025 Via Asia Times, a look at how ethnic rebel groups’ advances against the junta have disrupted Chinese resource-extraction dominance: As the US-China rivalry spirals, it is spilling over into new [...]
Between Pakistan and Afghanistan, a Trade War With No End in Sight
December 8th, 2025 Courtesy of the New York Times, a look at how – after deadly cross-border military clashes – the Pakistani and Afghan governments have locked their populations in a trade war threatening [...]
Lots of Oil, Little Production: What to Know About Venezuelan Energy
December 7th, 2025 Via the New York Times, a look at Venezuela: the South American country increasingly at odds with the Trump administration which has the world’s largest oil reserves: Venezuela sits on more oil [...]
U.S. Waiver of Sanctions on Iran’s Chabahar Port is Good News for Central Asia
December 7th, 2025 Via the Times of Central Asia, a report on how a recent U.S. waiver of sanctions on Iran’s Chabahar Port is good news for Central Asia: U.S. sanctions on Iran’s Chabahar Port on the Gulf of Oman [...]
How is the Economy of Ibrahim Traoré’s Burkina Faso (Really) Doing?
December 7th, 2025 Via The Africa Report, a look at how – despite a deteriorating security and humanitarian situation – the Burkinabè economy is holding firm thanks to record-high gold prices. Could [...]
Congo’s Upstream Expansion Signals New Era For Central Africa’s Energy Future
December 7th, 2025 Via Eurasia Review, a look at how Congo is expanding its upstream activities: The Republic of Congo is entering a period of rapid growth, with upstream expansion across both the oil and natural gas [...]

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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.