Mongolia’s Precarious Energy Security
June 24th, 2024 Courtesy of The Diplomat, a report on Mongolia’s energy security, which needs to be viewed holistically, as a function of its economy, environment, and geopolitical situation: Mongolia sits in a [...]
Presidential Candidate Discloses Tehran’s Controversial Contract With China
June 24th, 2024 Via Iran Wire, an article on a controversial Chinese contract with Iran: Alireza Zakani, the mayor of Tehran and a presidential candidate, revealed details of a controversial municipal contract with [...]
China Moves To Reopen Economic Ties With Libya, 13 Years After Suspending Trade
June 24th, 2024 Via South China Morning Post, a report on how Beijing and Tripoli are rebuilding ties after China pulled investors out in 2011: Before the 2011 revolution that toppled Muammar Gaddafi and led to a [...]
How Russia Is Using Nuclear Power To Win Global Influence
June 23rd, 2024 Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on how Russia is using nuclear power to win global influence: Rooppur in Bangladesh’s far west may seem an unlikely place for a Little Russia. Yet in this [...]
Myanmar Revives Stalled Infrastructure Projects with China and Russia
June 23rd, 2024 Via Nikkei Asia, a report on Myanmar efforts to revive stalled infrastructure projects with China and Russia: Myanmar’s military regime is breathing new life into major infrastructure projects [...]
Brazil Joins Race to Loosen China’s Grip on Rare Earths Industry
June 23rd, 2024 Via Reuters, a report on Brazil’s potential to loosen China’s grip on rare earths industry: Mining giant Brazil has big ambitions to build a rare earths industry as Western economies push [...]

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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.