Two Paths: Why States Join or Avoid China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Courtesy of Oxford Academic, an interesting new paper examining why countries join or avoid China’s BRI: Abstract Although China’s motives for developing the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) [...]
Can China’s Global South Strategy Achieve Its Objectives in Central Asia?
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a report on China’s foreign policy toward Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan which has had contrasting results over the years: The notion of the Global South has been [...]
Is There a Future for Central Asia’s Indian Ocean Transport Projects?
Via The Diplomat, commentary on the viability of Central Asian projects aiming to connect the region to the Indian Ocean: Central Asian countries are actively exploring new trade routes that could [...]
Copper: Now and in the Future
Via Geopolitical Futures, an interesting look at the geopolitical challenges in copper mining are significant, particularly in Latin America and Africa: Copper is crucial to the global economy, and [...]
Congo Wants to Pivot Away From China’s Dominance Over Its Mining
Via Bloomberg, an article on the DRC’s desire to pivot away from Chinese dominance over its mining sector: Goverment blocked Chinese bid for Chemaf copper-cobalt firm Country mulls tender to [...]
The East-West Battle for Serbia
Via Real Clear Defense, commentary on the global interest in Serbia: Serbia, like Yugoslavia, before it, has long been a major prize in the East-West struggle for ascendancy in Europe.  In this [...]

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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.