The Axis of Upheaval: The Four Power Threat
Courtesy of Foreign Affairs, insightful commentary on how America’s adversaries are uniting to overturn the global order: In the early morning of January 2, Russian forces launched a massive [...]
Xi’s Armada Is Winning the Battle for Energy in the South China Sea
Courtesy of Bloomberg, a look at how tensions are soaring, but Southeast Asian nations are struggling to push back on Beijing’s contested claims and tap the energy resources their growing economies [...]
Tajikistan Keen to Invest at Iran’s Chabahar Strategic Port
Via Tasnim News, a report on Tajikistan’s interest in investing in Iran’s Chabahar port: The deputy transport minister of Tajikistan said her country is interested in investing at [...]
Telecoms Giants From Airtel to Orange Tackle Congo Tax Standoff
Via Bloomberg, a report on the DRC’s telecommunications market: Little over a quarter of the residents of sub-Saharan Africa’s third-most populous nation have access to the internet. The [...]
Bolivia’s Boom Has Turned to Bust, Fueling an Unlikely Presidential Comeback Bid
Via Bloomberg, a look at Bolivia, where a long-brewing financial crisis is potentially opening the way for President Luis Arce’s mentor-turned-rival, Evo Morales, to compete once again: In the [...]
Gulf States And Central Asian Republics
Via Eurasia Review, an article on growing linkages between the Gulf states and Central Asia: Trade, transit and energy topped the agenda when foreign ministers from the GCC and Central Asian [...]

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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.