What Southeast Asia’s Aging Populations Could Mean Politically
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a look at how Southeast Asia’s aging societies could lead to more political polarization and upheaval: Southeast Asia is aging – and rather quickly. In Vietnam, the [...]
Malaysia’s Largest Port To Double Capacity To Chase Singapore
Via Nikkei Asia, a look at Malaysia’s efforts to build logistics competition in southeast Asia: Malaysia’s largest port, on the major sea route of Malacca Strait, plans to double its [...]
Tourist Numbers Up In Post-War Afghanistan
Via Al Jazeera, a report on tentative growth in Afghanistan’s tourism economy, with nearly 5,200 visitors in 2023 – a 120% year-on-year increase: His soldier son toured Afghanistan with [...]
Emerging Powers and the Future of American Statecraft
Via the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a new report on how, collectively, emerging powers in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East are growing in their geopolitical weight and [...]
China’s Tianqi Lithium’s $4bn bet on Chile at risk of backfiring
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on China’s Tianqi’s $4bn bet on Chile’s lithium which is at risk of backfiring: When China’s Tianqi Lithium paid $4bn in 2018 to become the [...]
Robert Friedland: Africa’s King of Copper
Courtesy of The Africa Report, an in-depth article on Robert Friedland, whom many consider to be Africa’s king of copper: At the head of Ivanhoe Mines, the American-Canadian tycoon has [...]

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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.