Diversification Strategies Paying Off For GCC Economies
Via Arab News, a look at how diversification strategies are now paying off for GCC economies: Transport, tourism and logistics are set to help the Gulf Cooperation Council region secure gross [...]
Rush To Riyadh Is On
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on big companies’ adherence to Saudi Arabia’s demand that they set up regional HQs in the desert kingdom: Scores of multinationals have heeded [...]
How Dune Helps Us Understand The Real-Life Middle East
Courtesy of Noahpinion, an interesting commentary on how Dune helps us understand real-life Middle East and the challenging political economy faced by resource-exporting countries in which more [...]
China’s Minidrama Producers Set Their Sights on Challenging Netflix
Courtesy of Nikkei Asia, a report on China’s minidrama producers who are using ultra-short episodes and wacky plots help their content flourish on social media and challenge Netflix: A college [...]
The Taliban Once Smashed TVs. Now It Fosters YouTubers To Promote Its Image.
Courtesy of the Washington Post, a report on a new wave of video bloggers under the Taliban, which is seeking to shape a positive narrative about the country: The Taliban-run government is fostering [...]
China’s Global EV Domination Is Just Beginning
Via Foreign Policy, commentary on China’s global EV domination: On a recent Monday, when a generically named Chinese ship called the Explorer No. 1 docked in the German North Sea port of [...]

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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.