Is the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor Dead on Arrival?
Courtesy of The Diplomat, commentary on the impact that the escalating war between Israel and Hamas may have upon the planned India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor: On September 8, at the G-20 [...]
Ethiopia Says Lack of Red Sea Port Access Can Fuel Future Conflict
Via Bloomberg, an article on Ethiopia’s growing focus on gaining direct access to the Red Sea: Prime minister calls for talks with neighbors on harbor access Issue raised amid growing tension [...]
The Global Alliance of Failed States
Via CEPA, commentary on the alliance of failed states that is threatening to disrupt the international order, but do they have the economic power or bonds of trust to challenge the free world: The [...]
China Invested $1 Trillion to Gain Global Influence. Can That Go On?
Courtesy of New York Times, a look at China’s BRI: China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, founded the Belt and Road Initiative a decade ago to use the country’s economic might to enlarge its [...]
China’s Inner Mongolia: Energy and Minerals + Russian and Mongolia Links
Via the South China Morning Post, an article on China’s efforts to highlight Inner Mongolia: State Council’s first provincial-level high-quality development plan for the Inner Mongolia [...]
China Got a Big Contract. Nepal Got Debt and a Pricey Airport.
Courtesy of The New York Times, a report on Nepal’s new airport at Pokhara, which insiders suggest revals the pitfalls of China’s infrastructure-at-any-cost model: On a sweltering June [...]

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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.