Will the U.S. Plan to Counter China’s Belt and Road Initiative Work?
Via The Council on Foreign Relations, commentary on IMEC: At last week’s G20 summit, President Joe Biden announced an India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), which seeks to counter the [...]
Georgia Intensifies Its Relationship With China Over Deep Water Port
Via The Jamestown Foundation, an article on Georgia’s growing relationship with China over the deep-water Port of Anaklia: On September 6, China’s ambassador to Georgia, Zhou Qian, made an [...]
Singapore Wealth Fund and Hy24 Invest in Green-Hydrogen Company
Via Bloomberg, a report on a Singapore wealth fund’s new investment in green hydrogen: They take $115 million minority stake in clean energy startup InterContinental Energy has projects in [...]
Suez Canal: Enhancing Alignment between BRI and Egypt Vision 2030
Via Modern Diplomacy, commentary on the role the Suez Canal plays within China’s Belt and Road Initiative: The location of the Suez Canal Economic Zone plays an effective role at the heart of [...]
Sonatrach, QatarEnergy Face Off Over Gas Supply To Europe
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a report on how Algeria’s Sonatrach and QatarEnergy are battling to bolster their status as key partners on the Old Continent as winter approaches: Algerian Energy [...]
Pakistan’s Energy Crossroads: Coal Dependency, the Climate Crisis, and a Quest for Sustainability
Courtesy of The Diplomat, commentary on how Pakistan thinks coal is the answer to its energy security woes – but the climate impact risks undermining national security in other ways; Pakistan, with [...]

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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.