How Vietnam’s Infrastructure Incapacity Undermines Its Geoeconomic Ambitions
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a report on how the lack of progress on the 555-kilometer railway linking Vung Ang to the Lao capital Vientiane contrasts starkly with the recently completed [...]
China’s Global Economic ‘Island Hopping’ Strategy
Via Foreign Policy Research Institute, commentary on China’s use of economic inducements and threats to forge relationships with island states across the Indian Ocean, Caribbean, and the South [...]
British International Investment Bets on African Infrastructure and Innovation
Courtesy of The Africa Report, commentary from the UK development financier BII which is funding telecoms in Ethiopia and partnering with DP World in Senegal about infrastructure investment in [...]
Afghanistan in China’s Grand Strategy
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a look at how China’s active engagement in the country’s affairs is driven by Afghanistan’s strategic position at the crossroads of Central and South Asia, coupled [...]
India Shines as Investment Draw, at China’s Expense
Via Chief Investment Officer, a look at the world’s most populous nation which is enjoying a stock market surge and appears poised for further investment: India has become a desirable investment [...]
Russia Tightens Central Asia Ties for Gas Sales, Dual-Use Supplies
Courtesy of Nikkei Asia, an article on Russia’s recent gas deal with Uzbekistan as President Vladimir Putin’s government looks for new market opportunities and ways around sanctions: As [...]

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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.