A Gas OPEC? Turkmenistan Being Pushed To Follow Russia’s Lead In Gas Games
Via Radio Free Europe, an article on how – while China has been Turkmenistan’s top buyer of natural gas for more than a decade – Russia has regained some leverage over Ashgabat and [...]
A Chinese Businessman on Doing Business Inside North Korea
Via The Diplomat, commentary from a Chinese businessman doing business inside North Korea: The land route between Hunchun in China and Najin-Sonbong in North Korea was recently reopened after being [...]
The Age of Energy Insecurity: How the Fight for Resources Is Upending Geopolitics
Courtesy of Foreign Affairs, a look at how the fight of resources is upending geopolitics: As recently as 18 months ago, many policymakers, academics, and pundits in the United States and Europe were [...]
Will New Trade Policies Leave The Developing World Behind?
Via the Diplomatic Courier, commentary on whether developing countries are justifiably concerned the U.S. may turn its back on the multilateral trade regime: Developing countries are increasingly [...]
How Viable Is Russia and Iran’s ‘Sanctions-Evasion’ Corridor?
Via Geopolitical Monitor, an article on the proposed Russia/Iran trade corridor: Isolated by the West, Russia and Iran are looking to ease sanctions pressure by forging a new economic corridor that [...]
China’s $540 Million Energy Deal With Taliban in Afghanistan: What Does It Mean?
Via The Geopolitics, an article on China’s $540 million energy deal with the Taliban in Afghanistan: The Taliban celebrated the signing of their first international deal since taking power in [...]

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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.