China Bans Export of Core Solar Panel Technologies
Via The Asia Times, a report on China’s recent decision to ban export of core solar panel technologies: In a mirror image of what the United States has been doing with semiconductor [...]
Sudan: A Flicker of Hope?
Via The Wilson Center, commentary on the guarded optimism regarding democratic progress in Sudan: In December, the Sudanese military and civilian groups reached a new framework agreement. This is a [...]
Pakistan’s Meltdown
Via Geopolitical Futures, commentary on Pakistan’s economic crisis:   Decades-old political economic problems in Pakistan are coming to a head. The South Asian nation needs billions of [...]
Bulgaria and Serbia Diversify Energy Supplies
Via the Washington Post, an article on Bulgaria and Serbia recent construction launch of the Bulgarian part of a gas link that is designed to diversify the energy supplies of a region that until [...]
The China-Myanmar Economic Corridor, 2 Years After the Coup
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a look at how – after some initial hesitation – China is moving CMEC ahead in tandem with Myanmar’s military rulers – at least where the situation is stable [...]
Cobalt Red: How DRC’s ‘Dirty’ Mines Power ‘Clean’ Energy
Via NPR, a look at how ‘modern-day slavery’ in the Congo powers the rechargeable battery economy Smartphones, computers and electric vehicles may be emblems of the modern world, but, says [...]

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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.