EU Lines Up 70 Projects To Rival China’s Belt and Road Infrastructure Spending
Via Politico, a report on – in its effort to take on China’s BRI – recent EU decisions to prioritize 70 international infrastructure projects: The European Union’s riposte to [...]
China’s Mining Ambitions In Afghanistan Haunted By Militants
Courtesy of Nikkei Asia, a look at how ISIS-K has stepped up threats and attacks in Afghanistan as Beijing eyes the nation’s oil and copper: Escalating threats from Islamist militants are [...]
China in Afghanistan: Rare Opportunity or Poisoned Chalice?
Via Geopolitical Futures, commentary on China’s interest and role in Afghanistan: The foreign ministers of China and Afghanistan spoke for nearly an hour on Jan. 22 about Afghanistan’s [...]
China: BRI Financing to Remain Low, Leaving Global South in the Lurch
Via RANE Worldview, analysis of China’s BRI financing in 2023: What Happened: According to a study conducted by the Global Development Policy Center at Boston Univerity, China has [...]
North Korea Mines New Revenue Sources in Its Trade With China
Via The Diplomat, a report on the latest data which shows Pyongyang is continuing to adapt to U.N. sanctions, while trade is beginning to rebound from pandemic lows: North Korea has spent much of [...]
Cuba’s Deepening Economic Crisis Is Putting Diaz-Canel in a Bind
Via World Politics Review, a look at Cuba’s current economic crisis: Cuba is suffering. That was the inescapable conclusion from a recent trip to the island. The aged electrical grid is [...]

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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.