Afghanistan Hopes To Join CPEC
Via Ariana News, a report that Afghanistan hopes to join the CPEC: Afghan Minister of Commerce and Industry has said that Afghanistan should be included in the multibillion-dollar China-Pakistan [...]
China’s “Sinostan” Ambitions
Via Diplomatic Courier, a review of a book that explores how China found itself with a remarkably expansive, though unintended, empire in Central Asia: Over the course of the summer, China found [...]
Dropped Call: Massive Hike In Lebanon’s Cell Service Fees
Courtesy of The Washington Post, a report on the impact that a massive hike in cell service fees has had upon Lebanon’s poor: Shopping for grapes at Beirut’s wholesale market to resell from her [...]
Southeast Asia Hopes to Become the World’s Next EV Hub
Via The Diplomat, an article on Southeast Asia’s EV ambitions: As countries around the world strive to reach their climate targets, many are turning to electric vehicles (EVs) as a way of [...]
A Surprise Winner as Emerging Markets Crumble: Indonesia
Via Bloomberg, a look at Indonesia’s surprising resilience and economic calm in the face of so much global turmoil: Call it a taper tantrum, times 10. Developing nations are reeling from the [...]
Eurasian Economic Union May Set Up SEZ In Cuba
Via Russia Briefing, a report that the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) may establish an industrial park in Cuba: Cuba has proposed that the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) create an industrial park on [...]

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WILDCATS AND BLACK SHEEP
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.