CASA-1000 Project Stalled Due To Afghan Issues
Via The Frontier Post, a report that the CASA-1000 project is stalled due to Afghan issues: The CASA-1000 project to build a power line between Central Asia and South Asia has been stalled by [...]
China’s Digital Inroads In The Global South
Via The Diplomat, an article on China’s deepening its hold on the digital information ecosystems of developing countries: Earlier this month, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy [...]
‘Go To South-East Asia, Young One’
Courtesy of The Financial Times, insightful commentary on how – courted by superpowers – southeast Asia is where young westerners should try their luck: At no point in his memoir, even [...]
Why A Chinese Ship’s Arrival In Sri Lanka Caused Alarm In India and The West
Via NPR, an article on why a Chinese ship’s arrival in Sri Lanka has caused alarm in India and the West: It all began 20 years ago, when China loaned Sri Lanka more than $1 billion to build a [...]
Afghanistan Shows The Limits of China’s Belt and Road
Via Nikkei Asia, an article on China’s challenges in engaging Afghanistan: A decade ago, Peking University international studies professor Wang Jisi set the conceptual foundation for what would [...]
Uzbekistan and China Push Bilateral Relations To New Level
Via Times of Central Asia, a report on growing relations between Uzbekistan and China: China and Uzbekistan on August 18 pledged to strengthen bilateral cooperation in various fields and boost [...]

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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.