Morocco: The Mexico of Europe?
March 22nd, 2025 Via Chatham House, an article on Morocco and the potential for it to become a battleground in a global trade war: Chinese President Xi Jinping stopped off in Morocco on his return from the G20 summit [...]
Amid Panama Port Sale, China Demands Patriotism From Its Private Sector
March 21st, 2025 Via The Diplomat, commentary on how the Chinese government frequently demands that businesses prove their political loyalty – even at the cost of their own financial interests: Hong Kong [...]
China’s Georgian Gamble
March 18th, 2025 Via Foreign Policy Research Institute, a report on Georgia’s pivot towards China: As Georgia pivots away from the West and slides into dictatorship, China emerges as its key strategic partner. [...]
Vietnam’s Plan to Become a Middle Power
March 18th, 2025 Via Geopolitical Futures, a look at how Hanoi’s new leader is strengthening regional ties and placing pragmatism above ideology. Vietnam and Indonesia last week elevated their bilateral [...]
Angola Pushes Ahead With Key Corridor
March 15th, 2025 Via The Africa Report, a look at the Lobito Corridor project, in light of the Trump Administration’s dissolution of USAID: Despite US funding uncertainty, officials say the strategic rail and [...]
Qatar To Supply Natural Gas To Syria’s New Government
March 15th, 2025 Via OilPrice.com, a report that Qatar will supply natural gas to Syria’s new government: Qatar is set to supply Syria with natural gas via Jordan with Washington’s approval, Reuters has [...]

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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.