The Marshall Plan and the Belt and Road Initiative: More Differences Than Similarities
Via The Atlantic Council, a comparative analysis of the Marshall Plan and China’s BRI: China’s flagship Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is often directly compared to the United States’ [...]
How China’s Belt and Road Diplomacy Could End The Ukraine Conflict For Good
Via South China Morning Post, commentary on how Ukraine’s integration into the ambitious rail network linking China with Europe, by providing alternative routes bypassing Russia, would be [...]
North Korea’s Capitalist Pigs
Via NK News, a look at how the private market brought pork to the table in North Korea: North Korean founding leader Kim Il Sung once famously promised that every citizen would soon be able to eat [...]
Africa’s Top CEOs: Hyped On Côte d’Ivoire
Via Quartz Africa, a look at why Africa’s top CEOs are so hyped on Côte d’Ivoire: Côte d’Ivoire is reclaiming its reputation as a top investment destination in Francophone Africa, and on the [...]
Turkey, China See Opportunity In Central Asia After Moscow’s Ukraine Invasion
Via Radio Free Europe, an article on how Turkey and China see opportunity In Central Asia after Moscow’s Ukraine invasion: Since Moscow’s February invasion of Ukraine, Central Asian [...]
Iran, Kazakhstan Inaugurate Rail Transit Route
Via Tasnim News, an article on a new rail link between Iran and Kazakhstan: A rail transit link between Iran and Kazakhstan was brought into operation on Sunday, allowing for cargo trains to freight [...]

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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.