The Backlash to Belt and Road
Courtesy of Foreign Affairs, commentary on what some term a South Asian battle over Chinese economic power: When Beijing announced its One Belt, One Road initiative five years ago, the global [...]
Perking Up: Is Huawei Set To Take On Starbucks In Coffee Push?
Via Week in China, a look at Ren Zhengfei is not a coffee drinker. But that hasn’t stopped the founder of Huawei from becoming a coffee devotee. He’s known to have joked that when he retires, he [...]
Pakistan-Afghanistan Trade Ties
Via Eurasia Review, an article on Pakistan-Afghanistan trade ties: Afghanistan and Pakistan has bilateral trade agreement known as Afghanistan – Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement (APPTA). The [...]
Digital Silk Road: China-GCC Digital Economic Cooperation
Via The Middle East Institute, a look at China-GCC digital economic cooperation: The strategic rivalry between China and the US that has developed over the past decade includes a struggle for control [...]
Iran, Venezuela Sign Two-Decade Cooperation Deal
Via Al Monitor, a report that Iran and Venezuela have signed a two-decade cooperation deal: Iran and Venezuela signed a 20-year deal on cooperation between the two allies subject to US sanctions [...]
China’s Southern Strategy
Via Foreign Affairs, a look at how Beijing is using the Global South to constrain America For the past decade, Chinese President Xi Jinping has endeavored to help China attain what it considers to [...]

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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.