Rising Prices and Political Instability in Lebanon, Iran and Sudan
Via Politics Today, a look at how Lebanon, Iran and Sudan are all suffering from a lack of energy sources, but these are merely underlying causes of a larger issue: their real struggle will be in [...]
Addressing Political Risks As Uzbekistan’s Silk Road Return Takes Shape
Via The Brussels Times, a report on how – as Central Asian and Uzbekistan’s Silk Road takes shape – political risks must be addressed to attract foreign investors New initiatives are [...]
Xinjiang: Rising Tech Hub on Belt & Road
Via Belt and Road News, an interesting article on Xinjiang: Among a display of satin brocades now worn with age, a 2,200-year-old silk arm protector lies quietly in a dusky glass case in Xinjiang [...]
Myanmar Junta Bars Foreign Telecom Executives From Exiting the Country
Via The Diplomat, sobering news of foreign investment in Myanmar: As it faces increasingly violent challenges to its five-month-long rule, Myanmar’s military junta has told foreign executives of [...]
Is China’s ‘Global Energy Internet’ Plan Growing In Power?
Via South China Morning Press, an article on China’s Global Energy Internet plan: Ever since President Xi Jinping pitched the idea of a “global energy internet” to the United Nations six [...]
UAE Won’t Accept Plan to Extend OPEC+ Agreement Beyond April ‘22
Via Bloomberg, a report on UAE’s refusal to extend the OPEC+ agreement beyond April ‘22: A high-stakes game of oil diplomacy pits Saudi Arabia against long-time ally Abu Dhabi. And the [...]

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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.