China’s Belt and Road Won’t Readily Reach Afghanistan
Via Asia Times, a look at Beijing’s hope to connect a Taliban-led Afghanistan with neighboring Pakistan overlooks rising and lethal resistance to the scheme: When suspected militants killed [...]
Can Afghanistan Be Part of An Integrated Central Asia?
Via National Interest, a look at how a more integrated and cohesive Central Asia that includes Afghanistan will bring do more than anything else in sight to make Afghanistan stable and predictable: [...]
After Years As A Battleground, Investment Boom Lifts Iraqi City
Courtesy of The New York Times, an article on Ramadi – site of some of the fiercest fighting against U.S. troops during the Iraq war – is emerging as one of Iraq’s most stable cities: [...]
Mauritius’ MediaCity: Aims To Succeed Where Other African ‘Smart Cities’ Failed
Via Quartz, an article on Mauritius’ hopes to establish Africa’s first integrated, international hub for the media and creative industries: A few months back, investors unveiled plans of [...]
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 [...]

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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.