Kazakhstan’s 2025 Development Plan
Via The Diplomat, an article on Kazakhstan’s 2025 Development Plan: The government of Kazakhstan recently released its National Development Plan Through 2025, which complements the [...]
Can Central Asian Gas Exporters Rely on China?
Via Eurasianet, a report on China’s hopes to reduce energy imports and cut emissions, which may raise questions about the need for additional gas from Central Asia: Central Asia’s natural [...]
Silk and Saffron: Regenerating Afghanistan
Via Grit Daily, an article on Afghanistan: For thousands of years Afghanistan has been a cornerstone of the global economy. Situated at a major crossroads of east-west trade routes, since the first [...]
Emerging Markets and Commercial Geographies
Via Emerging World, an interesting look at the origin of the term ’emerging markets’ and other commercial geographies: What’s in a name? Trillions of dollars, possibly. That’s not [...]
Iran Says It Will Soon Launch Major Oil Pipeline
Via Eurasia Review, an article on Iran’s planned new oil pipeline: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said a major oil pipeline will be launched in the near future that will enable the country to [...]
Egypt, Sudan Move Forward With Railway Network
Via Al Monitor, an article on Egypt and Sudan’s preparations to construct a railway network to boost trade on the African market: Egypt has taken serious steps to construct a cross-border [...]

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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.