China-Central Asia: An Uneasy Co-Existence
Via Observer Research Foundation, commentary on China and Central Asia: Relations of China with the five Central Asian states—Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenis??tan and [...]
Capital Meant For Myanmar May Go To Vietnam and Cambodia
Via Nikkei Asia, an article on how capital meant for Myanmar may seek havens in Vietnam and Cambodia: The military coup in Myanmar has forced investors who had earmarked capital for the country to [...]
Fears Mount Over North Korean ‘Great Leap Backwards
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on how Kim Jong Un’s ideology of self-reliance risks causing food shortages and economic collapse: On the western bank of the Yalu in the Chinese city [...]
Middle East LNG Hedging in China’s Energy Diplomacy
Via The Diplomat, an article on how increased demand for energy will give China greater and greater dependency on – and sway over – the world’s LNG producers: China’s energy mix is currently [...]
Uzbekistan Offered Access To Pakistani Ports
Via Pakistan’s Technology Times, an article on potential cooperation between Uzbekistan and Pakistan: Prime Min­­ister Imran Khan on Wednesday assured Uzbe­kis­tan of complete facilitation [...]
Egypt Seeks To Turn Into Regional Hub For Electricity Supply
Via Al Monitor, an article on how Egypt, as part of plans to turn into a major regional hub for electricity, announced plans to increase the capacity of an interconnection line between Egypt and [...]

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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.