Uzbekistan’s 2019 Strategy: Foreign Investments a Key Focus
Via The Diplomat, an article on Uzbekistan’s 2019 focus on foreign investment: Since Shavkat Mirziyoyev came to power, the government of Uzbekistan has operated a string of hefty strategies. [...]
Georgia Bets Big On Being A Digital Data Future
Courtesy of The New York Times, an interesting article on Georgia’s use of tax breaks, land deals and cheap energy to become a digital data leader: For three years, a windowless warehouse on [...]
The Globalization of Gwadar
Via OBOReurope, a look at Gwadar In early 2019, several states in Middle East announced their interest in the port of Gwadar in Pakistan. The port of Gwadar is the flagship project of  [...]
Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan Seek Greater Investment
Via The Diplomat, an article on how leaders of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan have both ordered their officials to attract foreign investment: The presidents of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan both want greater [...]
India Doubles Down on Chabahar Gambit
Via The Diplomat, commentary on India’s continued investment in the Iranian port of Chabahar: With India taking over operations at Iran’s Shaheed Behesti port in Chabahar, New Delhi has [...]
Turkmenistan Branded a ‘Dangerous and Unstable’ Place to do Business
Via International Policy Digest, an article on Turkmenistan: In recent years, Turkmenistan has received little media coverage, either in the mainstream media or in business journalism. It remains, [...]

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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.