TAPI Pipeline
October 20th, 2017 Via Mantraya, commentary on the potential of the TAPI pipeline: The narrow security dominated approach has not yielded results in the last sixteen years of the ‘war on terrorism’ in Afghanistan. [...]
CPEC Myths And Realities
October 16th, 2017 Via Eurasia Review, commentary on the China Pakistan Economic Corridor: In Pakistan a lot is being said and talked about the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). While some analysts term it a [...]
Sri Lanka’s Economy Poised To Leapfrog After Years Of Conflict
October 14th, 2017 Via Eurasia Review, a look at Sri Lanka’s growth prospects: Sri Lanka under the unity government headed by President Maithripala Sirisena and the Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe is poised [...]
China’s Hunger For Energy Resources Is What’s Driving The Belt And Road
October 13th, 2017 Via Forbes, a look at one of the key motivations for China’s BRI: While it’s not as symbolic as a Chinese flag-brandishing freight train rolling into a European port for the first time or [...]
Japan Wants a Piece of China’s Belt and Road
October 7th, 2017 Via The American Interest, an article on Japan’s interest in China’s BRI: Is Japan warming up to Xi Jinping’s grandiose infrastructure ambitions? That is the impression conveyed by [...]
Afghanistan As South Asia
October 7th, 2017 Via Pakistan’s The Nation, commentary on Afghanistan’s role in South Asia: It is becoming clear that Afghanistan is increasingly an integral part of South Asia. It may not feature in 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.