Energy Agenda of China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Via BusinessWorld Online, interesting commentary on the energy agenda of China’s Belt and Road initiative In a presentation during the Asia Pacific Pathways to Progress Foundation, Inc. (APPFI) [...]
China Making Iran A Hub In Its Global Infrastructure Project
Via the New York Times, a look at China’s efforts to make Iran a hub in its global infrastructure strategy: When Zuao Ru Lin, a Beijing entrepreneur, first heard about business opportunities in [...]
China and India: Torn Between Silk Roads and Loaded Guns
Via Asia Times, commentary on the current stand-off at Doklam, or Donglang, which may ultimately be little more than a sideshow in the bigger picture as South Asia’s tectonic plates shift in a [...]
Russia’s Far East Rolls Out The Welcome Mat For Investors
Via Asia Times, a look at Russia’s efforts to develop its Far East region: Russia’s government is offering tax breaks, special economic zones and other incentives to investors in the Far East [...]
Limited Links Sink Myanmar’s Potential
Via Asia Times, a look at whether Myanmar – long viewed as Southeast Asia’s ‘connectivity’ laggard – is poised to allow more foreign-built ports, roads and rails: Despite its [...]
Trump Finds Reason for the U.S. to Remain in Afghanistan: Minerals
Courtesy of the New York Times, an article on the Trump administration’s interest in Afghan minerals: President Trump, searching for a reason to keep the United States in Afghanistan after 16 [...]

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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.