China Plans $2B Investment In Syria
Via the Times of Central Asia, a report on China’s $2 billion investment plan for Syria: China plans to invest $2 billion in the creation of an industrial park in Syria that will initially [...]
Afghanistan – Turkmenistan Tango: Diversifying Transit Routes
Via Ariana News, a report on Afghanistan’s efforts to diversify transit corridors with its bordering neighbors: Afghanistan is in the process of limiting Pakistan’s veto options on [...]
Harvard Kennedy School CID Projects Pakistan GDP Growth to Average 5.97% Till 2025
Via , an interesting look at Pakistan’s economic growth trajectory: In its latest economic growth projections, Kennedy School’s Center for International Development (CID) at Harvard [...]
Entrepreneurs in North Korea? Not As Rare As One Might Think
Via the Asia Times, a report that more business projects are starting in North Korea: While the eyes of the world are on North Korea’s development of an intercontinental ballistic missile, [...]
CPEC: Can Pakistan Afford China’s ‘Friendship’?
Via Foreign Policy, commentary on the impact of the Chinese-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC): In recent months, the Chinese-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has left Pakistanis emboldened, Indians [...]
The Blueprint for China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Cooperation
Via The Diplomat, an interesting look at some practical steps the three countries can take to boost trilateral cooperation: The demand for trilateral cooperation among China, Afghanistan, 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.