Why China’s One Belt, One Road Matters for Afghanistan
Via South Asian Voices, commentary on the impact of OBOR on Afghanistan: As the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation takes place in Beijing this weekend, a high-level delegation from [...]
The Rise and Fall of America’s New Silk Road Strategy
Courtesy of The EconoMonitor, interesting commentary on the United States’ New Silk Road strategy: Introduction On the eve of Beijing’s May 2017 Summit on its New Silk Road strategy and [...]
China Paves Way for a New Silk Road
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a detailed look at China’s One Belt, One Road initiative: The Silk Road has become the stuff of legend. For centuries, the web of trade routes, [...]
OBOR: Behind China’s $1 Trillion Plan to Shake Up the Global Economic Order
Courtesy of the New York Times, an article on China’s One Belt, One Road program: Chinese workers and engineers at a tunnel being created near Vang Vieng, Laos, as part of a $6 billion Chinese [...]
Irancell Still Not Ready to Go Public
Via Techrasa, a report on Irancell: According to an order by Iran’s Ministry of ICT in 2006, Irancell had to go public with 21% of its total shares. Yet, years after the first announcement the IPO [...]
Trade Fairs In Turkmenistan
Via The Diplomat, an interesting look at psychology of dictatorships, in this case, Turkmenistan: On May 2, during an international trade fair held in Ashgabat, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov [...]

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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.