Central Asian Rail Deal Allowing China to Bypass Russia, Expand Trade with Europe
April 27th, 2020 Via The Jamestown Foundation, an article on China’s efforts to find a rail route to Europe that bypasses Russia: For the last two decades, Moscow has counted on Beijing’s regular use of [...]
Russia Moves Closer to Privatizing Rosneft
April 20th, 2020 Via The National Interest, an article on Rosneft: The Russian government no longer has a majority stake in Rosneft for the first time in the energy giant’s 27-year history. On March 28, Rosneft [...]
A Chocolate Factory In A Conflict Zone
April 11th, 2020 Via The Economist, an interesting look at a Belgian chocolatier’s efforts to open a factory in the DRC: Dominique Persoone, the bad boy of Belgian chocolate, has served powdered chocolate that [...]
Will China Rebuild Syria?
April 9th, 2020 Via the Begin-Sadat Center, an article on who – after almost a decade of civil war in Syria – will be in charge of the reconstruction of the nation, with China a likely candidate: The [...]
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor at Five
April 6th, 2020 Via the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS), a look at the result so the first five (5) years of The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a flagship of China’s Belt and [...]
Port Of Berbera Breathes Life Into Somaliland
April 6th, 2020 Via AllAfrica, a report on the expansion of the port of Berbera: The expansion of the Port of Berbera, the building of the road linking the town to the Ethiopian border and the planned  construction [...]

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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.