China And Kazakhstan’s Remote Cross-Border FTZ May Finally Be Set To Boom
Via Forbes, an interesting look at a Chinese And Kazakh remote cross-border FTZ which may be ready to boom: The first time I visited the International Center for Boundary Cooperation “Khorgos” [...]
Five Projects That Will Define The Success Of The China Pakistan Economic Corridor
Via Frontera, a report on some key projects in the China Pakistan Economic Corridor: 1) The China – Pakistan Rail link is a controversial project that would effectively connect Pakistan’s [...]
One Belt, One Road: China Aims To Build A Global Infrastructure Network
Via MERICS China Mapping, a very detailed look at various components of China’s One Belt One Road [...]
The Blackwater of Jihad
Via Foreign Policy, an interesting article on a consortium of elite, well-paid fighters from across the former Soviet Union who are training jihadis in Syria: Heavily armed and expertly kitted with [...]
Turkmenistan: A Struggle To Find New Gas Customers
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a detailed look at Turkmenistan: Forecast Upcoming elections in Turkmenistan are all but guaranteed to give President Gurbanguly Berdimukhammedov a [...]
Amid Beijing’s ‘Silk Road’ Splurge, Chinese Firms Eye Pakistan
Via thew New York Times, an article on Chinese companies’ interest in Pakistan: Chinese companies are in talks to snap up more businesses and land in Pakistan after sealing two major deals in [...]

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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.