Chile: Calm Eye Amidst A Commodity Price Storm
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), updated analysis on Chile: Forecast Despite the shock from falling copper prices, Chile’s responsible management of public finances will ensure a [...]
For Investors, Myanmar Is Still For The Brave
Via the Nikkei Asian Review, a look at Myanmar: The dust has settled in Naypyitaw, where a government led by the National League for Democracy has replaced the quasi-democratic, military-backed [...]
China’s Long March Into Central Asia
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), an interesting look at China’s multifaceted engagement with Central and South Asia: Forecast China’s military role in Central Asia will [...]
Bypassing Pakistan: Afghanistan, India, Iran and Chabahar
Via Future Directions International, a look at the strategic impact that the Chabahar Agreement could have upon south and central Asia: Key Points The Chabahar Agreement between India and Iran could [...]
Saudi Arabia Comes To The Rescue Of The Egyptian Economy
Via the Geopolitical Monitor, an interesting look at  how Egypt’s economic struggles have allowed Saudi Arabia to increase its hold over a major geopolitical prize of waterborne trade – the [...]
Megacities Becoming The World’s Dominant Social And Economic Structures
Courtesy of Quartz, a look at how cities have become the world’s dominant demographic and economic clusters: As the sociologist Christopher Chase-Dunn has pointed out, it is not population or [...]

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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.