What’s To Become Of Afghanistan’s Mines?
Via Foreign Policy, a look at the future of Afghanistan’s mining sector: Five days after Sardar Ahmad Khan, his wife, and two of their three children were murdered by teenage gunmen while [...]
Has China Won The Caspian Gas War?
Via Foreign Policy, a dated (2010) but still instructive look at pipeline politics in Central Asia: Natural gas is in the midst of a transformative moment. The advent of shale gas, the growth of [...]
Map Of World Sized By Population & Changing Global Economy
Via Big Picture Agriculture, an interesting graphic of the world, sized by population and reflective of the globe’s changing economy, which illustrates the likelihood of a tri-polar world in [...]
Turning Crisis To Opportunity In Mongolia
Via Diplomatic Courier, an interesting look at the state of Mongolia’s economy and investment opportunities therein: The Mongolian economy, not long ago the darling of the global investment [...]
Powering Myanmar: FDI, Geopolitics and the Appetite for Risk
Via Breaking Energy, a report on  investment in Myanmar: While residents of Myanmar protest over electricity – sometimes on pricing, other times on access and most recently on environmental [...]
Can Iranian Gas Help Solve India’s Energy Crisis?
Via Foreign Policy, a look at the potential role Iranian gas supplies may play in alleviating India’s energy crisis: On July 31, 2012, India experienced the worst electricity blackout 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.