NATO, Post-2014 Afghanistan, And The Energy Dimensions of Security
Via The Journal of Energy Security, some thoughts on the direction that Afghanistan’s energy security will take within a NATO context in the future: Afghanistan History is waiting to be made in [...]
China’s Central Asia Balancing Act: Sino-Turkmen Energy Cooperation
Via The Diplomat, some commentary on how recent Sino-Turkmen energy cooperation gives Beijing greater maneuverability in navigating the treacherous geopolitics of the region: Recently, Beijing played [...]
Africa’s Retail Promise
Via The Financial Times, a look at Africa’s retail opportunity: When Taiwo Animashaun, who works at Tastee Fried Chicken in Lagos, needed a new hotplate, she decided to try the plush Ikeja City [...]
Emerging Markets Vs. Frontier Markets
Courtesy of NASDAQ, a comparison of frontier markets against emerging markets: It is a good exercise to compare and contrast the primary categories of emerging market investing: emerging markets and [...]
Going Beyond The BRICS To Invest In MIST
Via NASDAQ, an article on the MIST investment opportunity: Jim O’Neill of Goldman Sachs is well known as the man who coined the acronym BRIC. He has now created another acronym gaining traction [...]
Cuba Oil Production: Between A Rock And A Hard Place
Via the Financial Times, a short article on Cuba’s offshore oil ambitions: Cuba has found itself between a rock and a hard place in its quest to find oil in its territorial waters of the Gulf [...]

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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.