OilCo. Nation: Will Oil Companies Provide Kurdistan Its De Facto Statehood?
July 31st, 2012
Courtesy of Foreign Policy’s Oil & Glory blog, an interesting commentary on the lure of Kurdistan for foreign oil companies: Less than a year after the departure of U.S. troops from Iraq, [...]
South Africa: Built like a BRIC, Or The New Frontier …And OnThe Fear of Becoming Colombia
July 31st, 2012 Two interesting articles on South Africa – one with a bit more of a hard-hitting “realist” examination, but both sure to provide some fodder for thought. First, via The Financial [...]
July 31st, 2012 Two interesting articles on South Africa – one with a bit more of a hard-hitting “realist” examination, but both sure to provide some fodder for thought. First, via The Financial [...]
Growing Opportunities Behind Turkey’s Soft Landing
July 31st, 2012 Courtesy of Emerging Markets Insights, a positive perspective on Turkey: Turkey is on a clear slowdown trajectory. Both the consumer and the business sectors are seeing a gradual deceleration of [...]
July 31st, 2012 Courtesy of Emerging Markets Insights, a positive perspective on Turkey: Turkey is on a clear slowdown trajectory. Both the consumer and the business sectors are seeing a gradual deceleration of [...]
Can Myanmar’s Economy Cope With Sudden Influx Of Foreign Investment?
July 31st, 2012 Via Radio Australia, an interview examining Myanmar’s ability to cope with sudden influx of foreign investment: Presenter: Richard Ewart Speaker: Brian Klein, former American diplomat and trade [...]
July 31st, 2012 Via Radio Australia, an interview examining Myanmar’s ability to cope with sudden influx of foreign investment: Presenter: Richard Ewart Speaker: Brian Klein, former American diplomat and trade [...]
Argentina’s New Oil Rules “Worse Than Nationalisation”
July 31st, 2012 Via The Financial Times, a report on Argentina’s new oil rules: A public relations adage holds that bad news is best released on Friday, so that it’s published in the little-read [...]
July 31st, 2012 Via The Financial Times, a report on Argentina’s new oil rules: A public relations adage holds that bad news is best released on Friday, so that it’s published in the little-read [...]
War And Debt: Commodities Trading Houses Cash In
July 28th, 2012 Via Reuters, an interesting look at a group of trading houses that are looking at frontier markets for large returns: The Vitol oil trader dressed in heels picking her way through the armed rebels [...]
July 28th, 2012 Via Reuters, an interesting look at a group of trading houses that are looking at frontier markets for large returns: The Vitol oil trader dressed in heels picking her way through the armed rebels [...]