China Deepens Its Engagement With Taliban-Ruled Afghanistan
December 3rd, 2024 Courtesy of The Diplomat, a look at China’s vastly increased economic engagement with Afghanistan as it eyes a new node in the Belt and Road Initiative: On August 15, 2021, the Taliban took [...]
Critical Metals Key to Deepening South Korea-Kyrgyzstan Relations
December 3rd, 2024 Via The Diplomat, a report on growing relations between South Korea and Kyrgyzstan: Hours before he declared martial law in a shocking televised address, South Korea President Yoon Suk-yeol held [...]
The Billion-Dollar Railways Driving Biden’s Last Overseas Trip
December 3rd, 2024 Via Bloomberg, a report on US support for African infrastructure aimed at countering Chinese influence in the region: Twice a week, a cargo train groaning under hundreds of tons of copper [...]
Beyond Lobito: Africa’s Resource Rich Nations Look To Capitalise On Biden’s Angola Trip
December 3rd, 2024 Via The Africa Report, a look at how Africa’s resource?rich nations look to capitalize on Biden’s Angola trip: Burundi and South Africa are among the countries hoping to attract a piece of the [...]
Map Reveals How World’s Population Will Change by 2100
December 2nd, 2024 Via Newsweek, a look at how the world’s population will change by 2100: The Census Bureau has revealed how the global population will change between now and 2100, with some nations losing [...]
China’s Wagner? Beijing Establishes Private Security Company in Myanmar
December 2nd, 2024 Via Geopolitical Monitor, an article on China’s use of a private security company in Myanmar: China is collaborating with the Myanmar military junta to establish a joint security company to [...]

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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.