China: Passing The Buck in Afghanistan?
Via Foreign Policy, an interesting article on China’s economic interests in Afghanistan which, so far, have not been mirrored by any security investments.  As the report notes: [...]
Iran Forgets India and Keeps Pitching Peace Pipeline to Pakistan
Via GreenProphet, an interesting article on Iran’s efforts to woo Pakistan to join in a natural gas “peace” pipeline project.  As the report notes:   Iran, becoming more [...]
Myanmar: An Outcast With Assets
Via The Financial Times, an article on Myanmar, a pariah state taking tentative steps to attract foreign investors: “…They have decided to change. It’s not what we called for, but there [...]
Venezuela: A Tale of Potential and Peril
From Emerging Markets Insight, a report on Venezuela’s investment promise and peril: Venezuela presents a major challenge for MNCs who recognize the country’s market potential and high profit [...]
Zambia: Striking The Dragon
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an interesting article on recent strikes at Chinese-owned mines in Zambia.  As the report notes: Zambia, the landlocked country in southern Africa that is the [...]
Where China Meets India: The Improbably Bright Future of Myanmar
Via the New York Times, a review of an interesting book focused on Myanmar.  As the article notes: “…As economies and societies all around them have flourished, two countries have been [...]

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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.