Today’s Great Game: China, India, Iran and Pakistan Crowd Russia in Central Aisa
Courtesy of James Brooke, an interesting look at the geopolitics of Central Asia: When I was in Dushanbe, India’s defense minister just happened to be in the neighborhood, and popped in for a [...]
TAPI’ng Along
Via the Khaleej Times, an updated report on the Turkmenistan-Afghan-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project.  As the article notes: Turkmenistan-Afghan-Pakistan-India transnational gas pipeline, or [...]
Indonesian GDP: 6% and counting
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on Indonesia’s economic strength.  As the report notes: Consumers are buying cars and motorbikes by the million, exports have jumped 18.5 per cent [...]
India’s Track 3: Afghan-Iran Rail Link
Via The Hindustan Times, a report that India is planning a rail linkage of Iran and Afghanistan: “…In a bold move to assert itself in the Af-Pak region and reduce Pakistan’s room [...]
North Korea on the Cusp of Digital Transformation
Via the North Korean Economic Watch, some interesting news that the Hermit Kingdom may soon be entering the digital age: The DPRK mobile communications industry has crossed the Rubicon, and the North [...]
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: [...]

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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.