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Twin-seat J-20 stealth fighter jet spotted, extra pilot ‘to give advantage’ (Global Times)

Photos and videos that give the world the first glimpse of the long-rumored twin-seat variant of China's J-20 stealth fighter jet circulated on social...

India overreacts, makes ‘unreasonable’ announcement on China’s land border law: Chinese lawmakers (Global Times)

India overreacted and made an unreasonable announcement against China's newly adopted land border legislation, as the law is not targeted at the China-India border...

Tsai confirms US military presence in Taiwan, ‘to face consequences for breaking red line’ (Global Times)

In a recent interview with CNN published on Thursday, Taiwan's regional leader Tsai Ing-wen confirmed for the first time that US troops are present...

Wang Yi calls for coordinated action to expand economic exchanges with Afghanistan (Liu Caiyu, Global Times)

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi has called on countries neighboring Afghanistan to take coordinated action to expand economic and trade exchanges...

Chinese Ambassador to Australia to leave position at most difficult time in bilateral ties (Chen Qingqing, Global Times)

Cheng Jingye, the Chinese Ambassador to Australia, said in a farewell address as he was leaving the position of the Chinese envoy to the...

Tensions in Tehran-Baku Relations: Iran’s New Transit Routes in Armenia and the Caspian Sea (Vali Kaleji, The Jamestown Foundation)

Although many observers assumed that the recent uptick in tensions between Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan (see EDM, October 6) would die down following...

Saakashvili’s Hunger Strike Mobilizes Georgian Opposition (Giorgi Menabde, The Jamestown Foundation)

On October 25, United National Movement (UNM)—Georgia’s main opposition party, established in 2001 by former president Mikheil Saakashvili—released a statement regarding the hospitalization of...

Increased Social Tensions in Russia Spill Over Into Shootings and Inter-Ethnic Conflicts (Kseniya Kirillova, The Jamestown Foundation)

Beginning in the fall of 2018, sociologists saw a sharp rise in social tensions in Russia, driven by price increases, unemployment and an economic...

OMB Issues 11 Action Items for 2021 Data Strategy With 2 Months Left in the Year (Aaron Boyd, Nextgov)

The Office of Management and Budget issued a late release of the Federal Data Strategy 2021 Action Plan. With little more than two months left...

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