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1,500
China currently has an estimated 410 nuclear weapons, but the Department of Defense predicts this could reach 1,500 by 2035.
SOURCE: "China’s Waterlogged Missiles Don’t Matter" by CSIS's Heather Williams.
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2 percent
Attacks by Houthi rebels have caused a sharp increase in cargo insurance rates for Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab voyages. These rates, typically 0.6 percent of the value of the cargo on a ship, are now up to 2 percent.
SOURCE: "The Global Economic Consequences of the Attacks on Red Sea Shipping Lanes" by CSIS's Thibault Denamiel, Matthew Schleich, William Alan Reinsch, and Will Todman.
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44 percent
About 44 percent of U.S. experts surveyed by CSIS believed China would be willing to detonate a nuclear weapon in a Taiwan conflict; only 11 percent of Taiwan Experts thought the same.
SOURCE: "Surveying the Experts: U.S. and Taiwan Views on China's Approach to Taiwan" by CSIS's Bonny Lin, Brian Hart, Samantha Lu, Truly Tinsley, and Yu-Jie (Grace) Liao with Chen Ming-Chi and Shen Ming-Shih.
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1.6 million
India is the third-largest electricity producer in the world, producing 1.6 million gigawatt hours of electricity in 2022.
SOURCE: "India's Private Power Market: Expanding Private Sector Electricity Distribution" by CSIS's Richard M. Rossow and Akshat Singh.
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