Each week, we'll share with you some of the most compelling numbers in our studies.
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Graphite represents nearly a third of the weight of an electric vehicle. The newly announced tariffs on Chinese critical minerals, including graphite, could therefore impact U.S. EV manufacturing.
SOURCE: "Experts React: Energy and Trade Implications of Tariffs on Chinese Imports" by CSIS's Joseph Majkut, William Alan Reinsch, Scott Kennedy, Emily Benson, Gracelin Baskaran, Jane Nakano, and Quill Robinson.
4,000
On April 20, the Venezuelan military launched a field exercise involving as many as 4,000 cadets as part of the regime's escalating competence strategy against Guyana in the Essequibo.
SOURCE: "The Essequibo Pressure Cooker: Runaway Nationalism and Maduro’s Compellence Strategy" by CSIS's Ryan C. Berg, Christopher Hernandez-Roy, Henry Ziemer, Rubi Bledsoe, Joseph S. Bermudez Jr., and Jennifer Jun.
90 percent
The Russo-Ukrainian war is now longer and bloodier than 90 percent of all interstate wars in the last 200 years.
SOURCE: "Victory in Ukraine Starts with Addressing Five Strategic Problems" by CSIS's Benjamin Jensen and Elizabeth Hoffman.
40 times greater
The number of people traveling through the Darién Gap rose to a record 520,085 migrants in 2023—more than 40 times the annual average between 2010 and 2020.
SOURCE: "Mind the Darién Gap, Migration Bottleneck of the Americas" by CSIS's Daniel F. Runde and Thomas Bryja.
By the Numbers is composed weekly by Lauren Adler and the External Relations team.
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