Each week, we'll share with you some of the most compelling numbers in our studies.
6 out of 9
The G7's membership is dominated by Europe, which occupies six of the nine seats. The group has only one country representing Asia and excludes any voice representing the developing world.
SOURCE: "'Bending' the Architecture: Reimagining the G7" by CSIS's John J. Hamre, Victor Cha, Emily Benson, Max Bergmann, Erin L. Murphy, and Caitlin Welsh.
$380 billion
European NATO allies have increased their defense spending by around a third since 2014, to a total of $380 billion.
SOURCE: "Is NATO Ready for War?" by CSIS's Sean Monaghan, Eskil Jakobsen, Sissy Martinez, Mathieu Droin, Gregory Sanders, Nicholas Velazquez, Cynthia Cook, Anna Dowd, and Maeve Stockwell.
80 percent
More than 80 percent of global trade in staple crops and oilseeds relies on a handful of maritime trade routes that, when disrupted, create a chokehold on food supplies.
SOURCE: "From Farm to Ship to Fork: The Role of Maritime Insurance in Facilitating Global Food Trade" by CSIS's Thibault Denamiel, Emma Dodd, Joseph Glauber, William Alan Reinsch, and Caitlin Welsh.
69
Some estimates suggest that the size of Ukraine’s fighter fleet was only 69 aircraft in March 2023, leaving the Ukrainian Air Force with little power to affect the ground war.
SOURCE: "F-16s Unleashed: How They Will Impact Ukraine’s War" by CSIS's Christopher Koeltzow, Brent Peterson, and Eric Williams.
By the Numbers is composed weekly by Lauren Adler and the External Relations team.
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is a bipartisan, nonprofit organization founded in 1962 and headquartered in Washington, D.C. It seeks to advance global security and prosperity by providing strategic insights and policy solutions to decisionmakers.
