Each week, we'll share with you some of the most compelling numbers in our studies.
24
This week, the United States issued its most stringent crackdown on China’s semiconductor industry, prohibiting the export to China of 24 types of semiconductor manufacturing equipment.
SOURCE: "China Imposes Its Most Stringent Critical Minerals Export Restrictions Yet Amidst Escalating U.S.-China Tech War" by CSIS's Gracelin Baskaran and Meredith Schwartz.
80 percent
Conflict is the single largest driver of global hunger. 80 percent of the UN World Food Programme's budget is spent in countries engaged in inter- or intra-state war.
SOURCE: "Starvation Crimes and International Law: A New Era" by CSIS's Chase Sova.
80,000 km²
According a recent survey, the full scope of Ukrainian farmland contaminated by land mines and explosive remnants of war could be as high as 80,000 square kilometers.
SOURCE: "Demining Ukraine’s Farmland: Progress, Adaptation, and Needs" by CSIS's Emma Dodd and Caitlin Welsh.
15 percent
Approximately 15 percent of the Arctic is U.S. territory in Alaska, making the Arctic both a domestic and foreign policy priority for the next administration.
SOURCE: "Forecasts and Recommendations about the Second Trump Administration Policies toward the Two Polar Regions" by CSIS's William "Bill" Muntean III.
By the Numbers is composed weekly by Lauren Adler and the External Relations team.
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