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By The Numbers
Each week, we'll share with you some of the most compelling numbers in our studies.
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** 70%
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Demand at U.S. food banks is up by an average of 70% compared to the same time last year, with nearly 40% of customers having never used food banks before Covid-19.
SOURCE: "Covid-19 and the U.S. Food System," by Caitlin Welsh.
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China's Air Force and Navy have conducted as many as 10 transits and military exercises near Taiwan since mid-January, including multiple deliberate incursions into Taiwan’s airspace.
SOURCE: "China’s Provocations Around Taiwan Aren’t a Crisis" by CSIS's Bonnie Glaser and Matthew Funaiole.
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As a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, Russia blocked at least 14 separate attempts to condemn and punish the Assad regime’s human rights violations throughout the Syrian Civil War.
SOURCE: "Moscow’s War in Syria," by CSIS's Seth Jones, Brian Katz, Nick Harrington, Jason Gresh, Edmund Xavier Loughran.
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** $8.2 Billion
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In early May, the European Union organized $8.2 billion for Covid-19 vaccine and therapeutic research at a summit attended by 40 countries, foundations, and private industry leaders—but not the United States.
SOURCE: "The Trump Administration’s Ignominious Exit at the 2020 World Health Assembly," by CSIS's Steve Morrison.
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