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500 companies

Ukraine's new approach to drone use in ground combat requires constant battlefield adaptation and a dynamic, decentralized civilian sector that has seen the country grow from five drone companies since the start of the war in 2022 to over 500 in 2025.



SOURCE: "Fewer Soldiers, More Drones: What Ukraine’s Military Will Look Like After the War" by CSIS's Benjamin Jensen.

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$2.9 billion

The United States and Chinese economies each lost about $2.9 billion annually due to retaliatory tariffs imposed during the first Trump administration on agricultural products like soybeans, corn, wheat, and sorghum.



SOURCE: "Growing Together: The North American Agricultural Powerhouse" by CSIS's Christopher Hernandez-Roy and Natalia Hidalgo.

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1,400 satellites

A new study alleges that 99 Chinese satellites could disrupt

1,400 Starlink satellites within a 12-hour period, targeting not individual satellites, but large sections of the Starlink constellation.



SOURCE: "Space Threat Assessment 2025" by CSIS's Clayton Swope, Kari A. Bingen, Makena Young, and Kendra LaFave.

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$20 trillion

Today, the stablecoin market has grown to over $230 billion in value, with annual transaction volumes exceeding $20 trillion—outpacing some of the world’s largest payment networks.



SOURCE: "Stabilizing U.S. Financial Leadership: Why Congress Must Get Stablecoin Regulation Right" by CSIS's Matt Pearl and Anoosh Kumar.

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