Each week, we'll share with you some of the most compelling numbers in our studies.
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.
$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.
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.
$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.
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.
