Each week, we'll share with you some of the most compelling numbers in our studies.
$25.5 billion
In 2015, about $12.8 billion of the Department of Defense’s modernization budget went towards missile defense. Today, it spends around $25.5 billion on missile defense.
SOURCE: "The Golden Dome and the New Missile Age" with CSIS's H. Andrew Schwartz and Tom Karako.
156 percent
Without reform, U.S. debt is projected to reach 156 percent of GDP by 2055, threatening to erode U.S. power in an era of intensifying great power competition.
SOURCE: "Moody’s Downgrade Signals Deeper Risk: Is U.S. Debt Undermining Global Leadership?" by CSIS's Philip Luck.
90 percent
Although destined for Ukraine, 90 percent of U.S. military aid consists of money spent in the United States to build new weapons or to replace weapons sent to Ukraine from U.S. stockpiles.
SOURCE: "Can Ukraine Fight Without U.S. Aid? Seven Questions to Ask" by CSIS's Iselin Brady, Daniel Byman, Riley McCabe, and Alexander Palmer.
20 million
PEPFAR supports antiretroviral therapy for over 20 million HIV-positive individuals around the world. Service disruptions are projected to push millions off treatment and increase infections in many PEPFAR countries.
SOURCE: "PEPFAR’s Golden Era Is Over. It Urgently Needs a Five-Year Transition Plan" by CSIS's Jirair Ratevosian, J. Stephen Morrison, and Katherine E. Bliss.
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.
