Operation Warp Speed, the U.S. federal government's initiative to accelerate the development of a Covid-19 vaccine, seeks to have 300 million doses of a safe and effective vaccine—reserved for Americans—by January 2021.

SOURCE: "Is it Possible to Avert Chaos in the Vaccine Scramble?" by CSIS's Stephen Morrison, Anna Carroll, and Katherine E. Bliss. 

As the upcoming election in Belarus becomes increasingly tense, one unofficial online poll put incumbent president Alexander Lukashenko's support as low as 3 percent—before authorities banned polling. 

SOURCE: "The Belarusian Mirror on the Wall" by CSIS's Vladislav Inozemtsev, Cyrus Newlin and Heather A. Conley.

9.3 million people, nearly a quarter of Sudan’s population, require humanitarian assistance in 2020. This includes approximately 2 million internally displaced persons and 1 million South Sudanese refugees.

SOURCE: "Sudan at a Crossroads: A Humanitarian Opening?" by CSIS's Jacob Kurtzer and Nadia Schaaphok.

The Japan Coast Guard reported on July 22 that Chinese patrol ships had navigated within the 24-nautical mile contiguous zone around the contested Senkaku Islands  for 100 straight days—suggesting that the risk of violence is again growing.

SOURCE: "Remote Control: Japan's Evolving Senkakus Strategy" by CSIS's Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative.