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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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** 75
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Long a tool of repression, surveillance has become easier and cheaper in the digital age. Today, over 75 countries use artificial intelligence (AI) for surveillance purposes.
SOURCE: "Promote and Build: A Strategic Approach to Digital Authoritarianism" by CSIS's Erol Yayboke and Sam Brannen.
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** 54%
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Among national security experts, 79 percent think the United States would prevail in a conflict with China in the Western Pacific today, but just 54 percent think that would be true ten years from now.
SOURCE: "Mapping the Future of U.S. China Policy" led by CSIS's Michael J. Green.
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** 20 million
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There are still over 20 million Americans without any or enough work. Failure to pass a big enough stimulus during this historical crisis could leave permanent scars on the U.S. economy and psyche.
SOURCE: "Why Stimulus Today Helps Deficit and Climate Hawks of Tomorrow" by CSIS's Lachlan Carey.
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** 0.6%
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At the height of the space race with the Soviet Union in the 1960s, federal funding for Research and Development (R&D) represented over 1.6 percent of GDP. By 2017, government funding for all types of R&D declined to 0.6 percent of GDP.
SOURCE: "Sharpening America's Innovative Edge" by CSIS's Matthew Goodman, Dylan Gerstel, William Reinsch, and Scott Miller.
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