To meet the short- and long-term challenges associated with great power competition, the Biden administration needs to increase the current total foreign aid funding by 20-40 percent to support bilateral spending needs.

SOURCE: "A New Approach to Foreign Aid" by CSIS's Dan Runde.

"The numbers will guide us on re-openings. Today we see 200-300,000 new infections per day. If we get that down to less than 10,000 per day, we'll be in a very good place. So when we see that, we can gradually and prudently pull back these measures."

SOURCE: Dr. Anthony Fauci during the CSIS Global Health Policy Center's "Year-End Reflections on 2020 with Dr. Anthony Fauci" online event. 

Ties to Africa are generating jobs for Americans. In 2018, Texas averaged $3.7 billion in exports to Sub-Saharan Africa, underscoring the need for a more constructive U.S. policy toward the continent.

SOURCE: "Africa Matters to U.S. Cities" by Judd Devermont. 

The employment opportunities brought by Chinese economic reforms launched in the late 1970s led to a surge of people moving out of rural areas and into cities. Today, the urbanization rate in China stands at 61.4 percent.

SOURCE: "How Globally Competitive are China's Cities?" by the CSIS China Power Project.