Since entering Afghanistan 18 years ago, the United States has spent $800 billion and suffered more than 2,400 fatalities.

SOURCE: "Tell Me How This Ends: Military Advice, Strategic Goals, and the “Forever War” in Afghanistan," by CSIS's Mark Cancian.

The Basij, a civilian paramilitary organization controlled by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), claims to manage 120,000 cyberwar volunteers.

SOURCE: "Iran and Cyber Power," by CSIS's Jim Lewis.

China has built 3,200 acres of new land through dredging and artificial island-building in the South China Sea’s Spratly and Paracel Islands.

SOURCE: "By Other Means—Part I: Campaigning in the Gray Zone," by CSIS's Kathleen Hicks, Alice Hunt Friend, Melissa Dalton, Hijab Shah, Joseph Federici, Asya Akca, and Lindsey Sheppard.

The Trump administration has cut as much as $1 billion in aid to the North Triangle countries of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras until migration stops.

SOURCE: "The Last Thing El Salvador’s New President Needs Is for the United States to Cut Billions in Aid," by CSIS's Mark Schneider.

In 2018, NATO Europe spent $281.7 billion on defense, over four times as much as Russia's $63.12 billion defense budget. Including the U.S., NATO spent 14 times as much on defense in 2018 as Russia.

SOURCE: "NATO: Going From the 2% Non-Solution to Meaningful Planning," by CSIS's Anthony Cordesman.