Satellite imagery suggests that the Myanmar military (or Tatmadaw) may be leveraging the surveillance capabilities of Chinese-made unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to monitor the ongoing protests resulting from its coup of the country's democratically elected government. According to data from SIPRI, the Tatmadaw leans heavily on Chinese state-owned enterprises to arm its ranks, with China supplying approximately 56 percent of Myanmar’s foreign arms imports between 2010-2019.

SOURCE: "Tatmadaw Deploys Chinese-Made UAVs" by CSIS's Matthew Funaoile and Joe Bermudez. 
 

The American Jobs Plan contains as much as $1.6 trillion in climate-related spending over eight years, or about 7 percent of today’s GDP. This large number showcases how current climate spending is relatively unconstrained by deficit hawks and inflation alarmists, and even endorsed by macroeconomic theories and evidence.

SOURCE: "Experts React: Biden's First 100 Days" by CSIS's Energy Security and Climate Change Program. 

For too long, U.S. foreign policy has been reactive to violent conflict, at great humanitarian, diplomatic, strategic, and economic cost. However, the new Global Fragility Act (GFA) presents an opportunity to shift this focus by incorporating a longer-term view of addressing fragility. Notably, the GFA includes $1.15 billion in envisioned funding for the first five years, consisting of $200 million a year for a Prevention and Stabilization Fund and $30 million a year for a Complex Crisis Fund.

SOURCE: "A Policymaker's Guide to the Global Fragility Act" by CSIS's Erol Yayboke, Daphne McCurdy, Annie Pforzheimer, and Janina Staguhn. 

Rapid urbanization and population growth have increased the amount of waste produced in MENA countries by 2 percent per year—leading several countries in the region to move away from solid waste management systems to more integrated and sustainable approaches based on decentralized decisionmaking.

SOURCE: "Decentralized Waste Management in MENA Countries: Lessons from Tunisia" by Dr.-Eng. Wassim Chaabane.