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6 zones
On August 2, Chinese state media announced that the PLA would conduct military exercises from August 4-7 in six zones throughout the Taiwan Strait and around the island of Taiwan.
SOURCE: "Tracking the Fourth Taiwan Strait Crisis" by CSIS's Bonny Lin, Brian Hart, Matthew P. Funaiole, Samantha Lu, Hannah Price, and Nicholas Kaufman.
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2nd Transition
Despite two decades of counterterrorism operations against al Qaeda’s core leadership, Ayman al-Zawahiri’s death paves the way for only the second leadership transition in the group’s four-decade history.
SOURCE: "Zawahiri’s Death and What’s Next for al Qaeda" by CSIS's Jake Harrington and Jared Thompson.
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17 percent
Pandemic-induced spikes in consumer demand boosted semiconductor demand by 17 percent between 2019 and 2021. Global sales reached $555.9 billion in 2021, 26.2 percent more than the year before.
SOURCE: "Securing Semiconductor Supply Chains" by CSIS's William A. Reinsch, Emily Benson, and Aidan Arrasingham.
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88 investigations
According to the latest Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) report, which covers 2020 transactions, there were 187 notices of transactions filed with CFIUS in 2020, out of which CFIUS investigated 88. Of these 88 transactions, CFIUS recommended only one be rejected.
SOURCE: "Trade and Investment Controls: The Transatlantic Toolkit" by CSIS's Emily Benson.
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