U.S. aid to Ukraine to date totals $68 billion, and the White House has just asked Congress for another $37.7 billion.

SOURCE: "Aid to Ukraine Explained in Six Charts" by CSIS's Mark F. Cancian.

Before the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), U.S. investments in climate mitigation and adaption hovered at 0.6 percent of GDP. After the passage of the IRA, U.S. federal spending is expected to reach 1.2 percent of GDP on climate change.

SOURCE: "The U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council: Assessments and Recommendations" by CSIS's Emily Benson, William Alan Reinsch, and Andrea Leonard Palazzi.

On November 14, violence spilled into Poland when Ukraine accidentally fired at least one SA-10 surface-to-air missile from an S-300 missile system, killing two individuals, after Russia shot approximately 100 missiles at Ukrainian civilian infrastructure.

SOURCE: "The End of the Beginning in Ukraine" CSIS's Seth Jones and Philip G. Wasielewski.

There are increasing grounds for concern over TikTok’s massive social media presence and its links to Beijing, but banning it is not an easy option — the app already has 200 million downloads.

SOURCE: "TikTok and the First Amendment" by CSIS's James Andrew Lewis.