The initial 7.8-magnitude earthquake on February 6 was the highest magnitude earthquake recorded in Turkey since 1939 and the second highest in its recorded history.

SOURCE: "Shattered Relief: A 7.8-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Turkey and Syria" by CSIS's Erol Yayboke.

According to a senior defense official, there have been at least four previous instances of People’s Republic of China (PRC) balloons overflying some part of the United States, three times during the Trump administration and once earlier in the Biden administration.

SOURCE: "Building on China’s Mistake to Advance U.S. Interests after the Balloon" by CSIS's John Schaus.

Despite cutting its budget back to the bare minimum, Ukraine expects a monthly budget deficit of $3 billion in 2023, or $36 billion for the year.

SOURCE: "Enabling Ukraine's Economic Transformation" by CSIS's Conor M. Savoy and Janina Staguhn.

China’s 3 percent reported growth for 2022 was the lowest since the mid-1970s. It was the first time in 40 years that China’s economy grew below the international average.

SOURCE: "China Holds the Key to Global Energy Demand" by CSIS's Ben Cahill, Ilaria Mazzocco, and Chen Huang.