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Weekly Forecast Monitor: August 30, 2024 - Global Hotspots

2 Sep 2024

Department of Defense is seeking congressional approval (down 35 pts from start of 2024) to expand the role of special forces to provide training and Military escalation equipment to allied nations, including Taiwan. [...] (up 5 pts from start of 2024) Risk level – low/medium Hybrid escalation (up 5 pts from start of 2024) Hybrid escalation scenario Diplomatic de-escalation • Belarus and China issued a joint statement vowing to strengthen (up 25 pts from start of 2024) their security and economic ties. [...] electric grid in the first half of 2024, making it one of the fastest growing components of utility-scale generation in the country over that period. [...] • Significance/Outlook: Construction of solar energy facilities accounted for 12 of the total 20.1 GW of new capacity added to the U. [...] With 56 reactors currently in operation and 30 under construction (with an expected capacity of 32,203 megawatts), China leads the world in nuclear construction capacity, according to the Nuclear Energy Association.

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Kevin Hargis

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