How population plays a role in Tunisia and Egypt
There's a great ongoing dialogue among population experts about the role of age structure in the protests across the Middle East. See my two cents in this collection of posts: "The Age of Revolution"...
View ArticleWhat to read on demography and the Middle East
I've put together a few links for recommended reading on the role of demography in the recent protests across the Middle East. Chapter 2 of my book--Youth and Youthful Age Structures--is also a great...
View ArticleBook preview on The New Security Beat
The New Security Beat, the blog of The Environmental Change and Security Program at the Wilson Center, just posted a preview of the book.
View ArticleThe Middle East's Demographic Destiny
The so-called “arc of revolution” sweeping across the Middle East and North Africa has some demographers feeling smug. In Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Jordan, and Lebanon the population ages 15-29—a key...
View ArticleInterview on population and conflict in the Middle East
Here's a link to a 6 minute interview I did last Monday on the role of demography in the conflicts across the Middle East.
View ArticleSomalia's Scoundrels
Though youth have been in large part responsible for the recent revolutions calling for representative democracy across the Middle East, friend and colleague Art Carden recently posed a question on his...
View ArticleVideo of book launch
Watch the video of my book launch at the Wilson Center here. Features commentary by Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks and Environmental Change and Security Program Director Geoff Dabelko.
View ArticlePopulation and National Security in 5 min or less
For those of you teaching on population and national security, this 5-minute video I taped with the Environmental Change and Security Program at the Wilson Center may be helpful.
View ArticleThe Specter of 7 Billion: Should We Be Scared?
The UN announced this week that the world will welcome its seven billionth inhabitant on Halloween this year. A world of seven billion was unthinkable a century ago, when total world population was...
View ArticleInterview with Zunia.org on population and development
Jennifer Sciubba Discusses Population and International DevelopmentZunia: What are some demographic trends international development organizations need to take into account as they develop their future...
View ArticleDemography and Instability in the Developing World
I have a new article out in the Spring 2012 issue of Orbis journal. Here's the abstract: Demography provides a framework for analyzing the effect of population on national security and a tool to assess...
View ArticleIs population aging really so bad?
I have a chapter in the excellent new edited book, Political Demography: Identity, Institutions, and Conflict. In it I argue that the absence of a theoretical framework within which to structure...
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My new article on global advocacy for older people is out in the journal Social Movement Studies. I hope this is the first of many articles on this fascinating topic. If we really expect that...
View ArticleWhy a Convention on the Rights of Older People now?
The second article of my global aging advocacy project is out now in the International Journal of Human Rights. The aged remain one of the few vulnerable groups without formalized protection in their...
View ArticleIs Russia's older population driving their aggressive behavior?
This summer I was part of an excellent special edition of International Area Studies Review journal focusing on population and politics. My contribution offered a counterintuitive argument: an older...
View ArticleMy new article on youthful countries breaking alliances
We know there are a lot of links between a state's age structure and its behavior. Does this relationship extend to alliances? Along with Dr. TongFi Kim, I published an article in International...
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