Flash Points and Tipping Points: Security Implications of Global Population Changes
"Population distortions - in which populations grow too young, or too fast, or too urbanized - make it difficult for prevailing economic and administrative institutions to maintain stable socialization and labor-force absorption," says Jack A. Goldstone. "The most logical way to overcome the population distortions in varied regions will be to ease the barriers to movement across borders."
About the Author
Jack A. Goldstone
Virginia E. and John T. Hazel Professor of Public Policy, George Mason University; Wilson Center Fellow
Environmental Change and Security Program
The Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP) explores the connections between environmental change, health, and population dynamics and their links to conflict, human insecurity, and foreign policy. Read more
Environmental Change and Security Program
The Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP) explores the connections between environmental change, health, and population dynamics and their links to conflict, human insecurity, and foreign policy. Read more
