How Today’s Population Is Shaping the World of 2050 Demography is often a slow-moving force, yet its impact is remarkably deep. When trying to understand today’s political, economic, and military balances, most analyses focus on defense spending, technological capacity, or energy resources. In my view, however, the truly decisive factor is a quieter but far more persistent one: population structure. If current trends continue and no major corrective action is…
