The Graying of the Great Powers: Experts Discuss Links Between Demography, Security at Wilson Center

Jan. 26, 2009

WASHINGTON , Jan. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Population aging and decline may make it harder for the United States and other developed countries to ensure national and international security, argue Richard Jackson and Neil Howe in The Graying of the Great Powers: Demography and Geopolitics in the 21st Century. The authors, from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, maintain that these trends will combine with population growth and youth bulges in the developing world to destabilize the globe by the 2020s.

At an event on January 27 , Jackson and Howe will discuss their report, while Jennifer Sciubba of Rhodes College will offer observations drawn from her prior experience as part of the Department of Defense's team examining the impact of demographic trends on national security.

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What: Discussion of The Graying of the Great Powers

Who: Richard Jackson , Director and Senior Fellow, Global Aging Initiative, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Neil Howe , Senior Associate, Global Aging Initiative, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Jennifer Dabbs Sciubba , Mellon Environmental Fellow, Department of International Studies, Rhodes College

When: Tuesday, January 27 , 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Where: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 5th Floor Conference Room

1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.

Media planning to cover the event should contact Sharon McCarter at [email protected] or (202) 691-4016.

The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars is the living, national memorial to President Wilson established by Congress in 1968 and headquartered in Washington, D.C. It is a nonpartisan institution, supported by public and private funds, engaged in the study of national and world affairs. http://www.wilsoncenter.org

Since 1994, the Wilson Center's Environmental Change and Security Program has explored the connections among environmental challenges and their links to conflict and security. http://www.wilsoncenter.org/ecsp

CONTACT: Sharon McCarter, Outreach and Communications Phone: (202) 691-4016 Email: [email protected]

SOURCE Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

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