The Effects of Demographic Change on Global Security

Washington, DC – On Wednesday, September 29, 2010, from 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. in room HVC-210 of the Capitol Visitors Center (CVC), Congressman John Tierney’s Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs and Congressman Russ Carnahan’s Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight will hold a briefing entitled, “The Effects of Demographic Change on Global Security.”  This briefing will address the emerging issues surrounding demographic security, which primarily focuses on the link between the age structure of a population and the propensity for conflict.  The speakers will cover a range of issues from the emerging threat of youth bulges to the impact of demographic shifts on the wellbeing of women and girls to the effects of natural resource scarcities that are related to demographic trends.

This event is open to the public.

The briefing features a panel including:

• Elizabeth Leahy Madsen, Director of Research, Population Action International.

• Richard Cincotta, Ph.D., Demographer-in-Residence, Henry Stimson Center.

• Geoffrey Dabelko, Ph.D., Director of the Environmental Change and Security Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

If you have any questions please contact LaToya King or Boris Maguire at 5-2548.