Experts discuss the effect of global aging on public policy and investor communities in relation to predicated health and social costs, as part of CFR's Corporate Program and the Roundtable Series on Aging Populations.

Robert N. Butler and Michael W. Hodin argue, ""There is solid evidence that aging can be treated as an unprecedented opportunity for investment in economic growth."

A series of looming demographic trends will greatly affect international security in the twenty-first century.

The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life conducted a comprehensive demographic study of the World's Muslim population.

In a Los Angeles Times op-ed, Malcolm Potts argues that Afghanistan will turn into a failed state if Afghan women remain "enslaved" in the nation's patriarchal society.

Meeting tomorrow's energy needs for the world's most densely populated country.

Fourth session of a forum on Latin American influence on U.S. policies and politics with an emphasis on the growing Latino demographic.

Michael Gerson writes that Barack Obama is properly understood as a man of the religious left, in the tradition of Martin Luther King Jr. However, while he has made progress gaining support in the religious community, his stance on abortion continues to keep him from gaining widespread evangelical support.

No Iraqi or U.S. government office regularly releases publicly available statistics on Iraqi civilian deaths or civilians who have been wounded. This report presents various governmental and nongovernmental estimates of Iraqi civilian dead and wounded to give a better estimate of the war's casualties.

The panel talks about the future of sustainable development and the need for increased urban infrastructure and investment.

In recent decades, efficiency gains in food and energy production have helped offset the demands of a rising world population. Experts wonder when this trend will hit a wall.

Sierra Leone’s elections were peaceful and participation was high but concerns remain that the conditions that sparked its long civil war are unchanged.

Dalton Conley, professor of sociology at New York University, discusses sub-Saharan Africa’s high fertility rates and their implications for the continent's economic growth.

As part of the China project, Washington Post takes a detailed look at social and economic factors reshaping China's traditional families.

Many of the world’s present civil conflicts occur among populations with large numbers of idle young people. Demographers say foreign policymakers should pay more attention to this “youth bulge.”

The population of western Europe is aging steadily, and the region's birthrate is well below the replacement level, but Europe's elderly are exceptionally healthy. That means they could be more productive for longer than their predecessors were. If western European governments learn to tap this potential, healthy aging could become the region's next great economic asset.