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2050: Implications of Demographic Trends in the OSCE Region

Members

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Hon. Christopher Smith

Chairman

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe

Hon. Benjamin Cardin

Co-Chairman

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe

Witnesses

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Jack Goldstone

Director

Center for Global Policy

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Nicholas Eberstadt

Henry Wendt Scholar in Political Economy

American Enterprise Institute

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Richard Jackson

Director/Senior Fellow

Global Aging Initiative/Center for Strategic and International Studies

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Steven Mosher

President

Population Research Institute

The hearing focused on the implications of current demographic trends in the expansive OSCE region through the prism of the security, economic and human dimensions.  Most of the OSCE’s 56 participating states are experiencing varying stages of demographic decline, marked by diminishing and rapidly aging populations. Such patterns were identifying as likely to have significant social, economic and security consequences for countries throughout the region, including the United States.

Witnesses testifying at this hearing – including Jack A. Goldstone, Director of the Center for Global Policy at George Mason University; Nicholas Eberstadt, Henry Wendt Scholar in Political Economy of the American Enterprise Institute; Richard Jackson, Director and Senior Fellow of the Global Aging Initiative at the Center for Strategic and International Studies; and Steven W. Mosher, President of the Population Research Institute – addressed issues related to the demographic trends in the OSCE region, such as shrinking workforces in a growing number of participating States that are expected to become increasingly dependent upon foreign workers in the coming decades. A concern that these factors could contribute to mounting social tensions as demonstrated by clashes in some participating States in recent years was evident.

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