Russia's Demographic Dilemmas: The Weakening Foundations of Putin's Power

Russia’s Demographic Dilemmas: The Weakening Foundations of Putin’s Power

Demographics–a country’s population profile and human resource base–is an essential foundation of national power. In this lecture, Nicholas Eberstadt will examine Russia’s changing population profile and the constraints that demographic trends may place on the Kremlin’s 21st century ambitions.

TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2024
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM

1002 George Bush Dr W College Station, TX 77843
(979) 845-6510
Admission: Free with RSVP

Speaker Bio

HeadlineNicholas Eberstadt, Wendt Chair in Political Economy at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington DC, Senior Adviser to the National Bureau of Asian Research

Nicholas Eberstadt holds the Wendt Chair in Political Economy at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington DC and is Senior Adviser to the National Bureau of Asian Research in Seattle WA. He writes extensively on demographics, economic development, and international security. He has offered invited testimony before Congress on numerous occasions and has served as adviser to a wide variety of units within the US government. He is a founding director of the US Committee for Human Rights in North Korea. His many books includes “The Poverty of Communism” (1988) and “Russia’s Peacetime Demographic Crisis” (2010). Mr. Eberstadt earned his AB, MPA and PhD from Harvard, and his MSc from the London School of Economics.