Will the Arab youth save Europe and America demographically? Part one written by Hasan Ismaik I recently read a book titled “What to Expect When No One’s Expecting” by the American writer Jonathan V. Last. At first glance, the title appears very general and brings many topics to mind, but when you dig deeper and read it carefully you find it has another title: “America’s Coming Demographic Disaster.” It is a title that bears a warning, which in turn provokes a feeling closer to surprise, if not to scientific or epistemic shock. This is because international demographers and analysts have consistently excluded the United States from problems related to population issues, conditions they may face in the future. They used to rely on the fact that the demographic situation in America is reassuring: The United States has an inexhaustible source of youth capable of managing production and services operations, compared to developed countries and nations that a...
