1/30/2024 0 Comments Ukraine demographics 2020![]() ![]() ![]() The famous Prussian general Carl von Clausewitz once said, “War is politics by other means,” but it might just as truly be said that “War is demography by other means.”Īnd indeed, demography and related survey work were a core part of the leadup to the war in Ukraine. Imperial powers from the Assyrians to the Incans to the British relocated whole communities of conquered peoples around their empires to ease imperial control, and mistreated or exterminated other groups as a strategy for control. Wars throughout history have often been accompanied by genocide, ethnic cleansing, or colonial resettlement. ![]() The barbarian “invasions” of Rome were, as often as not, better described as “armed migrations:” not a foreign power seeking to conquer Roman territory and add it to a foreign state, but rather a foreign people seeking to immigrate into Rome and not taking no for an answer. Today, Korean generals publicly worry that low Korean birth rates imperil national defense. Between World War I and II, France adopted numerous pro-natal policies to try to replace the casualties of the first war, in anticipation that someday there would be a second. The war will itself alter the demographic trajectory of Ukraine and other countries in the area.ĭemography is a core part of war. Arguments and beliefs about population and demography have been marshaled by both sides to justify various political claims, and demography and social science research can inform expectations about the war. It is the largest conflict within Europe since World War II, and the first conventional war in Europe to be fought since the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s. While the present conflict has many causes, some of the factors leading to war are linked to population and demography. The ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine has already claimed thousands of lives, military and civilian. ![]()
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