Demography

The city-state’s ban on the procedure is making its demographic problems worse.

Amman should reannex the West Bank to end Israel’s illegal occupation, bring peace and prosperity, and give Palestinians democratic rights.

على عمان أن تضم الضفة الغربية مرة أخرى من أجل إنهاء الاحتلال الإسرائيلي غير الشرعي ، وتحقيق السلام والازدهار ، ومنح الفلسطينيين حقوقهم الديمقراطية

Under the smokescreen of electoral redistricting, New Delhi is using gerrymandering to politically neuter the region’s Muslim majority.

To really boost birthrates, Beijing needs to focus on gender parity and cost of living.

Disasters usually come with falling birth rates. But this time, they might not recover unless governments take action now.

Artificial intelligence can help fix it.

Ageism has colored the response to COVID-19 and is setting everyone up for a more difficult economic recovery.

But to avoid collapse like the Soviet Union, inclusivity must begin now.

Great-power politics in Nagorno-Karabakh, the children of the Islamic State, and the meaning of Moldova’s election result.

Younger Russians are dissatisfied with the regime but are generally apolitical. Here’s how to change that.

Nine experts on the future of education after the pandemic.

Shaming violators alone won’t stop the use of child soldiers and other human rights abuses. Defending children’s rights requires engagement with governments and armed groups.

By removing Saudi Arabia and other serial violators of children’s human rights from the annual list of shame, António Guterres is weakening one of the U.N.’s most effective accountability mechanisms.

China has swung toward natalist policies for the majority while forcibly sterilizing ethnic minorities.

Migration and higher fertility can’t alter the course of Europe’s graying, but there is a strategy to avoid disaster.

Malnutrition is passed from one generation to the next between mother and child—unless someone commits to stopping the deadly cycle.

There are plenty of innovative policies to revive rural areas—and trade wars aren’t among them.