Opinion | Migration Is Remaking Our World, and We Don’t Understand It at All - The New York Times
Europe, as noted earlier, has in a short span of time gone from being the most predictable and stable region—one where history seemed to have truly ended (as suggested in an influential essay published in 1989 by the American political scientist Francis Fukuyama)—to something dramatically different. Democracy, prosperity, and peace all seemed
... See moreRichard Haass • The World
As more and more humans cross more and more borders in search of jobs, security, and a better future, the need to confront, assimilate, or expel strangers strains political systems and collective identities that were shaped in less fluid times.
Yuval Noah Harari • 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
When Titley talks about migration, though, even he struggles to put the stakes in context. In the 2040s, if global sea levels rise by three feet and droughts, fires, heat waves, and floods continue to worsen, we could see around 250 million people forced from their homes. That’s about four times as many people as are currently displaced and about... See more
Eric Holthaus • Why 2020 to 2050 Will Be ‘the Most Transformative Decades in Human History’
Many countries with aging populations and more deaths than births—the US, Japan, China, Russia, and the UK, to name a few—will actually find themselves competing for migrants, and not just “skilled” ones.