Nicholas Eberstadt

Jan 14, 2025 | aei.org | With Nat Malkus |Derek Scissors |Nicholas Eberstadt |Mark Schneider

On the most recent round of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), Chinese students’ mean math and science scores were over 100 points higher than the corresponding averages for countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), implying that Chinese students are two or more years ahead of OECD pupils in these fields. But how accurate are these figures?

Dec 6, 2024 | newgeography.com | Nicholas Eberstadt

If the 20th century was an era obsessed with the fear of a global population explosion – a time when governments, experts, and journalists fretted that population growth powered by high birth rates would soon outstrip the planet’s finite resources – the 21st century promises to be the opposite, a time when fears focus on the world’s population growing older and smaller. As experts begin studying the coming implosion, the tendency thus far has been to emphasize the negative.

Nov 27, 2024 | aei.org | Danielle Pletka |Marc Thiessen |Nicholas Eberstadt

For the first time since the Black Death in the 1300s, the world is heading towards an era of depopulation. And for the first time in human history, this era of depopulation will be by choice. All over the world, women are choosing to have fewer and fewer children even as medical advances continue to prolong life.

Nov 5, 2024 | aei.org | Nicholas Eberstadt

Nicholas Eberstadt joins the School of War Podcast to discuss the North Korean regime and the geopolitical impact of its decision to send troops to support Russia in Ukraine.

Nov 4, 2024 | myemail.constantcontact.com | Kim Eun-jung |Kim Seung-yeon |Muktita Suhartono |Nicholas Eberstadt

Quotes of the Day: "Just as the right to speak and the right to refrain from speaking are complementary components of a broader concept of individual freedom of mind, so also the individual's freedom to choose his own creed is the counterpart of his right to refrain from accepting the creed established by the majority." – John Paul Stevens "We don't accomplish anything in this world alone, and whatever happens is the result of the whole tapestry of one's life and all the weavings of...