The Death of Ukraine

Published: June 30, 2015, 1:35 a.m.

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David Stern examines the causes and consequences of Ukraine\\u2019s other crisis \\u2013 its demographic timebomb. The country\\u2019s population once stood at over 50 million but it has fallen sharply and some projections put it at only 32 million by 2050. Few if any countries have gone through such precipitous population loss. Will demography, rather than war, mean the death of Ukraine?

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