Realists See Which Threat Emerging from Current Demographic Trends

question 32

Multiple Choice

Realists see which threat emerging from current demographic trends?

• A) The developed world is likely to outpace the developing world in terms of population growth, leading to conflict between these two sets of states.
• B) Rich capitalist states will exploit poorer states to acquire their population as labor.
• C) States with growing populations and insufficient food might seek to expand their territory and acquire food by means of war.
• D) The faster population growth in developed states will lead them to be better able to go to war with developing states.
• E) Realists do not see threats emerging from current demographic trends.