Scholars’ Circle – Does an Aging Population Mean Decline of War; Peaceful Use of Nuclear Energy – Aug 16, 2026
About this episode
The episode discusses the implications of an aging population on future wars and explores the peaceful use of nuclear energy.
Does the world’s aging population mean fewer wars in the future? What exactly is a geriatric peace? Our guest, Mark L. Haas, is the author of The Geriatric Peace: Population Aging and the Decline of War. [ dur: 30mins. Recorded June 2025 ] Mark L. Haas is Duquesne Professor of Political Science at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. He is the author of many books including The Clash of Ideologies: Middle Eastern Politics and American Security . His newest book is The Geriatric Peace – Population Aging and the Decline of War . Then, we explore a new book on the peaceful use of nuclear power: The Wretched Atom by Jacob Hamblin. [ dur: 28mins., recorded August 2021 ] Jacob Hamblin is Professor of History at Oregon State University. His books include Poison in the Well: Radioactive Waste in the Oceans at the Dawn of the Nuclear Age , Oceanographers and the Cold War , Arming Mother Nature: The Birth of Catastrophic Environmentalism and his latest The Wretched Atom: America’s Global Gamble with Peaceful Nuclear Technology . This program is produced by Doug Becker, Maria Armoudian, Ankine Aghassian, Anna Lapin and Sudd Dongre.
Topics covered
- aging population
- war
- peace
- nuclear energy
- political science
- history
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