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Demographic Decline and Military Manpower: Understanding the Shifting Role of People in Conflict

Nov 29, 2024 | 11:00 GMT

South Korean marines participate in joint exercises with U.S. forces Sept. 2 in Pohang, South Korea.
South Korean marines participate in joint exercises with U.S. forces Sept. 2 in Pohang, South Korea.

(JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images)

Though Japan and South Korea present an extreme demographic outlook and have sociocultural, political, economic and security nuances that deserve consideration, they set the blueprint for how the military must contend with stiff competition for human resources, a reconceptualization of manpower and replacement potential of physical personnel....

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