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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19837-2002Aug14.html
A Mideast Specter: Modernity
(Washington Post) George F. Will - Francis Fukuyama notes demographic trends that give Europe a huge stake in the transformation of the Middle East. As the median age in Europe rises, in the Middle East and North Africa it will remain at about 21. "So you're going to have this little island of well-to-do elderly people surrounded by vast numbers of people who are a good deal younger and poorer, all wanting to move to the island."