Washington Profile, the only Russian-language information agency based in Washington, D.C., interviews Nicholas Eberstadt about Russia's demographic decline, heath-care problems, and plans to increase birth rate.

Just before 1989-91, over a third of humanity lived under communist regimes,representing a variety of cultures, ethnicities, levels of material attainment, and demographic structures.

After decades of struggling to contain the global population explosion, the world confronts rapidly decreasing birthrates and declining life spans.

Throughout its tenure, the DPRK has demonstrated its continuing capacity to surprise, usually in unpleasant ways.