Bare Branches: The Security Implications of Asia’s Surplus Male Population

Valerie M. Hudson, Andrea M. den Boer

How the proliferation of young surplus males in India and China—called "bare branches" by the Chinese—poses a threat to international security.

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  1. 01 Central figures

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

    These suggestions did not meet the normal display threshold and are more likely to be wrong.

    • India60%
    • China65%
    • Asia’s36%
  3. 03 Suggested argument

    The proliferation of young “surplus males” in India and China (“bare branches”) poses a threat to international security.

    Model confidence 74%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    70 / 100 academic

    Academic

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 62%.