Key takeaway from article: Working age population vs. dependents has a huge bearing on the national economies in the following decades. * Education & quality o

Key takeaway from article: Working age population vs. dependents has a huge bearing on the national economies in the following decades. * Education & quality of it will have a huge bearing on each of these nations. - In my view this is where India has the biggest risk. Quality of education, not just in schools but what we are teaching the kids (what they learn by observing this generation as well). - The thing I wish & yearn to teach (show) my kid & several others who grow up with him is to put the interests of "whole" before "self". This I believe is something seriously lacking in our society and could hurt us badly. The more I think of it the more I am convinced that every other societal problem starts from the individual and the nation begets the leaders it deserves (in a democracy!). And at a macro level decision making there are few issues that will drive it. - Self-sufficiency in energy sector will be the key driver on which way these nations go. In India there is HUGE dependency on energy outside India and yet there is not much being done (compared to others there is not even much awareness). It is wishful thinking to believe the numbers alone could help the nations move forward and as the OP summarized it is for these developing nations to gain or lose the most while for US to protect and defend and (hopefully) not at each other's expense. In my opinion it will be measured by how much progress is there in standard of living for each of these nations from the current standards.