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World population, world health and security: 20th century trends

Correspondence to:
Alison Bashford, School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry, Building A14, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia; Alison.bashford{at}usyd.edu.au

The connection between infectious disease control and national security is now firmly entrenched. This article takes a historical look at another security issue once prominent in debate on foreign policy and international relations, but now more or less absent: overpopulation. It explores the nature of the debate on population as a security question, and its complicated historical relation to the development of world health.