A Clash of generations: Youth Population and Political Violence

Nowadays, the role of demographic changes in explaining, conflict and political identity in national, regional and international level cannot be neglected. During the history, the existence of “youth population” and political crisis are interconnected. The main question posed in this articles is “whether countries and regions possessing young population are more exposed to political violence or not?” Thus, systematic review method is implemented in this study. To explain the problem, Robert Kaplan(1994) and Fareed Zakaria’s (2001) theories are used. It is concluded that there is an acceptable relationship between age structure of population and political violence. As water forms rocks, demographic change forms political power. Demographic trends can affect the security and development of government in different ways. Demography, certainly, deserves to be considered more in political planning and analysis to prevent violence and conflict.