[Gelato]

I don't understand Buchanan's use of the term "the West." Is he using it to denote race and geography, or ideology and values?

If it's western ideologies he's worried about, does that mean he wants communism to stick around? Communism is a western idea. Thus, if our goal is to preserve western ideas, we shouldn't be worried about China growing in population. But Buchanan, of course, is against that.

It would seem that Buchanan defines "the West" along racial and geographical lines. If not, he shouldn’t use such a broad term.

[UberVernunft]

It would seem that Buchanan defines "the West" along racial and geographical lines.

Japan would be a good test case -- if he includes "Japan" as a Western nation then he is not speaking primarily in terms of "racial and geographical lines".