According to a recent report of scenarios prepared by the National Intelligence Council, the next 15 years will bring significant global changes, including the transformation of the international political system built after World War II, a transfer of wealth from the West to the East, pressure on natural resources resulting from continuing…

Separate sections of this document deal with refugee concerns in terms of a global approach, definitions of a refugee, alternatives for refugees, the international response, and long-term prospects. The booklet states that the present number of 16 million refugees is bound to increase given increasing rivalry over land and resources. The global…

The need for reform in the Olympic Games has implications for physical educators. (JD)

Given the collective efforts of poor and rich nations, we have the resources and technology to feed everyone even with a population three times the present amount. More land will have to be used and new and old technologies will have to be applied wherever appropriate. (Author)

This article discusses the development of the "individual" in America from John Dewey's and Josiah Royce's philosophical perspectives. Also outlined is America's changing role in the world. (JMK)

To understand the implications of the past and present on coming decisions, the major economic, political, and social forces in the United States are analyzed. The period of postwar growth is contrasted with the uncertainties of the 1970s, and two divergent projections of the 1980s are presented. (CM)

Discusses whether the United States possesses sufficient international power to (1) shape its own destiny in the current world economic climate, and (2) influence significantly and constructively the destiny of the world economy as a whole. Argues that the key to America's future economic power lies in ideas and concepts. (Author/GC)

The United States has been warned frequently in recent years about the dangers of technological illiteracy. However, it is the danger of moral illiteracy that worries the author as he looks ahead to the 21st century. Domestic issues, the international arena, and the nuclear threat are discussed. (RM)

This interview with Aurelio Peccei details the next phase in the Club of Rome's goal of reeducating mankind to global threats. Peccei discusses a variety of topics relating to science and the human condition, including his plans for the implementation of the Club of Rome activities. (BT)

Discusses the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) through an interview with the Archivist of the United States, Don Wilson. Topics addressed include archival independence and congressional relations; national information policy; expansion plans; machine-readable archival records; preservation activities; and relations with other…

In an imaginary speech to the United Nations in the year 2000, the governor of Colorado develops a scenario depicting the problems resulting from illegal immigration to the United States from 1982-2000. Rapid population growth in developing countries precipitates uncontrollable immigration to the developed nations. (AM)

The increased dependence of the USSR on United States food exports may signal a major shift in the balance of power between the two nations. The impact of this shift on U.S.-Soviet relations, the Soviet agricultural system, and the world economic system is examined. (AM)

Examines two interpretations of the impact of microelectronics technology on international manufacturing and economic activities. The author describes how differences in estimates of the scope of changes caused by microelectronics and the relationship of these changes to concepts of industrialization will affect economic policy formation. (AM)

The author states that what we have not done, and what the lessons of the past demand that we do, is to create a curriculum and an intellectual environment that stimulate both teachers and students to think about the larger dimensions of human affairs. (CT)

Acknowledging global interdependence, especially in economics, may be the most important step toward resolving international conflicts. Describes seven major global dangers and gives scenarios for exploring likely global futures. As "tools of prescription" these global models are inadequate, but as "tools of analysis" they have…