SOF, State of the Future Report

It is an annual report published since 1996. It provides an assessment of the current global situation and future trends and strategies, as well as special studies on future issues of science and technology, peace and conflict, environmental security, and analysis of international policies and goals, plus an annotated bibliography of over 800 scenarios. Each State of the Future report improves and builds upon the previous edition. Each chapter of the book is an executive summary which correlates with a more complete report on an accompanying CD-ROM that contains more than 9,000 pages. The report addresses the international situation of 15 Global Challenges, including: 1. Sustainable Development 2. Water 3. Population and Resources 4. Democratization 5. Global, Long-term Policy-making 6. Globalization of information technology. 7. Rich-Poor Gap 8. Threats to health 9. Education 10. Conflict Resolution 11. Improving Women’s status 12. Transnational Organized Crime 13. Energy 14. Science and Technology 15.Global Ethics