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Update: December 2012/January 2013
Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds released
The National Intelligence Council released Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds, the latest report in its quadrennial series on major worldwide trends. The Frederick S. Pardee Center contributed greatly to the report, providing International Futures forecasts and charts on patterns ranging from growing middle-class consumption to shifting global power dynamics to state fragility. According to the authors’ acknowledgements, the International Futures model, “with support from Professor Barry Hughes and Dr. Jonathan Moyer, provided an overall framework that enabled [them] to explore possible futures across a wide range of domains, from geopolitics to health and education.” The Global Trends report attracted media attention worldwide and will serve as a tool for President Obama as he determines the nation’s international strategy during his upcoming term. A PDF of the report may be accessed directly through the National Intelligence Council’s website.
IFS team trains members of the Western Cape Provincial Government
Members of the Frederick S. Pardee Center traveled to South Africa the first week of December for a week-long training workshop with members of the Western Cape Provincial Government. The training marked the completion of a data collection project conducted chiefly by Pardee Center research assistants Carey Neill, Graham Emde, Mickey Rafa, and Patrick McLennan. Thanks to the invaluable assistance from our partners at the Institute for Security Studies, who helped host the training session, our team delivered the Western Cape with a one-of-a-kind, provincial-level forecasting tool using the International Futures modeling system. Our center has planned additional trainings with the Western Cape Provincial Government over the next year.
Happy New Year from the Frederick S. Pardee Center for International Futures
Our team wishes our partners and supporters a very happy, healthy new year! Please continue to follow our work in 2013 on Facebook and Twitter.