• Introduction by the Editors

PART I

DIAGNOSES AND VISIONS

• LOUIS EMMERIJ: Will There Be Place for the United Nations in the 21^st Century?
• ANTONI KUKLIŃSKI: The 21^st Century—Brainstorming Reflections
• ANTONI KUKLIŃSKI: The Creation and Destruction of the Global Order
• PAUL DREWE: The Faces of Prosperity and Faces of Poverty
• MAROSÁN GYÖRGY: Where Does History Flow, or the Perspective of the Global Consumption Pyramid
• VALTTERI KAARTEMO: Turkey’s EU Negotiations and a Mirror of Europe’s Futuristic Visions
• MICHAŁ PENKALA: The Tale of Two Chinas: The Middle Kingdom at the Threshold of the 21^st Century
• PRZEMYSŁAW MICHALAK: The EU’s and China’s Convergence on Energy Security—Sharing Common Future

PART II

DIRECTIONS AND APPROACHES

• WOJTEK LAMENTOWICZ: Ways of Thinking about the Future: Strategic Implications
• ANDRZEJ P. WIERZBICKI: Towards a New Futurology
• ROMAN GALAR: Comments on Evolutionary European Futurology
• JAN BIELAWSKI: Future Studies—A Technical Comment
• SIMONE ARNALDI: Framing Pragmatic Validity: Theoretical Reorientations of the Regio Futures
• HERMAN BAEYENS: Smart City-Regions: The Cradle of Innovation and Progress in the 21^st Century
• DIMITRI SKYRIAKOU: The Multimedia Information Society: Under-appreciated Implications

PART III

THE 21^ST CENTURY INSTITUTE

• R. P. MISRA: The 21^st Century Institute: The Rationale and Agenda for Action
• ANNA GĄSIOR-NIEMIEC, ANTONI KUKLIŃSKI, WOJTEK LAMENTOWICZ: The 21^st Century Institute—Memorandum
• ANNA GĄSIOR-NIEMIEC: The Young Generation and the Perception of the 21^st Century: A Research and Education Projectin Statu Nascendi
• JAN WORONIECKI: A Comment on the Memorandum on the 21^st Century Institute
• KRZYSZTOF PORWIT: Reflections on the 21^st Century and the Idea of the 21^st Century Institute