Futures studies is a well advanced and established field dominated mostly by developed countries
especially in the US and Europe. This field may be a key factor contributing to the capacity of these countries
to stay ahead in society development and nation building compared to other countries in the world. The
following evidences clearly indicate the long commitment of these developed countries especially the US
towards futures studies; evidences which call for our immediate attention to consider embracing futures studies:
(1) The RAND (Report on a Long-Range Forecasting Study) Corporation, Santa Monica, California, has
published findings on futures studies in RAND report since the 1950s (Dalkey & Helmer, 1951);
(2) The establishment of Futures Studies Centres in higher institutions in the US. Among them are Centre
for Futures Research, University of Southern California, Los Angeles (Alter, Drobnick, & Enzer, 1982);
(3) Birth of journals on futures such as: (a) Futures; (b) International Journal of Forecasting; (c)
International Journal of Futures Studies; and (d) Technological Forecasting and Social Change and
The Futurist;