Futures thinking is not about crystal ball gazing or prophesizing to predict the future but rather it is a transdisciplinary or meta-approach to studying possible, probable, and preferable futures. Futures thinking is a rational, creative, reflective, and contemplative process of engaging citizens to be aware of and question their ways of knowing the future to create contingencies, alternatives, and strategies to

What are the possible, direct, and indirect (positive and negative) outcomes of COVID-19 to US-Philippines relations and crisis preparedness? What is the full impact (near-term, medium-term, long-term) of the COVID-19 pandemic to the Philippines (i.e., idea, nature, society, politics, economics, culture, technology)? What could the Philippines' new normal look like?What are the emerging issues of Philippines-US relations, and crisis preparedness

REGISTER FOR FREE to join virtually the GLOBAL FORESIGHT SUMMIT from April 9-11, 2020 Shermon Cruz, Chief Futurist, and Director, Center for Engaged Foresight will be speaking as one of the featured futurist speakers to share his thoughts and ideas on embedding risk and resilience thinking in futures thinking workshops at THE GREAT PAUSE GLOBAL FORESIGHT SUMMIT. This summit is the biggest open

INITIAL AI MUSINGS We create technology, and in turn, it creates our society. We may like it or not, but our technological creations define our lifestyle, decision-making, economy, relationships, and yes, even moral compass. We can say we are even birthing a new ethical identity. When East-West Center had its Symposium on Humane Artificial Intelligence (Cultural and Ethical Diversity and The Challenges of Aligning