The Millennium Project http://millennium-project.org provides an international capacity for early warning and analysis of global long-range issues, opportunities, and strategies. It was initiated by the The Futures Group International, the American Council for the United Nations University, the Smithsonian Institution, and the United Nations University (UNU) via 3-year feasibility study in 1992. Since the beginning of operations in 1996, about 1,700 futurists, scholars, decisionmakers, and business planners from over 50 countries contributed with their views to the Millennium Project research.