Argues that the generalist's breadth of knowledge is an indispensable quality for leadership. Points out that general international leadership is rare in an era when public opinion is instrumental in forming policy. Discusses four personal role models: Paul Hoffman, Jean Monnet, Hubert Humphrey, and Barbara Ward. (DMM)

This is the concluding article of a series resulting from the scientific conference held in Brussels in May, 1978. The article considers the emerging ethic of selective growth, and the problems posed by the limits to government, the apparent incapacity of existing political institutions to manage problems of unprecedented complexity. (Author/BB)

First of a series of articles that examine questions of security and arms control in the Pacific and Asia. Concentrates on the issue of whether the economic growth in Asia has altered relations within Asia and between Asia and the rest of the world. (GA)

Reviews world conditions which support the development of a new, global "manifest destiny" for the United States. Lists five major threats to international security, in addition to positive signs of cooperation. Concludes with seven "attitudinal learnings" for American students, and are the hallmarks of future global leaders. (JDH)

Educators of the eighties and nineties, it is suggested, are responsible for making sure that Americans enter the twenty-first century with a view as wide as the world. The widest and most neglected frontier of United States educational reform is seen as a global perspective on all studies. (MLW)

The foreign policy of the United States has not taken into consideration the dynamics of world politics and the kinds of power required to participate in it. Foreign policy makers need a post-Kissinger, post-Brzezinski doctrine that corrects the distorted focus on U.S.-Soviet relations as on our central problem, accepts the inherent linkage…

Certain characteristics of information make it a crucial resource in today's world. Unlike material resources such as coal and steel, information is expandable, easily transportable, diffusive, and shareable. Because of these properties of information, the new "information age" has already begun to challenge some of mankind's most comfortable…

The booklet discusses America's changing role in world affairs. The ideas, concepts, and theories were developed by participants in a workshop on American leadership held at the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies in August, 1976. The document is presented in ten chapters. The first chapter identifies new cooperative attitudes as the basis for…