This article is an excerpt from the author’s report presented at the Second International Symposium on New Problems of Advanced Societies in which he also discussed possible interrelations between military and economic parameters as well as some of Europe’s domestic problems.

This article is an excerpt from the author's report presented at the Second International Symposium on New Problems of Advanced Societies in which he also discussed possible interrelations between military and economic parameters as well as some of Europe’s domestic problems.

For the last fifteen years, in France, one has seen a clear tendancy toward prospective studies that are meant for planners. Those studies may be classified into three categories: sectorial, "transversal" and general. Because of the fact that these types of works are of different nature it seems...