This inquiry into the views of the year 2000 held by the younger generation took place under the auspices of the European Coordination Centre for Research and Documentation in the Social Sciences, established at Vienna, which was founded by UNESCO and which is a division of the International Social Science Council at Paris. The technical coordination was in the hands of the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo, under the direction of Johan Galtung. The objective of the inquiry was to examine attitudes of people in the age group 15 - 40 years towards various aspects of the future, with particular reference to war, peace and disarmament. The great attractiveness of such an inquiry lies in comparing the results of countries with very different political and philosophical backgrounds. Eleven countries are covered by this study. Variables As for the standard questionnaire, with omission of the following information: a) talk, see, hear, read about the future; b) best/worst possible future; c) 9-point evaluation scale of the world situation; d) some items concerning future social trends in respondent's country; e) science items; f) justification of war questions; g) knowledge of military alliances; h) dogmatism items; i) evaluation of older and younger generations; j) some background questions, in particular, with regard to occupation assessment and related questions. The following sections are added: Respondent opinion is ascertained on the following topics: the influence of public opinion on foreign policy of governments, the influence of small powers in international relations and the possibility of peaceful coexistence. He is also asked to comparatively evaluate his status in society with that of his father at the same age (5-point scale). Education, occupational details (including industry, occupational stratum, income per month) - these details are also recorded for the head of the household; household income per month; party/organisation/club membership of respondent and attitude towards religion; place of residence (i.e. density of population and geographical region).