The purpose of the essay is to survey the current state and future prospects for scenarios: to describe how scenario practices have evolved in the last few years; present an overview of the forces pushing scenarios in new directions; and suggest how the production, communication, audienca and service roles for scenarios may change. It begins with a history of scenarios, with a focus on their use in corporate strategy and decision-making. It then surveys the use of scenarios in two newer contexts have raised practical and theoretical questions about how scenarios can be developed and used: environmental and global change modeling, and national security and intelligence. Finally, it looks at the future of scenarios, suggests how the development and use of scenarios will evolve in the next few years, These experiments suggest that the fundamentals of scenarioss, is changing and this opens up opportunities for new organizations to take the lead in developing the next generation of scenarios. I conclude with some suggestions about how GPPAG could position itself to become a leader in this new form of scenario practice and in doing so carve out a unique and high-profile niche for itself in the world of academic studies of globalization and national security.