Courting Disaster: Fight for Oil, Water and a Healthy Planet

Stanford University President John Hennessy, journalist Carlos Watson, and a panel of leading figures in international affairs, energy development, media, and government joined an audience of more than 5,500 people in Maples Pavilion for the second annual Roundtable at Stanford University. The wide-ranging discussion, entitled "Courting Disaster: The Fight for Oil, Water and a Healthy Planet," covered issues such as America's role in the world, the war in Iraq and unrest in the Middle East, terrorism and nuclear proliferation, the upcoming presidential election and climate change.

Roundtable panelists: John Hennessy (President, Stanford University), Carlos Watson, General John Abizaid, Pamela Matson (Dean, Stanford School of Earth Sciences), Stephen Breyer (US Supreme Court), Thomas Friedman (author and New York Times columnist), John Bryson (CEO, Edison International). Recorded on October 13, 2007 at Stanford University.

The Roundtable at Stanford University:
http://www.stanford.edu/roundtable/

Woods Institute for the Environment:
http://woods.stanford.edu/

Stanford University channel on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/stanford

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Education

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• international
• energy
• security
• climate
• change
• technology
• weapon
• john
• hennessy
• roundtable
• carlos
• watson
• thomas
• friedman

[hoangnam1993]

How did they post videos more than 10 min?

[stanforduniversity]

Stanford University has a special agreement with YouTube.

[ramaldo61]

I am so tired of hearing Friedman talking about the "bad guys" out there in the Middle East that we could reform if we brought them our values. It is so uncritical of our own behavior in the region. We forget that we have caused so much destruction in the world with our exported militarism. We have more nuclear bombs and chemical and biological weapons than the rest of the world. Unless you really can believe our bombs are good and if others have it, it is bad, this is a shallow world view.

[Iamsammyrose]

lovin this video!! leave me a comment

i need someone smart to keep me entertained RQ

[pinkie745]

Thanks!

[xtremetom180]

great video

[grunder20]

Video of the year!!

[MrPEDOCTOR]

Nice share

[agapitoflores001]

Let us promote good health. Continue this kind of projects.

[1PeaceNation]

i need someone smart to keep me entertained

[CostaDelBarto]

"Some things are true even if George Bush believes them" hahahahahah

[1888junkteam]

excellent work!

[GorterPoss]

'I don't need the applause this isn't Crossfire'

-Tom Friedman

hehe way to go Tom... the audience should know when to stfu. You have a half dozen experts in their field sitting in the venue. Why on earth would I want to hear applause when I could hear them speak.