I don't think the Arab Spring had much to do with energy. I think it was just the opposite, in fact. I think the Arab Spring happened because particularly young people knew they were living in a context where they could not realize their full potential, that they are being kept down by their own governments.

Obviously China is clearly taking the lead in some areas, but when it comes to the most advanced innovation, it's still America.

America needs rebooting.

We have to fight the terrorists as if there were no rules and preserve our open society as if there were no terrorists.

In the future, how we educate our children may prove to be more important than how much we educate them.

The thing you have to remember is, oil and gas are commodities, and the more we use them the more the price goes up, like any commodity. Solar, wind - they are technologies, so the more you use them, the more the price goes down.

Iraq today does have a chance to shape its own future. They may not do that, or this generation may not do that. But maybe the next one will, I don't know. They may try and fail, and stumble, get up and fall back.