The role of the United States was discussed on October 7 at a panel discussion at Stanford University moderated by former Secretary of Defense and Stanford professor and SIIS senior fellow %people1%. The discussion was part of the series, "The People Speaks: America Debates Its Role in the World, organized by the UN Foundation. Other participants included %people2%, a senior research scholar at the Center for International Security and Cooperation at SIIS and political science professor %people3%, who is also a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and a senior fellow, by courtesy, at SIIS.