A Long Drink of Water | Russ Howard | TEDxYouth@BeaconStreet

As the world's population grows and technology advances, many things happen: resources grow more scarce, events are increasingly interconnected even when they're thousands of miles apart, and groups of people are easier to organize across greater distances. Retired Brigadier General Russ Howard talks about how all of these trends coalesce around a key issue: Water. That most basic of human needs is driving events across the globe; watch his talk to learn how.

Brigadier General (retired) Russell D. Howard has recently returned as Director of the Monterey Terrorism Research and Education Program. He is President of Howard’s Global Solutions, and an Adjunct Professor at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies. He is also a Senior Fellow at Joint Special Operations University, Senior Mentor for Development Alternatives Incorporated, Senior Advisor for the Singapore Home Team Academy, and on the Board of Advisers for Laser Shot Incorporated. Previously, General Howard was the Director of the Jebsen Center for Counterterrorism Studies at the Fletcher School, and Head of the Department of Social Sciences and the Founding Director of the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point. Prior to going to West Point, General Howard was an Army Chief of Staff Fellow at the Center for International Affairs at Harvard University, and Commander of the 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Fort Lewis, Washington.

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