Tournament: Coppell | Round: Quarters | Opponent: Hebron | Judge:
Advantage 1: Hegemony
Plan: The United States federal government should substantially increase economic engagement toward Mexico through an economic investment fund
Advantage 1: North American Integration
North American regional economic strength is vulnerable. A breakdown of cooperation with Mexico would cause the decline of American power.
Clarkson and Mildenberger ‘11 Stephen Clarkson, professor of political economy, University of Toronto, and former fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center Matto Mildenberger, Ph.D. student, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies Dependent America?: How Canada and Mexico Construct Us Power p. 272
AND- The plan will accelerate effective investment in Mexico and provide a foundation for North American integration
Pastor ‘8 – Prof and founding director of the Center for North American Studies
Robert, The Future of North America, July/August, http://www.american.edu/sis/cnas/upload/ForeignAffairs_Pastor_On_NA_072008.pdf, CMR
AND- Without reform, Mexico’s economy is unsustainable – statistics prove
BMO, 5/28 (May 28th, 2013, Business Mexico Online, “Peña Nieto: Mexico MUST increase productivity to prosper; we will transform Mexico” business-mexico-online.com/pena-nieto-mexico-must-increase-productivity-to-prosper-we-will-transform-mexico/)JES
AND- Growing a strong US-Mexican relationship is a prerequisite to continued US power projection and supremacy.
Pastor 12
Robert A. Pastor is professor and director of the Center for North American Studies at American University. Pastor served as National Security Advisor on Latin America during the Carter Administration. “Beyond the Continental Divide” From the July/August 2012 issue of The American Interest http://www.the-american-interest.com/article.cfm?piece=1269
AND- This is true for the entire globe – Mexico is a key pillar for U.S. hegemony
Smith 13
Simon Bolivar Professor of Latin American Studies at University of California in San Diego.1 He has been president of the Latin American Studies Association since 1989, Ph.D. in Comparative Politics, Latin America from Columbia University “Global Scenarios and Bilateral Priorities” Mexico and the United States : the politics of partnership I Peter H. Smith and Andrew Selee, editors. P. 19-20
AND- Loss of American power projection capacity (Hegemony)causes global war.
Brooks, Ikenberry, and Wohlforth ’13 (Stephen, Associate Professor of Government at Dartmouth College, John Ikenberry is the Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University, William C. Wohlforth is the Daniel Webster Professor in the Department of Government at Dartmouth College “Don’t Come Home America: The Case Against Retrenchment,” International Security, Vol. 37, No. 3 (Winter 2012/13), pp. 7–51)
AND- North American integration key to solve democracy, disease, and the environment
Céspedes ‘8 – Diplomat in Residence, School of International Service and Senior Fellow,Center for North American Studies
Ernesto, North America, Security, and the Next US¶ National Security Strategy:¶ A Reflection, April 29, http://www.american.edu/sis/cnas/upload/0804Cespedes_Reflection.pdf, CMR
AND- Democracy solves extinction
Diamond, prof of pol sci, 95—prof of political science and sociology, Stanford. Senior research fellow at Hoover. (Larry, Promoting Democracy in the 1990s, http://wwwics.si.edu/subsites/ccpdc/pubs/di/1.html)
AND- Pandemic disease causes extinction
Yu 9—Dartmouth Undergraduate Journal of Science (Victoria, Human Extinction: The Uncertainty of Our Fate, 22 May 2009, http://dujs.dartmouth.edu/spring-2009/human-extinction-the-uncertainty-of-our-fate, AMiles)
AND- Environmental collapse causes extinction
CASBRC 1 (California Academy of Sciences Biodiversity Resource Center, “Threats To Biodiversity”, http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/library/biodiv/biodiversity_defined.html)
Solvency
Investment fund reinvigorates US regional leadership and sustains long-term cooperation with Mexico while promoting successful integration
Pastor 12 – prof and director of the Center for North American Studies @ American
Robert A, Beyond the Continental Divide, July/August, http://www.the-american-interest.com/article.cfm?piece=1269, CMR
AND, Canada will follow US lead
Pastor 8 – Director @ Center for North American Studies
Robert A, “The Solution to North America’s Triple Problem: The Case for a North American Investment Fund”, Year 2, No. 2, January, http://www.american.edu/sis/cnas/upload/triple_problem_pastor.pdf, CMR
AND- Only an investment fund can restore US-Mexico relations, boost competitiveness, and eliminate the income gap to slow illegal immigration
Pastor 8 – Director @ Center for North American Studies
Robert A, “The Solution to North America’s Triple Problem: The Case for a North American Investment Fund”, Year 2, No. 2, January, http://www.american.edu/sis/cnas/upload/triple_problem_pastor.pdf, CMR
AND- The plan jumpstarts broad internal reforms in Mexico that promote economic growth while creating effective border security
Hussain ‘8 – Prof of IR @ the Dept of Int’l Studies, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City
Imtiaz, “Community, diffusion, and North American expansiveness”, google books, CMR
AND- The plan result in enhanced and effective investment and the US is key
Manley, et al. ‘5 – Senior Counsel @ McCarthy Tetrault LLP
John P, “Building a North American Community”, Council on Foreign Relations Task Force, google books, CMR
AND- North American integration is failing – post 9/11 security measures and lack of infrastructure
Pastor 13 – Professor and Director of the Center for North American Studies at American University (Robert A, “Speed Bumps, Potholes, and Roadblocks on the North American Superhighway”, Winter, Lexis, CMR)
Advantage 2: Energy
North American energy sector is at a turning point – increased investment in Mexico’s energy sector is critical to reduce power of US adversaries
Keppel 13
Stephen, “U.S., Mexico and Canada Could Become Energy Independent”, April 17, http://abcnews.go.com/ABC_Univision/us-mexico-canada-verge-energy-independence/story?id=18942259#.UdSsLvm1FiK, CMR
AND- Increased investment in Mexico’s energy sector key to unlocking oil and gas reserves
Manley et al. 5 – Senior Counsel at McCarthy Te´trault LLP
John M, “Building a North American Community”, online, CMR
AND- Independently, the plan encourages internal reform in Mexico’s energy sector
Pastor 8 – Director @ Center for North American Studies
Robert A, “The Solution to North America’s Triple Problem: The Case for a North American Investment Fund”, Year 2, No. 2, January, http://www.american.edu/sis/cnas/upload/triple_problem_pastor.pdf, CMR
AND- This framework will shield the US from vulnerability of foreign sources
Gjelten 12 (Tom, “Energy Independence For U.S.? Try Energy Security”, 10/25, http://www.npr.org/2012/10/25/163573768/energy-independence-for-u-s-try-energy-security, CMR)
AND- Dependence causes multiple war scenarios
Glaser 11 (Professor of Political Science and International Relations Elliot School of International Affairs The George Washington University, “Reframing Energy Security: How Oil Dependence Influences U.S. National Security,” August 2011, http://depts.washington.edu/polsadvc/Blog20Links/Glaser_-_EnergySecurity-AUGUST-2011.docx)
AND- Specifically, oil dependence makes conflict over the Strait of Hormuz inevitable – that escalates and goes nuclear
Glaser 11 (Professor of Political Science and International Relations Elliot School of International Affairs The George Washington University, “Reframing Energy Security: How Oil Dependence Influences U.S. National Security,” August 2011, http://depts.washington.edu/polsadvc/Blog20Links/Glaser_-_EnergySecurity-AUGUST-2011.docx)