Tournament: Cal Invitational | Round: 1 | Opponent: | Judge:
Dickerson ’10 (LT. COLONEL SERGIO M. DICKERSON, "United States Security Strategy Towards Cuba," Strategy Research Project, US Army, January 14th, www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U226doc=GetTRDoc.pdf26AD=ADA518053)
Conclusion¶ Today, 20 years have passed since the fall of the Berlin Wall
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decline in the greater global order bringing true peace for years to come.
French ’10 (ANYA LANDAU FRENCH, Director for the U.S.-Cuba Policy Initiative, "Stiffing Havana", Foreign Policy, October 19th, http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/10/19/stiffing_havana~~23sthash.Md6RdYCr.dpbs)
In the high-stakes world of international diplomacy, bluffing is a seldom-
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influence at this pivotal moment, the time to engage Cuba is now.
Coes ’11 (BEN COES, former speechwriter in the George H.W. Bush administration, "The disease of a weak president", September 30th, The Daily Caller, http://dailycaller.com/2011/09/30/the-disease-of-a-weak-president/)
The disease of a weak president usually begins with the Achilles’ heel all politicians are
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one or the other. The status quo is simply not an option.
Global commitment to free trade is collapsing – US hypocrisy regarding the CUBAN EMBARGO dooms all efforts to reinvigorate US trade leadership and the WTO
Ariyanti 12/6 (DESSIANING ARIYANTI, Associated Press, December 6th 2013, "Cuba throws wrench in WTO talks over trade embargo", http://news.yahoo.com/cuba-throws-wrench-wto-talks-over-trade-embargo-025234855—finance.html)
BALI, Indonesia (AP) — Cuba and three other Latin American countries refused
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the WTO’s relevance as a forum for trade negotiations among its 159 member economies
Bhagwati ’13 (JAGDISH BHAGWATI, professor, Columbia University, January 14th 2013, "Why the TPP is undermining the Doha Round", http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2013/01/14/why-the-tpp-is-undermining-the-doha-round/)
Under regional FTAs like the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), far fewer countries
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, they are going to miss the boat on better multilateral free trade.
Removing economic sanctions shows that the US is committed to the WTO dispute settlement body- that reverberates and generates momentum for the WTO
Allen ’10, (Masheika, July 28th, former legal instructor at Strayer University, Florida International University, Masters of International Business 2011 - 2012 The George Washington University Law School Master of Laws in Litigation 26 Dispute Resolution 2003 - 2004 Florida State University College of Law Juris Doctorate 2000 - 2003 Florida International University Bachelors of Arts- English 1996 - 2000 http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/pnut1913/582992/)
A 1996 Security Council Resolution regarding aviation safety is the only resolution that has been
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Cuban embargo is no longer justifiable on economic grounds and should be ended.
Indo/ Pak free trade increases economic interdependence and reduces the risk of war
The Diplomat ’13 (THE DIPLOMAT, magazine, Asia Pacific Region, April 15th 2013, "Growing India-Pakistan Trade Bodes Well for South Asia" ¶ April 15th 2013¶ http://thediplomat.com/the-pulse/2013/04/15/growing-india-pakistan-trade-bodes-well-for-south-asia/) PD
That South Asia is one of the world’s least integrated regions has been well chronicled
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way for the resolution of more contentious issues such as the Kashmir dispute.
Kashmir escalates in the squo- Pakistani government, water scarcity, and fear of preemptive strike- effective conflict resolution key
Krepon 12/3 (MICHAEL KREPON, co-founder of the Stimson Center, December 3rd 2013, "Deterrence stability and escalation control in South Asia", December 3rd 2013, Rising Kashmir, http://www.risingkashmir.com/deterrence-stability-and-escalation-control-in-south-asia/) PD
Even though the nuclear competition on the subcontinent pales by comparison to the Superpower competition
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material cut-off negotiation in the years immediately following the 1998 tests.
Demand for ethanol is here to stay- RFS
Mead ’13 (WALTER MEAD, Professor of Foreign Affairs and Humanities, Bard College, "Ethanol Still a Boondoggle," July 17th 2013, http://blogs.the-american-interest.com/wrm/2013/07/17/ethanol-still-a-boondoggle/) PD
The US has a law on the books, the Renewable Fuel Standard, that
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pass the green test, but they haven’t yet proven their commercial viability.
Holmes ’10 (MICHAEL G. HOLMES, graduate student, Georgetown University, Masters of Arts in Liberal Studies Thesis, "Seizing The Moment," June 21st 2010, http://repository.library.georgetown.edu/bitstream/handle/10822/553334/holmesMichael.pdf?sequence=1) PD
Creating a new market for U.S. goods and services creates a strong
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Cuba’s technology sector and potentially increase the ease and volume of ethanol production.
Wise ’12 (TIMOTHY WISE, Policy Research Director, Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University, "US corn ethanol fuels food crisis in developing countries,"http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/10/201210993632838545.html)
Record drought in the US farm belt this summer withered corn fields and parched hopes
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happened in 2007-2008. They are at 14 per cent now.
Bryce 12 - senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, is the author, most recently, of Power Hungry: The Myths of "Green" Energy and the Real Fuels of the Future
(Robert, "Democrats and Republicans Support Harmful Ethanol Subsidies for the Sake of Votes,"http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/09/05/democrats-and-republicans-support-harmful-ethanol-subsidies-for-the-sake-of-votes.html)
At least 17 studies—done by organizations ranging from Purdue University to the World
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level and variability, and this has spilled over into other commodity markets."
Food shock instability escalates to all-out war and hurts the US economy
Klare 12 (MICHAEL KLARE, professor, world security studies, Hampshire College, August 7th 2012, "The Hunger Wars in our Future," http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-215_162-57489345/the-hunger-wars-in-our-future/?pageNum=1andtag=page)
The Great Drought of 2012 has yet to come to an end, but we
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droughts, recurring food shortages, and billions of famished, desperate people.
Brown ’09 (LESTER R. BROWN, founder, Worldwatch Institute and the Earth Policy Institute, Scientific American, May 2009, "Could Food Shortages Bring Down Civilization?" http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/civilization-food-shortages/ )
The biggest threat to global stability is the potential for food crises in poor countries
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states disintegrate, their fall will threaten the stability of global civilization itself.