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1ACTournament: Evanston | Round: 1 | Opponent: GBN | Judge: PlanPlan: The United States federal government should normalize hydrocarbon cooperation toward Cuba.Environment====Contention One is the Environment==== Cuban oil drilling is inevitable – the embargo locks-out US safety expertsLaGesse 12 Status quo fails for all tech – current drilling causes catastrophic spillsAlmeida 12 But what if a catastrophic blowout occurs?¶ This was the subject of last week’s Plan is key to proactive response – increased reaction time and US expertsZakaria 11 Can you remember what explosive crisis America and the world was fixated on last summer Spills spread and kill ecosystems, destroying regional biodiversityAlmeida 12 In short however, Cuba’s access to containment systems, offshore technology, and spill The Gulf is a key ocean biodiversity hotspotBrenner 8 – Jorge Brenner, March 14th, 2008, "Guarding the Gulf of Mexico’s valuable resources" www.scidev.net/en/opinions/guarding-the-gulf-of-mexico-s-valuable-resources.html Endangered species live in the Florida Straits and are on the brink nowBoom ’12 – director of the Caribbean Biodiversity Program ExtinctionClark and Downes 6 Gulf oil spills devastate wetlands environments, destroy water quality and increase soil erosionEarthGauge 10 – a National Environmental Education Foundation Program ("Gulf Oil Spill Series: Impacts on Coastal Wetland Plants", http://www.earthgauge.net/wp-content/EG_Gulf_WetlandPlants.pdf) Wetlands are key to the hydro-cycle – the impact is extinctionRamsar Convention 96 ("Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, Wetlands and Biodiversity, Executive Summary", http://www.ramsar.org/about/about_biodiversity.htm, ACC: 12.20.08, p. online) There’s an invisible threshold – resiliency doesn’t applyCraig 11 (Robin Kundis Craig, Attorneys’ Title Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Environmental Programs, Florida State University College of Law, Tallahassee, Florida, 12/20/11 "Legal Remedies for Deep Marine Oil Spills and Long-Term Ecological Resilience: A Match Made in Hell" http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1906839) RelationsPlan shores up US-Cuban relations—that solves US influence in Latin America, drug trafficking, and stops Chinese encroachmentBenjamin-Alvadaro 6 (Jonathan, Report for the Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University, PhD, Professor of Political Science at University of Nebraska at Omaha, Director of the Intelligence Community Centers of Academic Excellence Program at UNO, Treasurer of the American Political Science Association, "The Current Status and Future Prospects for Oil Exploration in Cuba: A Special," http://cri.fiu.edu/research/commissioned-reports/oil-cuba-alvarado.pdf) Scenario One is ChinaChavez’s death means now is key to solve Cuban and hemispheric relationsTisdall 3-5 – Simon Tisdall, writer for the Guardian, March 5th, 2013, "Death of Hugo Chávez brings chance of fresh start for US and Latin America" www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/05/hugo-chavez-dead-us-latin-america/print Now is key—-China is shoring up influenceBoston Globe 2/9 "Cuba’s reforms pave way for new US policy, too", 2013, http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/editorials/2013/02/09/cuba-reform-create-opportunity-drag-policy-into-century/xER2NTTXGsxdLej0miHwFM/story.html Cuban drilling is key—-China is using it to expand ties and isolate TaiwanLuko 11 James – Served in Washington DC with the National Council For Soviet East European Research, the Smithsonian Institute and two years as an analyst with the Canadian Department of National Defence, "China’s Moves on Cuba Need to Be Stopped", 6/29, http://www.nolanchart.com/article8774-chinas-moves-on-cuba-need-to-be-stopped.html Chinese influence in Latin America causes Taiwan warFergusson 12 Robbie, Researcher at Royal Society for the Arts, Featured Contributor at International Business Times, Former Conference 26 Research Assistant at Security Watch, Former Researcher at University College London, Master of Science, China in the International Arena, The University of Glasgow, "The Chinese Challenge to the Monroe Doctrine," http://www.e-ir.info/2012/07/23/does-chinese-growth-in-latin-america-threaten-american-interests/ Taiwan crisis is likely this year—-draws in the U.S.Mazza 1/3 Michael, research fellow in foreign and defense policy at the American Enterprise Institute, 1/3/13, "Four Surprises That Could Rock Asia in 2013," http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/01/03/four_surprises_that_could_rock_asia_in_2012?page=full Taiwan escalates and goes nuclear—-no defenseLowther 3/16 William, Taipei Times, citing a report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, 3/16/13, "Taiwan could spark nuclear war: report," http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2013/03/16/2003557211 Scenario Two is TerrorNow key for US-Latin American ties – permanent collapse comingShifter 12 If the United States and Latin America do not make the effort now, the Cuba is key to hemispheric relations – specifically coop on nuke material transferShifter 12 Cuba, too, poses a significant challenge for relations between the United States and Terrorism leads to extinctionHellman 8 ~Martin E. Hellman, emeritus prof of engineering @ Stanford, "Risk Analysis of Nuclear Deterrence" SPRING 2008 THE BENT OF TAU BETA PI, http://www.nuclearrisk.org/paper.pdf~~ Absent plan, Hezbollah will strike US assetsNoriega 13 US lashout will kill hundreds of millionsEasterbrook 1 Defense doesn’t apply – Hezbollah’s motivated and has capabilityMeehan 11 SolvencyContention Four is SolvencyPlan is effective, topical, and US firms would say yesBenjamin-Alvarado 10 There are numerous areas in the energy sector in which the United States and Cuba Cuba also says yes, spilling into broader coopBenjamin-Alvarado 10 Undoubtedly, after fifty years of enmity, there is a significant lack of trust Pol cap is a myth – alternative explanations exist for any scenario where "pol cap" workedMoraes 1/8 – freelance writer in politics Broad indicts of epistemology don’t take out our impacts—you should weigh specific evidence to get closer to the truthtraditional understandings of knowledge production based on the model of "theory" were in need of revision More evidence that drilling is inevitable—we postdateTamayo ’13 A Russian state oil company drilling off Cuba’s northern shores has reportedly confirmed that it | 3/20/14 |
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