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1AC CaucusTournament: Iowa Caucus | Round: 2 | Opponent: Maine East LA | Judge: Clevenger 1AC====Plan: The United States federal government should authorize the North American Development Bank to fund transportation infrastructure improvement projects along the United States-Mexico border.==== Contention 1 is SolvencyRestructuring NADBank is key—boosts FAST lanes, customs agents and revamped infrastructureO’Neil, Senior Fellow of Latin American Studies @ Council on Foreign Relations, 12 NADBank can do it - mission statementNADB 13 Contention 2 is the EconomyStatus quo border infrastructure investment is lagging behind export growthO’Neil, Senior Fellow for Latin American Studies for the Council on Foreign Relations, 13 A double dip recession is coming now from GDP decline-consumer spending and exports key and their estimations are flawedThe Market Oracle, 6-29 That risks global decline- trade now is criticalKodesh, Ivy League PhD active in program and curriculum development, 6-12 We’re in a state of slow growth now- nations are holding back on investments- it’s a downturn waiting to happen A decline will cause nuclear resource wars between rival states and eliminates potential for cooperationHarris, counselor for the National Intelligence Council, and Burrows, PhD of European History at Cambridge, 9 Mexico’s economy will fail from inefficient infrastructurePastor, Director of the Center for North American Studies, 8 Infrastructure solves economic competitiveness- multiple reasonsFirst is integration- it’s key to trade flexibility- reduced transportation costs and just-in-time logistics are key And, bilateral trade is a unique internal link to both economiesLee North American Center for Trans-border Studies and Wilson Mexico Institute of Woodrow Wilson ’12 , Associate Director at the North American Center for Transborder Studies, former assistant director at the Center for US-Mexican Studies at the University of California, San Diego AND Associate at the Mexico Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, expert on US-Mexico relations, Mexico Analyst for the US military, 12 Second is reshoring – relocating manufacturing to Mexico ensures productivityWeitzman, Staff Writer for the Financial Times, 12 Now is key to prevent Chinese crowd outRobinson, Research Scientist at the Department of Sociology at the University of Michigan, 10 Offshoring wrecks US potential for skilled labor and innovationPisano and Shih, Professors at Harvard Business School, 9 Competitiveness is key to hegemony-First internal link is offshore perceptionLieberthal 26 O’Hanlon, foreign policy scholars at the Brookings Institution, 12 Second is technological dominance- it makes heg sustainable and solves great power warsBaru 9 ~Sanjaya, March, Singapore Geopolitical Implications of the Current Global Financial Crisis, Strategic Analysis, Volume 33, Issue 2, pages 163 – 168, accessed 7/6/13, AR~ US withdrawal from economic primacy makes those wars go global nuclearFriedberg, professor of politics and International Relations at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School, and Schoenfeld, visiting scholar at the Witherspoon Institute, 8 Precipitous withdrawal — attractive to a sizable swath of the electorate before the financial implosion No alternatives to US heg— multi-polarity make great power conflict inevitableKhalilzad, Counselor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, 11 Heg solves protectionism by facilitating a stable marketKagan, senior fellow at the Brookings Institute, 12 Escalatory protectionism will cause extinctionPanzner New York Institute of Finance 8, Instructor New York Institute of Finance, (Michael J.-, Financial Armageddon: Protecting Your Future from Four Impending Catastrophes, P. 136-138) Mexican growth key to combat drug cartelsBrown, Major at the School of Advanced Military studies, 10 Cartels will sponsor nuclear terror- only bilateralism can deter thisShanker, New York Times Pentagon correspondent, 13 An attack would cause the US to retaliate- escalating to nuclear warAyson, Professor and Director of the Centre for Strategic Studies at New Zealand 10 ~Robert, 7-21-10, "After a Terrorist Nuclear Attack: Envisaging Catalytic Effects. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism" , Studies in Conflict 26 Terrorism, Volume: 33, pgs. 571-593, JC~ Mexico Decline will cause regional instabilityBarnes, Fellow at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University, 11 (Joe, 4-29-11, Baker Institute, "Oil and U.S. - Mexico Bilateral Relations" , http://bakerinstitute.org/publications/EF-pub-BarnesBilateral-04292011.pdf , 6/29/13 , JC) That causes global warRochlin, Okanagan political science professor, 94, (James Rochlin, ""Discovering the Americas: the evolution of Canadian foreign policy towards Latin America," p. 130-131) Trade removes incentives for war- increases interdependenceDaniel T. Griswold, the director of the Center for Trade Policy Studies at the Cato Institute, 1998 | 10/26/13 |
1AC CaucusTournament: Iowa Caucus | Round: 2 | Opponent: Maine East LA | Judge: Clevenger 1AC====Plan: The United States federal government should authorize the North American Development Bank to fund transportation infrastructure improvement projects along the United States-Mexico border.==== Contention 1 is SolvencyRestructuring NADBank is key—boosts FAST lanes, customs agents and revamped infrastructureO’Neil, Senior Fellow of Latin American Studies @ Council on Foreign Relations, 12 NADBank can do it - mission statementNADB 13 Contention 2 is the EconomyStatus quo border infrastructure investment is lagging behind export growthO’Neil, Senior Fellow for Latin American Studies for the Council on Foreign Relations, 13 A double dip recession is coming now from GDP decline-consumer spending and exports key and their estimations are flawedThe Market Oracle, 6-29 That risks global decline- trade now is criticalKodesh, Ivy League PhD active in program and curriculum development, 6-12 We’re in a state of slow growth now- nations are holding back on investments- it’s a downturn waiting to happen A decline will cause nuclear resource wars between rival states and eliminates potential for cooperationHarris, counselor for the National Intelligence Council, and Burrows, PhD of European History at Cambridge, 9 Mexico’s economy will fail from inefficient infrastructurePastor, Director of the Center for North American Studies, 8 Infrastructure solves economic competitiveness- multiple reasonsFirst is integration- it’s key to trade flexibility- reduced transportation costs and just-in-time logistics are key And, bilateral trade is a unique internal link to both economiesLee North American Center for Trans-border Studies and Wilson Mexico Institute of Woodrow Wilson ’12 , Associate Director at the North American Center for Transborder Studies, former assistant director at the Center for US-Mexican Studies at the University of California, San Diego AND Associate at the Mexico Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, expert on US-Mexico relations, Mexico Analyst for the US military, 12 Second is reshoring – relocating manufacturing to Mexico ensures productivityWeitzman, Staff Writer for the Financial Times, 12 Now is key to prevent Chinese crowd outRobinson, Research Scientist at the Department of Sociology at the University of Michigan, 10 Offshoring wrecks US potential for skilled labor and innovationPisano and Shih, Professors at Harvard Business School, 9 Competitiveness is key to hegemony-First internal link is offshore perceptionLieberthal 26 O’Hanlon, foreign policy scholars at the Brookings Institution, 12 Second is technological dominance- it makes heg sustainable and solves great power warsBaru 9 ~Sanjaya, March, Singapore Geopolitical Implications of the Current Global Financial Crisis, Strategic Analysis, Volume 33, Issue 2, pages 163 – 168, accessed 7/6/13, AR~ US withdrawal from economic primacy makes those wars go global nuclearFriedberg, professor of politics and International Relations at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School, and Schoenfeld, visiting scholar at the Witherspoon Institute, 8 Precipitous withdrawal — attractive to a sizable swath of the electorate before the financial implosion No alternatives to US heg— multi-polarity make great power conflict inevitableKhalilzad, Counselor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, 11 Heg solves protectionism by facilitating a stable marketKagan, senior fellow at the Brookings Institute, 12 Escalatory protectionism will cause extinctionPanzner New York Institute of Finance 8, Instructor New York Institute of Finance, (Michael J.-, Financial Armageddon: Protecting Your Future from Four Impending Catastrophes, P. 136-138) Mexican growth key to combat drug cartelsBrown, Major at the School of Advanced Military studies, 10 Cartels will sponsor nuclear terror- only bilateralism can deter thisShanker, New York Times Pentagon correspondent, 13 An attack would cause the US to retaliate- escalating to nuclear warAyson, Professor and Director of the Centre for Strategic Studies at New Zealand 10 ~Robert, 7-21-10, "After a Terrorist Nuclear Attack: Envisaging Catalytic Effects. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism" , Studies in Conflict 26 Terrorism, Volume: 33, pgs. 571-593, JC~ Mexico Decline will cause regional instabilityBarnes, Fellow at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University, 11 (Joe, 4-29-11, Baker Institute, "Oil and U.S. - Mexico Bilateral Relations" , http://bakerinstitute.org/publications/EF-pub-BarnesBilateral-04292011.pdf , 6/29/13 , JC) That causes global warRochlin, Okanagan political science professor, 94, (James Rochlin, ""Discovering the Americas: the evolution of Canadian foreign policy towards Latin America," p. 130-131) Trade removes incentives for war- increases interdependenceDaniel T. Griswold, the director of the Center for Trade Policy Studies at the Cato Institute, 1998 | 10/26/13 |
1AC Round 2 EvanstonTournament: Evanston | Round: 2 | Opponent: HoFlo SF | Judge: PlanPlan: The United States federal government should substantially increase its infrastructure investment toward Mexico through the North American Development Bank.Contention 1 is EconomyStatus quo border infrastructure investment is lagging behind export growthO’Neil, 13 Initiatives to modernize the border and build resilient communities (pillars three and four of Plan is key to resolve congestion, increase trade, and boost border infrastructure for both the US and MexicoWilson 12 (Christopher Wilson, associate at the Mexico Institute of teh Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. "U.S. Competitiveness: The Mexican Connection" 2012. www.issues.org/28.4/p_wilson.html) Policy for a competitive region¶ The border. With an integrated regional manufacturing sector Plan creates new funding which serves as a catalyst for more investmentMosqueda, Bachelor’s in journalism, 12 ~Priscila, 7-18-12, Texas Observer, "Sister Organizations Continue to Improve Infrastructure Along Border: Binational Institutions Fund Projects to Encourage Economic Growth," http://www.texasobserver.org/sister-organizations-continue-to-improve-infrastructure-along-border/, accessed 6-26-13~ Projects are partially funded by the Bank, with local, state and federal governments Infrastructure constraints create business uncertainty – it’s reverse causalDonohue and Zozaya 11 (Thomas Donohue, President and CEO of the US Chamber of Commerce, José Zozaya President American Chamber of Commerce of Mexico, 2011, "Steps to a 21st Century U.S.-Mexico Border A U.S. Chamber of Commerce Border Report" online @ http://www.uschamber.com/sites/default/files/reports/2011_us_mexico_report.pdf Businesses rely on just-in-time inventory management and depend on predictability and Loss of confidence creates a negative feedback cycle annihilating the economyRubin et al 4 – PhD Economics, Senior Fellow of the Brookings Institute and Chief Global Economist at Decision Economics inc. (Robert E. Rubin, Chairman of Citigroup Financial, Peter R. Roszag, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institute, and Allen Sinai, Decision Economics, "Sustained Budget Deficits: The Risks of Financial and Fiscal Disarray" Paper presented The Andrew Brimmer Policy Forum, "National Economic and Financial Policies for Growth and Stability," Sunday, 1/4/04) Mexico’s economy will fail from inefficient infrastructurePastor, 8 Others have pointed to Mexico’s declining competitiveness and attribute that to ¶ Mexico’s inability or Infrastructure is key to long-term Mexican growthAschauer 98 (David Alan Aschauer, Elmer W. Campbell Professor of Economics at Bates College. "The Role of Public Infrastructure Capital in Mexican Economic Growth" 1998. http://www.economiamexicana.cide.edu/num_anteriores/VII-1/02_ASCHAUER_47-78.pdf) VP A number of tentative conclusions pertinent to Mexican infrastructure policy can be drawn from the Mexican economy is vital to the US – trade, exports, jobs, fundamentalsSarukhan, 12 (Arturo, Ambassador of Mexico to the United States, "Mexico ’Critically Important’ to US Economy," Wilson Center, 2/24/12, video testimony, http://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/mexico-E28098critically-importantE28099-to-us-economy, Tashma) It’s an incredibly strong relationship, for starters, because a lot of people sometimes US is key to the global economyLagarde 13 (Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund. "Strong U.S. Economy, Strong Global Economy—Two Sides of Same Coin" September 19, 2013. www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/2013/NEW091913A.htm) In a world of increasing economic interconnections, the United States’s stake in the global Economic growth is key to prevent global nuclear war and terrorismHarris 26 Burrows 9(Mathew, PhD European History @ Cambridge, counselor of the U.S. National Intelligence Council (NIC) and Jennifer, member of the NIC’s Long Range Analysis Unit "Revisiting the Future: Geopolitical Effects of the Financial Crisis" http://www.ciaonet.org/journals/twq/v32i2/f_0016178_13952.pdf) Studies prove our impactRoyal 10 — Jedidiah Royal, Director of Cooperative Threat Reduction at the U.S. Department of Defense, M.Phil. Candidate at the University of New South Wales, 2010 ("Economic Integration, Economic Signalling and the Problem of Economic Crises," Economics of War and Peace: Economic, Legal and Political Perspectives, Edited by Ben Goldsmith and Jurgen Brauer, Published by Emerald Group Publishing, ISBN 0857240048, p. 213-215) Less intuitive is how periods of economic decline may increase the likelihood of external conflict Creating more economic opportunitieswillbe Mexico’s greatest weapon in the war on drugs, the country’s Mexico drug violence leads to oil shocks and economic collapseMoran 9 (7/31/09, Michael, executive editor and policy analyst, Council on Foreign Relations, "Six Crises, 2009: A Half-Dozen Ways Geopolitics Could Upset Global Recovery," http://fbkfinanzwirtschaft.wordpress.com/2009/08/07/six-crises-2009-a-half-dozen-ways-geopolitics-could-upset-global-recovery/) Energy shocks cause great power nuke warIslam Yasin Qasem 7, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Politics and Social Sciences at the University of Pompeu Fabra (UPF) in Barcelona, MA in International Affairs from Columbia, July 9, 2007, "The Coming Warfare of Oil Shortage," online: http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_islam_ya_070709_the_coming_warfare_o.htm Contention 2 is WarmingWarming is happening and increasing now – the US is key to solvePassell ’12 (Peter Passell, a senior fellow at the Milken Institute in Santa Monica, as well as the editor of its quarterly journal on economic policy. "Two world one climate" May 23, 2012. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/05/23/two_worlds_one_climate?page=full26wp_login_redirect=0-http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/05/23/two_worlds_one_climate?page=full26wp_login_redirect=0) Climate change, we are often told, is everyone’s problem. And without a Status quo investment in energy is not sufficientWood, 2013 (Duncan, director of Mexico Institute at Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, researcher at Centro de Derecho Economico Internacional at ITAM, studied at UK in Canada, PhD in Political Studies, Wilson Center, http://wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/wood_energy.pdf-http://wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/wood_energy.pdf) Harbeck Expanding NADBank investments to border infrastructure leads to more environmental and clean tech projectsBalido, 11 – Nelson, president of the Border Trade Alliance ("Bill to expand NADBank projects holds potential to make big impact for border," Border Trade Alliance, http://www.thebta.org/btanews/bill-to-expand-nadbank-projects-holds-potential-to-make-big-impact-for-border.html~~23top) Investment is key for renewables – specifically the NADBankHendricks, 2012 (David, Business writer and columnist, "NADBank expands renewable energy portfolio," November 8, 2012, http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/article/NADBank-expands-renewable-energy-portfolio-4021606.php-http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/article/NADBank-expands-renewable-energy-portfolio-4021606.php) Renewables solve climate change without harming the environmentKomor, 2004 (Paul, Renewable Energy Policy, author, Researched and taught energy policy at Princeton, Stanford, currently at Unveristy of Colorado, Director of Energy Education http://books.google.com/books?hl=en26lr=26id=CnHnsUBCgSUC26oi=fnd26pg=PA126dq=alternative+energy+solves+mexico26ots=nT42L718AW26sig=N8wN4andIpdCDCrN3R1JbScm7ZA~~23v=onepage26q26f=false-http://books.google.com/books?hl=en26lr=26id=CnHnsUBCgSUC26oi=fnd26pg=PA126dq=alternative+energy+solves+mexico26ots=nT42L718AW26sig=N8wN4andIpdCDCrN3R1JbScm7ZA, page 4, March 15, 2004) Harbeck One possible solution to the various problems with our energy system is a switch to Warming is the most likely scenario for extinctionDeibel 7 ~Terry L. Professor of IR @ National War College, 2007. "Foreign Affairs Strategy: Logic for American Statecraft", Conclusion: American Foreign Affairs Strategy Today~ Finally, there is one major existential threat to American security (as well as US-Mexico cooperation solves – leads to global spilloverSelee 26 Wilson ’12 (Andrew Selee, Wilson Center’s Vice President for Programs. Ph.D. in Policy Studies from the University of Maryland; M.A. in Latin American Studies from the University of California, San Diego; B.A. in Latin American Studies (Phi Beta Kappa) from Washington University in St. Louis. Christopher Wilson, an Associate at the Mexico Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. "A New Agenda With Mexico" November 2012. http://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/a_new_agenda_with_mexico.pdf ) Over the past few years, the U.S. and Mexican governments have Global warming will cause a massive increase in famine.Reuters ’05 ~May 27, "Climate change likely to increase famine: FAO," http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200505/s1378213.htm~~ Global warming is likely to significantly diminish food production in many countries and greatly increase Famine must be rejected and outweighs extinction.Watson ’77 ~Richard, Professor of Philosophy at Washington University, World Hunger and Moral Obligation, p. 118-9~ One may even have to sacrifice one’s life or one’s nation to be moral in Increased investment also spills over to border biodiversityNabhan, 00 – Gary Paul, writer, lecturer and world-renown conservation scientist ("Biodiversity: The Variety of Life that Sustains Our Own," Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, January 2000, http://www.desertmuseum.org/books/nhsd_biodiversity.php) Mexico is key to solve for biodiversityGeo Mexico 2010 (This blog supports Geo-Mexico; the geography and dynamics of modern Mexico, the book by Dr. Richard Rhoda and Tony Burton (Sombrero Books 2010). Geo-Mexico is the first book specifically about the geography of the entire country of Mexico, written in English and aimed at an adult audience, ever published, "Mexico’s mega-biodiversity," http://geo-mexico.com/?p=2765) Solves extinctionGhista ’05 (Garda, freelance journalist and public advocate http://www.worldproutassembly.org/archives/2005/04/biodiversity_un.html-http://www.worldproutassembly.org/archives/2005/04/biodiversity_un.html "Biodiversity - Underprotected or Overprotected?") Contention 3 is SolvencyFederal implementation ensures that the NADBank can invest in infrastructureBalido, 08/29/11 (Nelson Balido—President of the Border Trade Alliance; "Bill to expand NADBank projects holds potential to make big impact for border."; Border Trade Alliance; http://www.thebta.org/btanews/bill-to-expand-nadbank-projects-holds-potential-to-make-big-impact-for-border.html~~23top-http://www.thebta.org/btanews/bill-to-expand-nadbank-projects-holds-potential-to-make-big-impact-for-border.html ) But Congress and the White House don’t have to look far for inspiration for how Restructuring NADBank is key—boosts FAST lanes, customs agents and revamped infrastructureO’Neil, 12 In addition, U.S. and Mexican joint efforts should concentrate on realizing NADBank can do it - mission statementNADB, 13 NADB offers direct financing in the form of loans and grants to public and private | 2/3/14 |
1AC Round 4 EvanstonTournament: Evanston | Round: 4 | Opponent: GBN XX | Judge: PlanPlan: The United States federal government should substantially increase its infrastructure investment toward Mexico by authorizing the North American Development Bank to fund transportation infrastructure improvement projects along the United States-Mexico border.Contention 1 is EconomyStatus quo border infrastructure investment is lagging behind export growthO’Neil, 13 Initiatives to modernize the border and build resilient communities (pillars three and four of Plan is key to resolve congestion, increase trade, and boost border infrastructure for both the US and MexicoWilson 12 (Christopher Wilson, associate at the Mexico Institute of teh Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. "U.S. Competitiveness: The Mexican Connection" 2012. www.issues.org/28.4/p_wilson.html) Policy for a competitive region¶ The border. With an integrated regional manufacturing sector Plan creates new funding which serves as a catalyst for more investmentMosqueda, Bachelor’s in journalism, 12 ~Priscila, 7-18-12, Texas Observer, "Sister Organizations Continue to Improve Infrastructure Along Border: Binational Institutions Fund Projects to Encourage Economic Growth," http://www.texasobserver.org/sister-organizations-continue-to-improve-infrastructure-along-border/, accessed 6-26-13~ Projects are partially funded by the Bank, with local, state and federal governments Infrastructure constraints create business uncertainty – it’s reverse causalDonohue and Zozaya 11 (Thomas Donohue, President and CEO of the US Chamber of Commerce, José Zozaya President American Chamber of Commerce of Mexico, 2011, "Steps to a 21st Century U.S.-Mexico Border A U.S. Chamber of Commerce Border Report" online @ http://www.uschamber.com/sites/default/files/reports/2011_us_mexico_report.pdf Businesses rely on just-in-time inventory management and depend on predictability and Loss of confidence creates a negative feedback cycle annihilating the economyRubin et al 4 – PhD Economics, Senior Fellow of the Brookings Institute and Chief Global Economist at Decision Economics inc. (Robert E. Rubin, Chairman of Citigroup Financial, Peter R. Roszag, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institute, and Allen Sinai, Decision Economics, "Sustained Budget Deficits: The Risks of Financial and Fiscal Disarray" Paper presented The Andrew Brimmer Policy Forum, "National Economic and Financial Policies for Growth and Stability," Sunday, 1/4/04) Mexico’s economy will fail from inefficient infrastructurePastor, 8 Others have pointed to Mexico’s declining competitiveness and attribute that to ¶ Mexico’s inability or Infrastructure is key to long-term Mexican growthAschauer 98 (David Alan Aschauer, Elmer W. Campbell Professor of Economics at Bates College. "The Role of Public Infrastructure Capital in Mexican Economic Growth" 1998. http://www.economiamexicana.cide.edu/num_anteriores/VII-1/02_ASCHAUER_47-78.pdf) VP A number of tentative conclusions pertinent to Mexican infrastructure policy can be drawn from the Mexican economy is vital to the US – trade, exports, jobs, fundamentalsSarukhan, 12 (Arturo, Ambassador of Mexico to the United States, "Mexico ’Critically Important’ to US Economy," Wilson Center, 2/24/12, video testimony, http://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/mexico-E28098critically-importantE28099-to-us-economy, Tashma) It’s an incredibly strong relationship, for starters, because a lot of people sometimes US is key to the global economyLagarde 13 (Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund. "Strong U.S. Economy, Strong Global Economy—Two Sides of Same Coin" September 19, 2013. www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/2013/NEW091913A.htm) In a world of increasing economic interconnections, the United States’s stake in the global Economic growth is key to prevent global nuclear war and terrorismHarris 26 Burrows 9(Mathew, PhD European History @ Cambridge, counselor of the U.S. National Intelligence Council (NIC) and Jennifer, member of the NIC’s Long Range Analysis Unit "Revisiting the Future: Geopolitical Effects of the Financial Crisis" http://www.ciaonet.org/journals/twq/v32i2/f_0016178_13952.pdf) Mexican Economic growth guts the drug trade Creating more economic opportunitieswillbe Mexico’s greatest weapon in the war on drugs, the country’s Mexico drug violence leads to oil shocks and economic collapseMoran 9 (7/31/09, Michael, executive editor and policy analyst, Council on Foreign Relations, "Six Crises, 2009: A Half-Dozen Ways Geopolitics Could Upset Global Recovery," http://fbkfinanzwirtschaft.wordpress.com/2009/08/07/six-crises-2009-a-half-dozen-ways-geopolitics-could-upset-global-recovery/) Energy shocks cause great power nuke warIslam Yasin Qasem 7, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Politics and Social Sciences at the University of Pompeu Fabra (UPF) in Barcelona, MA in International Affairs from Columbia, July 9, 2007, "The Coming Warfare of Oil Shortage," online: http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_islam_ya_070709_the_coming_warfare_o.htm Contention 2 is WarmingWarming is happening and increasing now – the US is key to solvePassell ’12 (Peter Passell, a senior fellow at the Milken Institute in Santa Monica, as well as the editor of its quarterly journal on economic policy. "Two world one climate" May 23, 2012. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/05/23/two_worlds_one_climate?page=full26wp_login_redirect=0-http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/05/23/two_worlds_one_climate?page=full26wp_login_redirect=0) Climate change, we are often told, is everyone’s problem. And without a Status quo investment in energy is not sufficientWood, 2013 (Duncan, director of Mexico Institute at Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, researcher at Centro de Derecho Economico Internacional at ITAM, studied at UK in Canada, PhD in Political Studies, Wilson Center, http://wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/wood_energy.pdf-http://wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/wood_energy.pdf) Harbeck Expanding NADBank investments to border infrastructure leads to more environmental and clean tech projectsBalido, 11 – Nelson, president of the Border Trade Alliance ("Bill to expand NADBank projects holds potential to make big impact for border," Border Trade Alliance, http://www.thebta.org/btanews/bill-to-expand-nadbank-projects-holds-potential-to-make-big-impact-for-border.html~~23top) Investment is key for renewables – specifically the NADBankHendricks, 2012 (David, Business writer and columnist, "NADBank expands renewable energy portfolio," November 8, 2012, http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/article/NADBank-expands-renewable-energy-portfolio-4021606.php-http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/article/NADBank-expands-renewable-energy-portfolio-4021606.php) Renewables solve climate change without harming the environmentKomor, 2004 (Paul, Renewable Energy Policy, author, Researched and taught energy policy at Princeton, Stanford, currently at Unveristy of Colorado, Director of Energy Education http://books.google.com/books?hl=en26lr=26id=CnHnsUBCgSUC26oi=fnd26pg=PA126dq=alternative+energy+solves+mexico26ots=nT42L718AW26sig=N8wN4andIpdCDCrN3R1JbScm7ZA~~23v=onepage26q26f=false-http://books.google.com/books?hl=en26lr=26id=CnHnsUBCgSUC26oi=fnd26pg=PA126dq=alternative+energy+solves+mexico26ots=nT42L718AW26sig=N8wN4andIpdCDCrN3R1JbScm7ZA, page 4, March 15, 2004) Harbeck One possible solution to the various problems with our energy system is a switch to Warming is the most likely scenario for extinctionDeibel 7 ~Terry L. Professor of IR @ National War College, 2007. "Foreign Affairs Strategy: Logic for American Statecraft", Conclusion: American Foreign Affairs Strategy Today~ Finally, there is one major existential threat to American security (as well as US-Mexico cooperation solves – leads to global spilloverSelee 26 Wilson ’12 (Andrew Selee, Wilson Center’s Vice President for Programs. Ph.D. in Policy Studies from the University of Maryland; M.A. in Latin American Studies from the University of California, San Diego; B.A. in Latin American Studies (Phi Beta Kappa) from Washington University in St. Louis. Christopher Wilson, an Associate at the Mexico Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. "A New Agenda With Mexico" November 2012. http://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/a_new_agenda_with_mexico.pdf ) Over the past few years, the U.S. and Mexican governments have Global warming will cause a massive increase in famine.Reuters ’05 ~May 27, "Climate change likely to increase famine: FAO," http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200505/s1378213.htm~~ Global warming is likely to significantly diminish food production in many countries and greatly increase Famine must be rejected and outweighs extinction.Watson ’77 ~Richard, Professor of Philosophy at Washington University, World Hunger and Moral Obligation, p. 118-9~ One may even have to sacrifice one’s life or one’s nation to be moral in More investment in NADBank key to environment infrastructure – solves for environment sustainability and flora and faunaKaplan and Hammacher, 00 – Gordan, attorney with the firm of Hillyer 26. Irwin in San Diego and Linda K., attorney ("A Bigger Role for NAFTA’s Development Bank?," San Diego Business Journal, 11/13/00, http://ehis.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?sid=74ef2ace-3feb-4b1f-80f5-660cbb179c8840sessionmgr11326vid=126hid=11426bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ3d3d~~23db=f5h26AN=382648626anchor=toc) Destruction of the sea turtle population leads to a domino effect – brink is now.Todd Steiner, xx-xx-2010, Sea Turtle Restoration Project, Executive Director at Turtle Island Restoration Network, San Francisco Bay Area, "Are Sea Turtles Worth Saving?" http://www.bonaireturtles.org/explore/are-sea-turtles-worth-saving/ Sea turtles demonstrate the ultimate lesson of ecology – that everything is connected. Sea Loggerhead turtles are keystone species – key to global marine ecosystems.Coastal Breeze, 8-23-2012, locally owned and operated bi-weekly community newspaper, "Sea Turtle Tidbits," http://www.coastalbreezenews.com/2012/08/23/sea-turtle-tidbits-6/ There are five species of sea turtles that nest on Florida’s beaches. The most Marine biodiversity collapse causes extinction.Craig, 2003, Associate Professor of Law, Indiana U School Law, McGeorge Law Review, 34 McGeorge L. Rev. 155 Lexis Biodiversity and ecosystem function arguments for conserving marine ecosystems also exist, just as they | 2/3/14 |
1AC ValleyTournament: Valley | Round: 2 | Opponent: SPASH | Judge: Contention 1 is Hegemony(2:40)US Hegemony is necessary to prevent global nuclear warfareBrooks, Ikenberry, and Wohlforth ’13 Any turns are inevitable – The US will go down fighting for hegemonyMearsheimer 11 John J. Mearsheimer, the "R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago" Jan/Feb 2011 "Imperial By Design" http://mearsheimer.uchicago.edu/pdfs/A0059.pdf The downward spiral the United States has taken was anything but inevitable. Washington has China is expanding its Latin American Sphere of Influence to disenfranchise Taiwan and warming up to Mexico’s energy sector – now is key for US actionMalkin 13 (Elisabeth Malkin, New York Times writer. "Chinese President Makes Bridge-Building Trip to Mexico" June 4, 2013. www.nytimes.com/2013/06/05/world/americas/xi-makes-bridge-building-trip-to-mexico.html?_r=0) SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, Mexico — President Xi Jinping of China arrived in Mexico is key to China’s Latin America strategyKnowland 13 (Don Knowland, writer for WSWS. "China’s President Visits Mexico and Central America Seeking Economic Ties." World Socialist Website 10 June 2013. http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/06/10/xime-j10.html-http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/06/10/xime-j10.html) In the decade spanning 2000 to 2010, trade between China and Latin America as Chinese influence in Latin America is a litmus test for power globally – undermines HegemonyCerna 11 With both the U.S. and China making gains in the regionin different Independently, Chinese influence in Latin America causes Taiwan warFergusson 12Robbie, 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 escalates and goes nuclearLowther 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-http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2013/03/16/2003557211 The Transboundary Hydrocarbon Agreement is key to US-Mexico energy cooperationCFA 13 (House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs. "U.S. ENERGY SECURITY: ENHANCING PARTNERSHIPS WITH MEXICO AND CANADA" Hearing before the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere. March 14, 2013) In the past, political sensitivities concerning U.S. involvement in¶ the That tips the balance of Mexico’s decision on Chinese cooperation and crowds out ChinaYang 13(Yang Jingjie is a reporter for Global Times. Global Times a daily Chinese tabloid focusing on international issues. "Increase in Mexican oil exports indicates thawing ties", Global Times, April 9, 2013, http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/773515.shtml~~23.Ueht4I1OSSo) Observers say Mexican state oil company Pemex’s decision to significantly boost oil exports to China Contention 2 is PEMEX(2:22)PEMEX is declining - fields are being used up – deep water drilling and private investment from TBA is key to diversify Mexico’s portfolio. Reforms are criticalKerry et al. 12 Progress, but can it last? A snapshot of Mexico’s oil sector Mexico has Planned reforms are insufficient – deep water drilling and technical assistance are neededEconomist 8/10 (The Economist magazine. "Unfixable Pemex" August 10, 2013. www.economist.com/news/business/21583253-even-if-government-plucks-up-courage-reform-it-pemex-will-be-hard-fix-unfixable) A JAR of crude oil, not much bigger than one of baby food, PEMEX is the most important company in Mexico – decline takes down the whole economy. Plan is keyKrauss and Malkin 10 Clifford Kraus and Elisabeth Malkin, Krauss is a national business correspondent based in Houston covering energy for the NYT, Malkin covers environmental and energy news especially for Mexico for the NYT, March 8, 2010, "Mexico Oil Politics Keeps Riches Just Out of Reach", http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/09/business/global/09pemex.html?pagewanted=all26_r=0-http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/09/business/global/09pemex.html?pagewanted=all26_r=0. Mexican collapse causes U.S. isolationism which guts HegHaddick 8 (Robert, Managing Editor, Small Wars Journal, former U.S. Marine Corps officer, advisor for the State Department and the National Intelligence Council on irregular warfare issues, former Director of Research at the Fremont Group, http://westhawk.blogspot.com/2008/12/now-that-would-change-everything.html-http://westhawk.blogspot.com/2008/12/now-that-would-change-everything.html, MH) Mexican Energy is key to global economic stabilityMoran 9 Michael Moran, vice president and executive editor of Roubini Global Economics and RGE’s senior expert on geostrategic and political risk. From 2005-2009, Michael served as executive editor of CFR.org,. "Six Crises, 2009: A Half-Dozen Ways Geopolitics Could Upset Global Recovery". Roubini Global Economics Monitor. July 31, 2009. http://fbkfinanzwirtschaft.wordpress.com/2009/08/07/six-crises-2009-a-half-dozen-ways-geopolitics-could-upset-global-recovery/ A story receiving more attention in the American media than Iraq these days is the Economic decline causes war and miscalculationRoyal 10 — Jedidiah Royal, Director of Cooperative Threat Reduction at the U.S. Department of Defense, M.Phil. Candidate at the University of New South Wales, 2010 ("Economic Integration, Economic Signalling and the Problem of Economic Crises," Economics of War and Peace: Economic, Legal and Political Perspectives, Edited by Ben Goldsmith and Jurgen Brauer, Published by Emerald Group Publishing, ISBN 0857240048, p. 213-215) Less intuitive is how periods of economic decline may increase the likelihood of external conflict TBA will put pressure on Mexico to reform PEMEX – cooperation spills over to future agreementsMelgar 12 (Lourdes Melgar, director of the Center for Sustainability and Business at EGADE Business School of the Tecnológico de Monterrey. "The Future of PEMEX", Americas Quarterly, 2012, http://www.americasquarterly.org/node/3781) But, for the time being, PEMEX is already on the move. Deepwater Foreign Investment and coop is key to PEMEX growthMelgar 12 (Lourdes, director of the Center for Sustainability and Business at EGADE Business School of the Tecnológico de Monterrey, Independent Energy Consultant at Independent Consultant, studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mount Holyoke College, 2012, "The Future of PEMEX", Americas Quarterly, http://www.americasquarterly.org/node/3781-http://www.americasquarterly.org/node/3781, Accessed: 6/25/13, LPS.) Exploration and Production: The Keys to Deeper Reform The 2008 Energy Reform initiated the Contention 3 is the Environment(2:26)Continuing to delay the Hydrocarbon Agreement hinders the possibilities of the TBHA and future energycooperationMartin, Wood,May 3rd, 2013(Jeremy Martin— a frequent commentator and writer on Latin American and energy issues speaking at international conferences and appearing in both print and broadcast media; Duncan Wood— the Director of the Mexico Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; "U.S. Should Act Quickly on Transboundary Hydrocarbon Agreement With Mexico"; http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/12923/u-s-should-act-quickly-on-transboundary-hydrocarbon-agreement-with-mexico-http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/12923/u-s-should-act-quickly-on-transboundary-hydrocarbon-agreement-with-mexico) At its core, the agreement seeks to set up legal guidelines for companies to Hydrocarbon Agreement sets a concrete framework for further Environmental CooperationSimmons, April 30th 2013(Daniel Simmons, Director of Regulatory and State Affairs, Institute for Energy Research; "U.S.-Mexico Transboundary Hydrocarbons Agreement: A Rare Victory for Oil and Gas in the Obama Era"; MasterResource; http://www.masterresource.org/2013/04/u-s-mexico-transboundary-hydrocarbons-agreement/-http://www.masterresource.org/2013/04/u-s-mexico-transboundary-hydrocarbons-agreement/) The United States and Mexico jointly announced their intention to negotiate a transboundary hydrocarbons agreement Joint cooperation on energy promotes renewable energy, energy security, and the economyDonnelly,June 28th, 2010 (Robert Donnelly is the Program Associate for the Mexico Institute, Wilson Center; "U.S.-Mexico Cooperation on Renewable Energy: Building a Green Agenda"; New Security Beat; http://www.newsecuritybeat.org/2010/06/u-s-mexico-cooperation-on-renewable-energy-building-a-green-agenda/-http://www.newsecuritybeat.org/2010/06/u-s-mexico-cooperation-on-renewable-energy-building-a-green-agenda/) Could joint green-energy development help improve relations between the United States and Mexico Mexican development of clean energy allows for numerous future opportunitiesMelgar, 12 – (Lourdes Melgar, director of the Center for Sustainability and Business at EGADE Business School of the Tecnológico de Monterrey. "The Future of PEMEX", Americas Quarterly, 2012, http://www.americasquarterly.org/node/3781 Mexico became a champion of climate concerns during the administration of President Felipe Calderón ( Innovation creates conditions that allow for environmental sustainabilityGriswold ’1 Expanding trade is not merely compatible with high standards of environmental quality but can lead Renewable energy policy is sustainable and key to solve climate changeUCS, May 9th, 2011(Union of Concerned Scientists, a nonprofit science advocacy group based in the United States; "Renewable Energy Likely to Become Dominant Climate Change Solution by 2050, U.N. Study Concludes"; News Center; http://www.ucsusa.org/news/press_release/renewable-energy-likely-climate-solution-0539.html-http://www.ucsusa.org/news/press_release/renewable-energy-likely-climate-solution-0539.html ) If the full range of renewable technologies were to be deployed, levels of heat Climate Change causes extinctionThompson ’9 ~Allen, Assistant professor of philosophy at Clemson University, "Responsibility for the End of Nature: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Global Warming", Volume 14, Number 1, Spring 2009, Muse~ It also causes poverty, social tensions, weak politics, and a laundry list of environmental issues.Blair ’10 – Director of National Intelligence, Environmental impacts come firstElliot 97 (Herschel Elliot, University of Florida Emeritus Philosophy, 1997 "A General Statement of the Tragedy of the Commons," February 26, http://www.dieoff.org/page121) Third, all systems of ethical beliefs are hypotheses about how human beings can live | 9/29/13 |
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