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Baseball 1acTournament: Wake Forest | Round: 1 | Opponent: New Trier WB | Judge: Maria Liu Contention 1: Inherency The embargo against … play in MLB." Contention 2 Contention 2: Relations US-Cuban relations on the brink now – removing the baseball defection model is able to restore mutual trust *1685 III. BASEBALL AND UNITED STATES-CUBA … United States-Cuba relations. n204 The advantage is intrinsic to the plan – only sports diplomacy can lay the framework for broader and effective political change in the US-Cuba relationship Cuba will co-op – defection is THE issue preventing baseball diplomacy IV. EFFECTIVE BASEBALL DIPLOMACY… United States-Cuba relations. Scenario one is Cuba A dying Cuban …friends, Cereijo urged. So does cyberwar – its comparatively more likely than conventional war AS IN the … with "kinetic activity." War with China also causes extinction Scenario 2 is oil drilling While the quest … an oil spill. Cuba is a hotspot - relations are necessary for solving global environmental collapse With the support … the international arena. Environmental collapse causes extinction Keystone species solve extinction Extinction is the … a genuine hotspot. Scenario 3 is hemispheric cooperation U.S.-Cuban relations … and democratic governance. Its reverse causal – poor US relationship with Cuba sabotages efforts to form effective and cooperative hemispheric partnerships A valuable window … the issue here. Hemispheric relations is key to solving organized crime Crime and insecurity … forms of crime. Organized crime makes nuclear and CBW warfare inevitable – outweighs the risk of state-state warfare Nuclear terrorist attack causes superpower war Lashout will be widespread and cause extinction Organized crime in Latin America causes regional instability Thus the Plan Plan: The United States federal government should enact legislation removing restrictions on the beneficiary eligibility of a Cuban national’s ability to receive temporary non-immigrant work visas for the purpose of playing organized professional baseball. Contention 3 is Baseball Diplomacy Not that it … at the same time. Inaction on Cuba is the largest threat to United States soft power Military decline is inevitable – reorientation of baseball diplomacy is key to a smooth transition that restores American diplomatic leadership Soft power prevents great power war Unilateralism and lack of soft power cripple transatlantic relations – polls prove US/EU relations prevent global conflict. The plan re-orients baseball diplomacy – the prevents all conflict escalation If some success … up its deals. | 9/7/13 |
Baseball 1ac MichiganTournament: Michigan | Round: 1 | Opponent: Dexter MS | Judge: John Lawson The embargo against Cuba established by the Helms-Burton Act regulates virtually all commerce Contention 2: Relations US-Cuban relations on the brink now – removing the baseball defection model is able to restore mutual trust ~*1685~ III. BASEBALL AND UNITED STATES-CUBA RELATIONS A. Early The plan solves overall relations Changing the current baseball policy regarding Cubans has the potential of effecting United States- Cuba will co-op – defection is THE issue preventing baseball diplomacy IV. EFFECTIVE BASEBALL DIPLOMACY: A DOUBLE PLAY FOR MLB AND UNITED STATES- Scenario one is Cuba A dying Cuban dictator Fidel Castro could launch a devastating cyber-terror attack as So does cyberwar – its comparatively more likely than conventional war AS IN the 1960s, the speed of war is rapidly accelerating. Then, Scenario 2 is oil drilling While the quest for deepwater drilling of oil and gas may slow as a result Cuba is a hotspot - relations are necessary for solving global environmental collapse With the support of the U.S., Cuba could become a model for Environmental collapse causes extinction Keystone species solve extinction Extinction is the gravest consequence of the biodiversity crisis, since it is¶ irreversible Scenario 3 is hemispheric cooperation U.S.-Cuban relations have disproportionately dominated U.S. policy toward Its reverse causal – poor US relationship with Cuba sabotages efforts to form effective and cooperative hemispheric partnerships A valuable window of opportunity soon will open for the U.S. government Hemispheric relations is key to solving organized crime Crime and insecurity are growing scourges in the Western Hemisphere. The LAC region has Latin America is a critical element of supporting Russian organized crime The purpose of this paper is to examine the scope and impact of the post If Russian Organized Crime (ROC) is left unchecked, Russia is in danger Thus the Plan: Plan: The United States federal government should make Cuban nationals eligible to play organized baseball in the United States Contention 3: Baseball Diplomacy Not that it isn’t a wonderful idea; it is. But Cuba’s participation in
Letting Cuban players into the United States is key to the success of baseball diplomacy – other country’s won’t view it as legitimate unless the United States reverses the monologue of international baseballCentre for US Foreign Policy 7 (The Backyard Blogspot is the official blog for Libertas: The Centre for US Foreign Policy,"Iron Man Diplomacy," November, thebackyardblog.blogspot.com/2007/11/iron-man-diplomacy.html) Military decline is inevitable – reorientation of baseball diplomacy is key to a smooth transition that restores American diplomatic leadership Soft power prevents great power war Unilateralism and lack of soft power cripple transatlantic relations – polls prove US/EU relations prevent global conflict. The plan re-orients baseball diplomacy – the prevents all conflict escalation If some success has been achieved in "growing the game," then what does | 11/1/13 |
Baseball 1ac changes - New Trier DoublesTournament: New Trier | Round: Doubles | Opponent: West Des Moines Valley SD | Judge: Linda Collier, Jack Caporal, Philip Holsted The plan solves overall relations Changing the current baseball policy regarding Cubans has the potential of effecting United States- Latin America is a critical element of supporting Russian organized crime The purpose of this paper is to examine the scope and impact of the post Russian organized crime causes a Russian economic and political collapse If Russian Organized Crime (ROC) is left unchecked, Russia is in danger Russian economic collapse triggers and accesses every scenario for conflict. | 10/14/13 |
Baseball 1ac changes - Wake DoublesTournament: Wake Forest | Round: Doubles | Opponent: Westminster BG | Judge: Jacob Hurwitz, Joel Diamond, Marcus Azimi New Solvency Card on the Diplomacy advantage: Even small shifts in policy towards Cuba can shore up US credibility globally Beyond Latin America, Fidel Castro | 9/27/13 |
Cite RequestsTournament: Cite Requests | Round: 1 | Opponent: Cite Requests | Judge: | 9/11/13 |
Derrida 1ACTournament: New Trier | Round: 1 | Opponent: GBN MS | Judge: Jeff Buntin PlanPlan: The United States federal government should lift its economic sanctions on Cuba.Contention 1 is HospitalityThe status quo is locked into a system of enemy creation and violence. Lifting the Cuban embargo is an act of embracing the demonized other. An ethic of absolute hospitality necessitates openness to alterity even in the face of total uncertainty.Richard Kearney, 1-01-2001, Charles Seelig professor of philosophy at Boston College, author of over 20 books on European philosophy and literature, "Others and Aliens; Between Good and Evil," from "Evil After Postmodernism; Histories, Narratives, and Ethics," https://www2.bc.edu/~~~~kearneyr/pdf_articles/pl86217.pdf One of the oldest conundrums of human thought is: unde malum? Where does Even if this stance of unconditional hospitality is impossible to legislate, we should constantly attempt to make society more open to the other – ending the drive to spread American democracy is necessary to end cultures of xenophobia which demonize Latin America.Brock Bahler, Spring-xx-2010, Duquesne University, Philosophy, Graduate Student, "Derridean Hospitality in an Age of Political Xenophobia," http://www.academia.edu/2235169/Derridean_Hospitality_in_an_Age_of_Political_Xenophobia The Cult(ure)ivation of Fear Consequently, however, we are not The plan opens up the possibility for an ethic of universal hospitality which accommodates all difference – limited hospitality only accepts the other insofar as they comply with our demands, annihilating those who refuse to conform.Paul Corey-Voegelin Institute- 9-~~~2-5~~~-2004, Humber College, McMaster University, member of the Eric Voegelin Institute, a humanities and social sciences research institute devoted to the revitalization of teaching and understanding of the "great books" of Western civilization in comparison with other tradition, "Totality and Ambivalence: Postmodern Responses to Globalization and the American Empire," http://www.lsu.edu/artsci/groups/voegelin/society/200420Papers/Corey2004.shtml To clarify what he means by absolute hospitality, Derrida distinguishes it from "tolerance Justice is the undeconstructable condition for any act of deconstruction because it allows for the otherness of any event. Policymakers should take the concept of justice into account when they make any decision because that decision exists only in the realm of the text. In the context of the 1AC it is ethically necessary to affirm our act of deconstruction.McQuillan, 2k9 (Martin, MA, PhD, Glasgow, Deconstruction After 9/11, Routledge, pg. 85-87) Again to be for Justice is to be in favour of breathing and given the Any impact outside of justice embraces a flawed notion of responsibility which justifies mass sacrificeDerrida 1995, "The Gift of Death," p. 83-7 What is thus found at work in everyday discourse, in the exercise of justice This everyday violence has escalated to global warMcQuillan Professor of Literary Theory and Cultural Analysis and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Kingston University, London 2009 Martin Deconstruction After 9/11, Routledge, pg xiii These everyday forms of violence are the largest proximate cause of conflict and genocideScheper-Hughes and Bourgois (Prof of Anthropology @ Cal-Berkely; Prof of Anthropology @ UPenn) 04 Sanctions against Cuba are an important part of the American imperialist project-they leverage international pressure to divide the world into legitimate and illegitimateJonathan Harris, 7-29-2002, writer for the Chronicle, B.A. @ Trinity University, 2002, "U.S. should lift embargo, respect Cuban autonomy," http://www.dukechronicle.com/articles/2002/07/30/us-should-lift-embargo-respect-cuban-autonomy Some recent letters have appeared in The Chronicle that criticize the Editorial Board~’s support for THIS VICIOUS REJECTION OF NON-WESTERN GOVERNMENTS IS SYMPTOMATIC OF CONTINUAL US ATTEMPTS TO CREATE A WORLD WHERE WESTERN VALUES ARE UNIVERSAL – WE SHOULD STOP TRYING TO UNIFY THE WORLD THROUGH A SINGLE POLITICAL SYSTEM AND EMBRACE THE IDEA OF A RADICALLY PLURAL WORLD.Paul Corey, 9-~~~2-5~~~-2004, Humber College, McMaster University, member of the Eric Voegelin Institute, a humanities and social sciences research institute devoted to the revitalization of teaching and understanding of the "great books" of Western civilization in comparison with other tradition, "Totality and Ambivalence: Postmodern Responses to Globalization and the American Empire," http://www.lsu.edu/artsci/groups/voegelin/society/200420Papers/Corey2004.shtml The third, and final, autoimmune moment is what Derrida calls "The vicious Other strategies reduce human life to a means to an end-they use civilian suffering as leverage to enforce a political agenda and should be rejectedGordon 6 (Joy, Professor of Philosophy at Fairfield University, published in the Harvard University Press, "A Peaceful, Silent, Deadly Remedy: The Ethics Of Economic Sanctions," Ethics and International Affairs, Volume 13, Issue 1, 4-11-06, ~~http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com.turing.library.northwestern.edu/doi/10.1111/j.1747-7093.1999.tb00330.x/pdf-http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com.turing.library.northwestern.edu/doi/10.1111/j.1747-7093.1999.tb00330.x/pdf~~~~) But deontological arguments do offer guidance in situations where military aggression is not at issue Democracy to come necessitates a deconstructive ethos of justiceDerrida 2004 Jacques South Atlantic Quarterly 103.2/3 project muse Contention 2 is Impact CalculusEthics precede political calculations – absolute hospitality must exist in extra-political spaces that are capable of dismantling the violence of sovereigntyCarroll Prof of French @ UC-Irvine 2007 David MLN 122.4 project muse To acknowledge the priority of the ethical over the political is to make demands on Decision is the utmost ethical responsibility – they must be made unconditionallyMules Senior Lecturer in Cultural Studies at Central Queensland University and Adjunct Senior Lecturer in the School of English, Media Studies and Art History, The University of Queensland 2010 Warwick Derrida Today 3.1 ~~http://www.euppublishing.com/doi/pdfplus/10.3366/drt.2010.0007-http://www.euppublishing.com/doi/pdfplus/10.3366/drt.2010.0007~~~~ The fact of democracy is the breaching of democracy~’s closure in all forms of totalisation The status quo remains committed to understanding violence as discrete acts done by discrete agents—we need to reconceptualize violence along lines attentive to what can and cannot appear "in public"—we must understand the slow violence now that occurs in communities daily, and how our accession to certain visions of realities constitutes and creates that violence "Nuclear Winter" theory is incorrect—it~’s based on flawed data New IPCC report proves no impact to warmingLomborg 9/30/13 (Bjørn, adjunct professor at the Copenhagen Business School, director of the Copenhagen Consensus Centre and a former director of the Environmental Assessment Institute in Copenhagen, Climate Activists Need to Dial Back on the Panic, http://ideas.time.com/2013/09/30/climate-activists-need-to-dial-back-on-the-panic/) On Friday, the U.N. climate panel, the Intergovernmental Panel on No extinction - tech has decoupled humanity for the environmentScience Daily 10 | 10/11/13 |
Derrida 1ac LexingtonTournament: Lexington | Round: 2 | Opponent: BCC DI | Judge: Michael Suo Contention 1 is HospitalityCuba is an enemy fabricated by the state, a country upon whom violence is acceptable. We should accept this no longer. Instead, we must have an ethic of absolute hospitality and an openness to alterity, even in the face of total uncertainty.Richard Kearney, 1-01-2001, Charles Seelig professor of philosophy at Boston College, author of over 20 books on European philosophy and literature, "Others and Aliens; Between Good and Evil," from "Evil After Postmodernism; Histories, Narratives, and Ethics," https://www2.bc.edu/~~kearneyr/pdf_articles/pl86217.pdf One of the oldest conundrums of human thought is: unde malum? Where does Even if this stance of unconditional hospitality is impossible to legislate, we should constantly attempt to make society more open to the other – ending the drive to spread American democracy is necessary to end cultures of xenophobia which demonize Latin America.Brock Bahler, Spring-xx-2010, Duquesne University, Philosophy, Graduate Student, "Derridean Hospitality in an Age of Political Xenophobia," http://www.academia.edu/2235169/Derridean_Hospitality_in_an_Age_of_Political_Xenophobia The Cult(ure)ivation of Fear Consequently, however, we are not The advocacy opens up the possibility for an ethic of universal hospitality which accommodates all difference – limited hospitality only accepts the other insofar as they comply with our demands, annihilating those who refuse to conform.Paul Corey-Voegelin Institute- 9-~2-5~-2004, Humber College, McMaster University, member of the Eric Voegelin Institute, a humanities and social sciences research institute devoted to the revitalization of teaching and understanding of the "great books" of Western civilization in comparison with other tradition, "Totality and Ambivalence: Postmodern Responses to Globalization and the American Empire," http://www.lsu.edu/artsci/groups/voegelin/society/200420Papers/Corey2004.shtml To clarify what he means by absolute hospitality, Derrida distinguishes it from "tolerance Justice is the undeconstructable condition for any act of deconstruction because it allows for the otherness of any event. Policymakers should take the concept of justice into account when they make any decision because that decision exists only in the realm of the text. In the context of the 1AC it is ethically necessary to affirm our act of deconstruction.McQuillan, 2k9 (Martin, MA, PhD, Glasgow, Deconstruction After 9/11, Routledge, pg. 85-87) Again to be for Justice is to be in favour of breathing and given the Any impact outside of justice embraces a flawed notion of responsibility which justifies mass sacrificeDerrida 1995, "The Gift of Death," p. 83-7 What is thus found at work in everyday discourse, in the exercise of justice This everyday violence has escalated to global warMcQuillan Professor of Literary Theory and Cultural Analysis and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Kingston University, London 2009 Martin Deconstruction After 9/11, Routledge, pg xiii These everyday forms of violence are the largest proximate cause of conflict and genocideScheper-Hughes and Bourgois (Prof of Anthropology @ Cal-Berkely; Prof of Anthropology @ UPenn) 04 Sanctions against Cuba are an important part of the American imperialist project-they leverage international pressure to divide the world into legitimate and illegitimateJonathan Harris, 7-29-2002, writer for the Chronicle, B.A. @ Trinity University, 2002, "U.S. should lift embargo, respect Cuban autonomy," http://www.dukechronicle.com/articles/2002/07/30/us-should-lift-embargo-respect-cuban-autonomy Some recent letters have appeared in The Chronicle that criticize the Editorial Board’s support for This vicious rejection of non-western governments is symptomatic of continual US attempts to create a world where western values are universal – we should stop trying to unify the world through a single political system and embrace the idea of a radically plural world.Paul Corey, 9-~2-5~-2004, Humber College, McMaster University, member of the Eric Voegelin Institute, a humanities and social sciences research institute devoted to the revitalization of teaching and understanding of the "great books" of Western civilization in comparison with other tradition, "Totality and Ambivalence: Postmodern Responses to Globalization and the American Empire," http://www.lsu.edu/artsci/groups/voegelin/society/200420Papers/Corey2004.shtml The third, and final, autoimmune moment is what Derrida calls "The vicious Other strategies reduce human life to a means to an end-they use civilian suffering as leverage to enforce a political agenda and should be rejectedGordon 6 (Joy, Professor of Philosophy at Fairfield University, published in the Harvard University Press, "A Peaceful, Silent, Deadly Remedy: The Ethics Of Economic Sanctions," Ethics and International Affairs, Volume 13, Issue 1, 4-11-06, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com.turing.library.northwestern.edu/doi/10.1111/j.1747-7093.1999.tb00330.x/pdf-http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com.turing.library.northwestern.edu/doi/10.1111/j.1747-7093.1999.tb00330.x/pdf) But deontological arguments do offer guidance in situations where military aggression is not at issue Democracy to come necessitates a deconstructive ethos of justiceDerrida 2004 Jacques South Atlantic Quarterly 103.2/3 project muse AdvocacyThus, Eric and I advocate a stance of unconditional hospitality towards CubaContention 2 is FramingEthics precede political calculations – absolute hospitality must exist in extra-political spaces that are capable of dismantling the violence of sovereigntyCarroll Prof of French @ UC-Irvine 2007 David MLN 122.4 project muse To acknowledge the priority of the ethical over the political is to make demands on On this topic especially, it is important to insist on the inclusion of critical theory in unique forums like debate in order to achieve any form of real progress. Our radical politics offers the only hope of guiding concrete social changeValdes, 2001 (Francisco, Professor of Law at the University of Miami, Co-Director of the Center for Hispanic and Caribbean Legal Studies, B.A. from UC Berkeley, La Raza Law Journal, 12 La Raza L.J. 137, "Insisting on Critical Theory in Legal Education: Making Do While Making Waves", lexis) Given the sociolegal landscape of these times, this entrenched status quo is not likely We have an important role as organic intellectuals – the scholarship we create can change Latin AmericaRobinson, 2008 (William I. Robinson, professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, "Latin America and Global Capitalism: A Critical Globalization Perspective" pg. xii-xiii) The truth, as Hegel said, is in the whole. That said, An endorsement of radical openness is the only way to ensure social receptiveness to differenceWalls, 2006 (Laura Dassow, John H. Bennett Jr. Chair of Southern Letters at the University of South Carolina and William P. and Hazel B. White Professor of English at the University of Notre Dame, "The Search for Humboldt", Geographical Review, Vol. 96 No. 3, p. 473-477) Sachs’s Humboldt is above all a risk taker who dares to open himself to challenge Our openness to new forms of understanding and knowledge is an effective form of resistance against status quo politicsDavis, 1999 (Diane E. Davis, Professor of Political Sociology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "The Power of Distance: Re-Theorizing Social Movements in Latin America", Theory and Society, Vol. 28, No. 4 (Aug., 1999), pp. 585-638, JSTOR) Most scholars who work on Latin American social movements borrow frameworks developed by those who The status quo focus on legal remedies to solve the everyday problems of the marginalized in Latin America fails to incorporate perspectives of individuals- this causes majoritarian takeover and destroys social justiceGilbert 5 (Lauren, Associate Professor of Law, St. Thomas University School of Law; J.D., University of Michigan School of Law, 1988; B.A., Harvard University, 1983., FIELDS OF HOPE, FIELDS OF DESPAIR: LEGISPRUDENTIAL AND HISTORIC PERSPECTIVES ON THE AGJOBS BILL OF 2003, lexis, Summer 2005) | 1/18/14 |
Glenbrooks 1acTournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 1 | Opponent: MBA BR | Judge: Robert Holmes Contention 1: Inherency The embargo against Cuba established by the Helms-Burton Act regulates virtually all commerce Contention 2 Contention 2: Relations US-Cuban relations on the brink now – removing the baseball defection model is able to restore mutual trust ~*1685~ III. BASEBALL AND UNITED STATES-CUBA RELATIONS A. Early The plan solves overall relations Changing the current baseball policy regarding Cubans has the potential of effecting United States- Cuba will co-op – defection is THE issue preventing baseball diplomacy IV. EFFECTIVE BASEBALL DIPLOMACY: A DOUBLE PLAY FOR MLB AND UNITED STATES- Scenario one is Cuba A dying Cuban dictator Fidel Castro could launch a devastating cyber-terror attack as So does cyberwar – its comparatively more likely than conventional war AS IN the 1960s, the speed of war is rapidly accelerating. Then, Scenario 2 is hemispheric cooperation U.S.-Cuban relations have disproportionately dominated U.S. policy toward Its reverse causal – poor US relationship with Cuba sabotages efforts to form effective and cooperative hemispheric partnerships A valuable window of opportunity soon will open for the U.S. government Hemispheric relations is key to solving organized crime Crime and insecurity are growing scourges in the Western Hemisphere. The LAC region has Latin America is a critical element of supporting Russian organized crime The purpose of this paper is to examine the scope and impact of the post If Russian Organized Crime (ROC) is left unchecked, Russia is in danger Thus the Plan Plan: The United States federal government should make Cuban nationals eligible to play organized baseball in the United States Not that it isn’t a wonderful idea; it is. But Cuba’s participation in
Letting Cuban players into the United States is key to the success of baseball diplomacy – other country’s won’t view it as legitimate unless the United States reverses the monologue of international baseballCentre for US Foreign Policy 7 (The Backyard Blogspot is the official blog for Libertas: The Centre for US Foreign Policy,"Iron Man Diplomacy," November, thebackyardblog.blogspot.com/2007/11/iron-man-diplomacy.html) Military decline is inevitable – reorientation of baseball diplomacy is key to a smooth transition that restores American diplomatic leadership Engagement with Cuba revitalizes Obama’s diplomatic powerDickerson 10 – Lieutenant Colonel Sergio M. Dickerson, 2010, "United States Security Strategy Towards Cuba," Strategy Research Project, www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U226doc=GetTRDoc.pdf26AD=ADA518053-http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U226doc=GetTRDoc.pdf26AD=ADA518053 Foreign policy is inevitable the only question is effectiveness—strong Obama foreign policy stops Iran nuclearization and Russian resurgenceGhitis 13 (Frida, world affairs columnist for The Miami Herald and World Politics Review. A former CNN producer and correspondent, she is the author of The End of Revolution: A Changing World in the Age of Live Television. "World to Obama: You can’t ignore us," 1/22, http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/22/opinion/ghitis-obama-world) Russia expansionism causes nuclear warBlank 9 (Dr. Stephen, Research Professor of National Security Affairs at the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College, March, "Russia And Arms Control: Are There Opportunities For The Obama Administration?," http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/pub908.pdf) The plan re-orients baseball diplomacy – the prevents all conflict escalation If some success has been achieved in "growing the game," then what does Soft power prevents great power war Unilateralism and lack of soft power cripple transatlantic relations – polls prove US/EU relations prevent global conflict. | 11/23/13 |
Glenbrooks Round 1Tournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 1 | Opponent: MBA BR | Judge: Robert Holmes Even an unsuccessful attack would cause nuclear retaliation We meet even though the plan is not conditional – their Shinn evidence says that incorporating countries into the international trading system is economic engagement First, a few definitions. ’Engagement’ is a foreign policy strategy of building Commissions CP Commissions fail – congress doesn’t implement – H1B 26 other policies prove Links to politics Supreme Court would roll back the counterplan. In addition to its other problems, the commission as proposed by Ray Marshall is CP2 Only symbolic – its based on the embargo
Coloniality v.2 The world is on balance better because of hegemony Western culture is objectively superior – we must assert and defend western values as such in order to ensure our survival In this age of diversity-worship, it is considered virtually axiomatic that all West is best – kritiks of ’cultural imperialism’ are wrong Columbus should be honored, for in so doing, we honor Western civilization. ’Cultural imperialism’ is a smear tag created by the left – western civilization provides the only viable solution to poverty, famine, mass murder, and terrorism – their rejection of western ideals makes extinction inevitable Everyone has finally awakened to the deadly threat posed by terrorism, and some are Prefer util I began this book hoping to contribute in some way to a deeper understanding of Iran DA No Iran/Israel escalation Reid is pushing for sanctions regardless of Geneva negotiations Majority Leader Harry Reid said on Thursday he was committed to moving ahead with a Winners win Presidents rely heavily on Congress in converting their political capital into real policy success. Energy and Defense bills thump the DA The House will consider several energy bills this week: one bill would require approval for drilling on federal lands within 60 days, another would allow state regulations to override federal regulations on fracking, and a third bill would set a 12 month deadline for approving natural gas pipeline permits. The Senate is expected to spend most of the week debating the defense authorization bill, with amendments likely on Syria, Afghanistan and military sexual assault policies. Polcap theory is false 1AR K ’Cultural imperialism’ is a smear tag created by the left – western civilization provides the only viable solution to poverty, famine, mass murder, and terrorism – their rejection of western ideals makes extinction inevitable Everyone has finally awakened to the deadly threat posed by terrorism, and some are Political responsibility requires an examination of consequences.Isaac, 2002 Every being has life, you have to save the most lives possibleBERNSTEIN ’2 | 11/23/13 |
Guantanamo 1ACTournament: Stanford | Round: 6 | Opponent: St Marks KP | Judge: Ian Beier Contention 1: TerrorAl Qaeda is preparing to attack the US – a major threat is imminentSinai 13 (Joshua, JINSA Fellow, Washington, DC-based consultant on national security studies, focusing primarily on terrorism, counterterrorism, and homeland security, 3-11-13, "Al Qaeda Threat to U.S. Not Diminished, Data Indicates" The Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs) http://www.jinsa.org/fellowship-program/joshua-sinai/al-qaeda-threat-us-not-diminished-data-indicates~~23.UbaiWvmsiSo Conventional wisdom holds that the threat to America posed by al Qaeda and its affiliates Al-Qaeda can gain nuclear bomb materialWilliams 11 (Sarah, Coordinator of the Fissile Materials Working Group and Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow at the Center for Science, Technology and sEcurity Policy, "After bin Laden: Nuclear terrorism still a top threat," Bulletin of Atomic Scientists - Fissile MAterials Working Group, May 13, www.thebulletin.org/web-edition/columnists/fissile-materials-working-group/after-bin-laden-nuclear-terrorism-still-top-threat) Osama bin Laden’s death may represent a significant turning point in the US effort to They’re also developing bio-weapon materialReuters 2011 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said countries must strengthen their ability to detect and respond Nuclear terrorist attack causes superpower warRobert Ayson, Professor of Strategic Studies and Director of the Centre for Strategic Studies: New Zealand at the Victoria University of Wellington, 2010 ("After a Terrorist Nuclear Attack: Envisaging Catalytic Effects," Studies in Conflict 26 Terrorism, Volume 33, Issue 7, July, Available Online to Subscribing Institutions via InformaWorld) Bioweapon use leads to extinctionAnders Sandberg 8, is a James Martin Research Fellow at the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University; Jason G. Matheny, PhD candidate in Health Policy and Management at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and special consultant to the Center for Biosecurity at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center; Milan M. ?irkovi?, senior research associate at the Astronomical Observatory of Belgrade and assistant professor of physics at the University of Novi Sad in Serbia and Montenegro, 9/8/8, "How can we reduce the risk of human extinction?," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists,http://www.thebulletin.org/web-edition/features/how-can-we-reduce-the-risk-of-human-extinction-http://www.thebulletin.org/web-edition/features/how-can-we-reduce-the-risk-of-human-extinction Guantanamo Bay is a major terrorist recruitment toolGreenberg 7 (Karen- Director of the Center on National Security and permanent member of the Council on Foreign Relations while Research for this article was contributed by Center on Law and Security Research Fellow Francesca Laguardia, February, "8 Reasons to Close GUANTANAMO NOW", lexis) The plan solves – two reasonsFirst, losing the prison key to effective counterterrorism policiesHuman Rights First 12 (Human Rights First, Human Rights First is a nonprofit, nonpartisan international human rights organization based in New York and Washington D.C. Accept no government funding. "How to Close Guantanamo—BLUEPRINT FOR THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION," December 2012. Web. http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/wp-content/uploads/pdf/blueprints2012/HRF_Guantanamo_blueprint.pdf) Second, Guantanamo detention policies skew US-EU counterterror cooperationArchick 13 (U.S.-EU Cooperation Against Terrorism Kristin Archick Specialist in European Affairs September 4, 2013 Congressional Research Service http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RS22030.pdf) EU co-op is crucial to stopping the next US terror attackArchick 13 (U.S.-EU Cooperation Against Terrorism Kristin Archick Specialist in European Affairs September 4, 2013 Congressional Research Service http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RS22030.pdf) Contention 2: CredibilityMaintaining Guantanamo undermines U.S. credibility in the status quoWagner 9 (Coleman Wagner Coleman Wagner is a senior at the University of North Texas majoring in political science. His studies focus on international relations and comparative government and politics with minors in Spanish and business management. He is highly involved in youth ministry and spent the summer facilitating high school mission trips on the Red Lake Native American Reservation in Northern Minnesota. Coleman will graduate in December 2009 and plans to pursue a Ph.D. He aspires to a teaching and research career in political science at the university level. "Soft Power and International Public Opinion: U.S Presidents and the Treatment of Prisoners of War" http://web3.unt.edu/honors/eaglefeather/wp-content/2009/08/Wagner_Coleman.pdf) SJH During the next seven years, a series of memos and reports revealed the use It’s reverse causal – the plan is key to solveDaily Kos 9/8/13 "Red Lines, Deadlines, and "Credibility" on the World Stage: Syria vs. Gitmo," http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/09/08/1237401/-Red-Lines-Deadlines-and-Credibility-on-the-World-Stage-Syria-vs-Gitmo Foreign policy is inevitable the only question is effectiveness—strong Obama foreign policy stops Indo-Pak war and Russian resurgenceGhitis 13 (Frida, world affairs columnist for The Miami Herald and World Politics Review. A former CNN producer and correspondent, she is the author of The End of Revolution: A Changing World in the Age of Live Television. "World to Obama: You can’t ignore us," 1/22, http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/22/opinion/ghitis-obama-world) Russia expansionism causes nuclear warBlank 9 (Dr. Stephen, Research Professor of National Security Affairs at the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College, March, "Russia And Arms Control: Are There Opportunities For The Obama Administration?," http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/pub908.pdf) Indo-Pak war escalates quickly to extinction—-no checksGreg Chaffin 11, Research Assistant at Foreign Policy in Focus, July 8, 2011, "Reorienting U.S. Security Strategy in South Asia," online: http://www.fpif.org/articles/reorienting_us_security_strategy_in_south_asia Soft power prevents great power warJervis 09 (professor of international politics at Columbia University. (Robert, Unipolarity: A Structural Perspective, World Politics Volume 61, Number 1, January 2009) Unilateralism and lack of soft power cripple transatlantic relations – polls proveNye 2004 (Joseph, former Assistant Secretary of Defense and Dean of Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, "Soft Power, The Means to Success in World Politics,") US/EU relations prevent global conflict.Asmus 2003 (Ronald D.; Senior Fellow – Council on Foreign Relations) "Rebuilding the Atlantic Alliance" Foreign Affairs Sept/Oct l/n Contention 3: RelationsUS-Cuba relations are on the bring now - closing Guantanamo is a vital prerequisite to any US Cuban relations and a black stain on its relationship with Latin AmericaRueckert 13 In his annual counterterrorism speech on May 23, President Barack Obama again vowed to The plan is the only way to solve relationsSwieg et al 9 ( Julia E. Swieg, Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies and Director for Latin America Studies. "Don’t Just Close Gitmo. Give It Back." May 3, 2009. War with Cuba is inevitable – relations are key to solveAmash 12 (Brandon, International Relations at UC San Diego, Evaluating the Cuban Embargo, Prospect: Journal of International Affairs at UCSD, http://prospectjournal.org/2012/07/23/evaluating-the-cuban-embargo/-http://prospectjournal.org/2012/07/23/evaluating-the-cuban-embargo/) Cuba will allow North Korea to launch an EMP attack from the island – that causes grid shutdownMaloof 7-21 Grid collapse causes nuclear conflictAndres and Breetz 11 Richard B, Professor of National Security Strategy at the National War College and a Senior Fellow and Energy and Environmental Security and Policy Chair in the Center for Strategic Research, Institute for National Strategic Studies, at the National Defense University and Hanna L, doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, February, "Small Nuclear Reactors for Military Installations: Capabilities, Costs, and Technological Implications", www.ndu.edu/press/lib/pdf/StrForum/SF-262.pdf Government and private organizations are currently working to secure the grid against attacks; however Also causes nuclear reactor meltdownsCaldicott, 5/18/2005 (Helen – president of the Nuclear Policy Research Institute, Nuclear-war threat still very real, p. lexis) ExtinctionWasserman, October 2001 (Harvey – senior editor of the Free Press, Americ’s Terrorist Nuclear Threat to Itself, p. http://www.wagingpeace.org/articles/2001/10/00_wasserman_nuclear-threat.htm) Plan: The United States federal government should declare the Guantanamo Bay naval base and detention center a Cuban free trade zone.Contention 4: SolvencyTurning Guantanamo Bay into a free trade zone returns the Bay to the Cubans– that shuts down the prison and protects the island from predatory investmentSymmes 9 (Patrick, The Daily Beast, "Tear Down this Wall", 4.10.09, http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2009/04/10/tear-down-this-wall.html-http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2009/04/10/tear-down-this-wall.html, | 2/9/14 |
Guantanamo 1ac UGA Round 4Tournament: UGA | Round: 4 | Opponent: Westminster LS | Judge: Brad Meloche Advantage 1 is US LEADERSHIP:Obama’s failure to follow rhetoric with action on Guantánamo is crushing US leadership– other nations perceive all his promises to be hollowGvosdev 9 (Nikolas K. Gvosdev, Professor of National Security Studies at the U.S. Naval War College, Senior Editor at the National Interest, former Senior Fellow of Strategic Studies at the Nixon Center, Rhodes Scholar, Ph.D., St. Anthony’s College, Oxford, "Credibility Gap," The National Interest, 11-17-2009, http://nationalinterest.org/article/credibility-gap-3308) Four years of continued political stalemate have only magnified perceptions of weakness – taking executive action despite Congressional gridlock is vital to check geopolitical chaosLuxner 13 (Larry Luxner, citing Zbigniew Brzezinski, Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama on matters of National Security and Foreign Policy, former National Security Advisor to President Jimmy Carter, Senior Research Professor of International Relations, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Counselor, Trustee and Co-Chair of the Advisory Board, Center for Strategic and International Studies, member of the International Advisory Board, Atlantic Council, "Brzezinski: Obama Must ’Regain’ Lost Ground in Foreign Policy," Washington Diplomat, 1-31-2013, http://www.washdiplomat.com/index.php?option=com_content26view=article26id=884126Itemid=414) Plan immediately revitalizes global perceptions of Obama’s leadership – resolves uncertainty regarding moral intent and political willHoffmann 9 (Bert Hoffmann, Acting Director and Professor at the Institute of Latin American Studies, German Institute of Global and Areas Studies, University of Hamburg, Ph.D. Freie Universität Berlin, "Chapter 9: Turning the Symbol Around: Returning Guantanamo Bay to Cuba," in The Obama Administration and the Americas: Agenda for Change, eds. Abraham F. Lowenthal, Theodore Piccone, and Laurence Whitehead, Brookings Institution Press, 2009, Google Book) Executive renegotiation is key – maximizes symbolic benefits but avoids tangible implications of withdrawalLandau French 9 (Anya Landau French, Director for the U.S.-Cuba Policy Initiative at the New America Foundation, former Senior Fellow at the Lexington Institute, former International Trade Advisor to Chairman Max Baucus, Senate Finance Committee, M.A. International Education, George Washington University, B.A. English, "Options for Engagement: A Resource Guide for Reforming U.S. Policy toward Cuba," Lexington Institute, April 2009, pp.18-19, http://www.lexingtoninstitute.org/library/resources/documents/Cuba/ResearchProducts/options-for-engagement.pdf) Credibility – particularly on Gitmo – is key to smooth the transition to post-hegemony and preserve influence with rising powersWi?niewski 12 (Bartosz Wi?niewski, Analyst and Managing Editor of Policy Papers at the Polish Institute of International Affairs, former visiting fellow with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC., graduate of the University of Warsaw, studied at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitaet, Frankfurt am Main, and Universitaet Mannheim, Germany, "United States’ Foreign Policy Under Obama: What Could a Second Term Bring?" PISM Policy Paper No. 42, November 2012, http://www.pism.pl/files/?id_plik=12118) Material decline is inevitable – but strong leadership controls the probability and magnitude of all transnational impactsIkenberry 11 (G. John Ikenberry, Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Co-Director of the Center for International Security Studies, Princeton University, Ph.D., M.A., Political Science, University of Chicago, B.S., Political Science and Philosophy, Manchester College, "A World of Our Making: The international order that America created will endure—if we make the transition to a grand strategy based on reciprocity and shared leadership," Democracy, Issue 20, Spring 2011, http://www.democracyjournal.org/20/a-world-of-our-making.php?page=all) Foreign policy is inevitable the only question is effectiveness—strong Obama foreign policy stops Indo-Pak war and Russian resurgenceGhitis 13 (Frida, world affairs columnist for The Miami Herald and World Politics Review. A former CNN producer and correspondent, she is the author of The End of Revolution: A Changing World in the Age of Live Television. "World to Obama: You can’t ignore us," 1/22, http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/22/opinion/ghitis-obama-world) Russia expansionism causes nuclear warBlank 9 (Dr. Stephen, Research Professor of National Security Affairs at the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College, March, "Russia And Arms Control: Are There Opportunities For The Obama Administration?," http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/pub908.pdf) Indo-Pak war escalates quickly to extinction—-no checksGreg Chaffin 11, Research Assistant at Foreign Policy in Focus, July 8, 2011, "Reorienting U.S. Security Strategy in South Asia," online: http://www.fpif.org/articles/reorienting_us_security_strategy_in_south_asia Plan The United States federal government should offer to renegotiate the lease to the United States of America of land in Guantánamo Bay with Cuba to include an end date.ADV 2 Advantage 2 is TERRITORIAL LEASING:The terms of Guantanamo’s lease are modelled globally – replicates sovereignty imbalancesStrauss 11 (Michael J. Strauss, Lecturer in International Relations, Centre d’Etudes Diplomatiques et Stratégiques, Paris, former International Fellow, School of International Affairs, Columbia University, Ph.D. International Relations and Diplomacy, B.A., M.Sc. Journalism, "Replicating the Guantanamo Bay Jurisdictional Gap," 3-2-2011, http://aceds.fr/default.asp?id=115-http://aceds.fr/default.asp?id=115) This exacerbates territorial conflicts – an end date is key to generate a constructive modelStrauss 9 (Michael J. Strauss, Lecturer in International Relations, Centre d’Etudes Diplomatiques et Stratégiques, Paris, former International Fellow, School of International Affairs, Columbia University, Ph.D. International Relations and Diplomacy, B.A., M.Sc. Journalism, interviewed by Leonhardt van Efferink, Exploring Geopolitics, "Michael Strauss: Territorial Leasing and Boundary Conflicts," August, 2009, http://www.exploringgeopolitics.org/Interview_Strauss_Michael_Territorial_Leasing_Boundary_Conflicts_Disputes_Borders_Guantanamo_Bay.html-http://www.exploringgeopolitics.org/Interview_Strauss_Michael_Territorial_Leasing_Boundary_Conflicts_Disputes_Borders_Guantanamo_Bay.html) A litany of inter– AND intra–state conflicts are on the brink in Asia – a consensus of interdisciplinary research concludes modelling constructive legal mechanisms prevents escalationMancini 13 (Francesco Mancini, Senior Director of Research, International Peace Institute, Adjunct Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, former Co-Manager of the Worldwide Security Initiative and Associate at the EastWest Institute in New York, M.A. International Affairs, Columbia University, B.S. Business Administration, Bocconi University, Milan, "Uncertain Borders: Territorial Disputes in Asia," ISPI Analysis, No.180, June 2013, http://www.ispionline.it/sites/default/files/pubblicazioni/analysis_180_2013_0.pdf) SCS conflict causes extinctionWittner 11 (Lawrence S. Wittner, Emeritus Professor of History at the State University of New York/Albany, Wittner is the author of eight books, the editor or co-editor of another four, and the author of over 250 published articles and book reviews. From 1984 to 1987, he edited Peace 26 Change, a journal of peace research., 11/28/2011, "Is a Nuclear War With China Possible?", www.huntingtonnews.net/14446-http://www.huntingtonnews.net/14446) While nuclear weapons exist, there remains a danger that they will be used. Inter-state territorial conflicts in Asia are uniquely likely to escalate to nuclear war – alternative mechanisms failMohan 13 (C. Raja Mohan, Distinguished Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, former member of India’s National Security Advisory Board, former Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, former Professor of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, former Professor of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, former Henry Alfred Kissinger Scholar, John W. Kluge Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., Ph.D. International Relations, M.S. Nuclear Physics, "Emerging Geopolitical Trends and Security in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the People’s Republic of China, and India (ACI) Region," Asian Development Bank Institute Working Paper Series, No.412, March 2013, http://www.iadb.org/intal/intalcdi/PE/2013/10737.pdf-http://www.iadb.org/intal/intalcdi/PE/2013/10737.pdf) Independently, intra-state territorial conflicts draw in great powers and escalate to nuclear war – revitalizing legal mechanisms is keyCrawford 9 (Beverly Crawford, Adjunct Professor of Political Science and International and Area Studies, Co-Director of the European Union Center of Excellence, and Associate Director of the Institute of European Studies, University of California Berkeley, Ph.D. Political Science, U.C. Berkeley, M.A. International Relations, Boston University, B.A. German, Chapman College, "Ethnic Conflict in Georgia: What Lies Ahead," 2009, http://rpgp.berkeley.edu/?q=node/87) | 3/1/14 |
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