Observation One: Our Singular Opportunity
Current aid mechanisms to provide Egypt with assistance is riddled with conditions and neoliberal underpinnings that gut any chance for the democratic will of the people
Frederik Andersson 6/30/2011 “Creditors, Dictators and IMF “Economic Medicine”: Obama and the G8’s Fake Pledge to Egypt A Continuation of Neo-liberal Policies,”
Obama’s much publicized speech on 19th of May
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of the Egyptian populace is non-existent.
Fortunately, we have this singular opportunity to waive debt and provide unconditional assistance that will snowball internationally in order to ensure success in Egypt’s transition
Fritz Lodge 7/11/2011 “Sustaining Egypt's Revolution: Too Big to Fail,”
Responding to this need, leaders at a
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could well hasten the resurrection of his legacy.
Therefore, we propose the following plan:
Resolved: The United States Federal Government should substantially increase its democracy assistance to Egypt by unconditionally waiving all debt currently held by the United States and by providing direct funding without preconditions to any non-governmental organization in Egypt looking to promote civil society.
Observation Two: Opening Ourselves to Otherness
We must give aid to civil society groups, as they are the ones that will support a vibrant democracy
Alexandra Blum 3/10/2011 “The Future of U.S. Democracy Promotion: Strategies for a Sustainable Fourth Wave of Democratization,”
Supporting civil society combats some of the most
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for ways to support and strengthen it.
Fortunately, community driven development funding through democracy assistance avoids the pitfalls of top-down aid while eliminating the donor focused nature of current aid
Michelle Astengo and Grace Oh 3/10/2011 “The Future of U.S. Democracy Promotion: Strategies for a Sustainable Fourth Wave of Democratization,”
As of 2004, the U.S
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legitimacy among the people they govern.
As foreigners living in a democracy we have a moral obligation to support bottom-up process of building democracy in Egypt regardless of the costs
Akio Matsumura 2/23/2011 “Uprising in Egypt: Why Not Let the Young People Decide Their Own Future?,”
President Obama said “There are very few
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idea whose time has come.” -Victor Hugo
This obligation must come before all other questions through an infinite expression of openness to the Other. Failure to do so leads to perpetual domination of the Other by the self, through a process of desiring
Pat Gehrke 2010 “Being for the Other-to-the-Other: Justice and Communication In Levinasian Ethics,”
This essay provides an explanation of how Levinas’s
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the possibility of responding to the Other
