Empire K

US Middle East and North African policy is guided by corporate interests

Jensen 08, Professor of media law and ethics at the University of Texas Austin

Robert, http://www.sociologistswithoutborders.org/Interviewrj.html

Robert Jensen: The

and

up the dollar.

Democracy assistance serves corporate interests

Sussman 06 Professor of urban studies & communications,Portland State University

Gerald, The Myths of ‘Democracy Assistance’: U.S. Political Intervention in Post-Soviet Eastern Europe, Monthly Review, December, http://monthlyreview.org/2006/12/01/the-myths-of-democracy-assistance-u-s-political-intervention-in-post-soviet-eastern-europe

Promoted as “democracy

and

of the state.

Mixed motives will warp the good intentions of the aff

Grimm and Merkel 08, Researcher in the Research Unit ‘Democracy: Structures, Performance, Challenges’, Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB); Director at the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB) & Professor of Political Science, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany

Sonja and Wolfgang, “War and Democratization: Legality, Legitimacy and

Effectiveness.” Democratization, 15:3, 457-471, p. 460

Nevertheless, external actors

and

cases of democratization.14

Democracy assistance leads to military intervention through “just war” doctrine.

Grimm and Merkel 08, Researcher in the Research Unit ‘Democracy: Structures, Performance, Challenges’ at the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB); Director at the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB) & Professor of Political Science at the Humboldt University at Berlin, Germany

Sonja & Wolfgang, “War and Democratization: Legality, Legitimacy and

Effectiveness.” Democratization, 15:3, 457-471, p. 460-461

External intervention to

and

stabilizing war-torn countries.

Just war is the key tool of the Empire

Hardt & Negri 01, political philosopher and literary theorist currently based at Duke University and an Italian Marxist sociologist, scholar, revolutionary philosopher and teacher. 

Michael and Antonio, Empire, page 11-12, 2001, MCJ

One symptom, for

and

and powerful one!

The Impact- The ultimate impact of Empire's power over life is total world thermonuclear destruction

Hardt and Negri 00, Associate Professor of Literature and Romance Studies at Duke University; former Lecturer in Political Science at the University of Paris and a Professor of Political Science at the University of Padua

Michael and Antonio, Empire. 2000, pp. 345-46

Imperial control operates

and

power of life.

Alternative:  Vote neg to trigger a democratization legitimation crisis.  Wrest the multitude from capital’s control.

 The radical creativity of the aff wants to enlist for empire should instead be put to govern a movement resembling a multi-headed hydra. The common’s productive powers can be used to deliver justice to all; the only alt is a scorched earth of insurgent warfare and bloody nuclear genocide.

Hardt & Negri 09, political philosopher and literary theorist currently based at Duke University and an Italian Marxist sociologist, scholar, revolutionary philosopher and teacher. 

Michael and Antonio, Commonwealth, page 19-21, 2009, MCJ

Should we thus

and

the political realm.

Russia CP

Counterplan Text: The Russian Federation should...

By allowing Russia instead of the US to act in the Middle East, global peace is ensured through a multipolar system.

Grigoryan 1-15 (Suren, political analyst, who worked for the Ministry of Defense of Armenia for more than 10 years, January 15, 2012, “U.S.-Russia: My Enemy, My Partner?”, Foreign Policy Journal, pg. 4-5, http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/files/120115-Grigoryan-US-Russia.pdf)
We have already
and
their regional subsystems.13

Turkey CP

Counterplan Text: The Republic of Turkey should...

Turkey is the only country that can solve in the complicated region, even where the U.S. has failed to act

Shadid 9/27/11 (Anthony, “In Riddle of Mideast Upheaval, Turkey Offers Itself as an Answer” The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/27/world/europe/in-mideast-riddle-turkey-offers-itself-as-an-answer.html?pagewanted=1&sq=Turkey&st=cse&scp=2 )
ISTANBUL — Not so
and
of the trip.

Multipolarity DA

China is stepping up to challenge the US and welcoming a new multipolar world.

Schweller and Pu 11 (Randall L., Professor of Political Science and Director of the Mershon Center's Series on National Security Studies at Ohio State University, Xiaoyu, doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science at Ohio State University, July 6, 2011, “After Unipolarity: China's Visions of International Order in an Era of U.S. Decline”, International Security, Vol. 36, No. 1, http://www.lexisnexis.com/lnacui2api/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T13868952221&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T13868952230&cisb=22_T13868952228&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=258937&docNo=16)
If China continues
and
challenge to it.

The rest of the world sees as the US as only one option of many other better worlds.

Schweller and Pu 11 (Randall L., Professor of Political Science and Director of the Mershon Center's Series on National Security Studies at Ohio State University, Xiaoyu, doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science at Ohio State University, July 6, 2011, “After Unipolarity: China's Visions of International Order in an Era of U.S. Decline”, International Security, Vol. 36, No. 1, http://www.lexisnexis.com/lnacui2api/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T13868952221&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T13868952230&cisb=22_T13868952228&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=258937&docNo=16)
Hegemonic orders rest
and
experimenting with alternatives." 69

The US as a global force only teaches nations to proliferate.

Schweller and Pu 11 (Randall L., Professor of Political Science and Director of the Mershon Center's Series on National Security Studies at Ohio State University, Xiaoyu, doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science at Ohio State University, July 6, 2011, “After Unipolarity: China's Visions of International Order in an Era of U.S. Decline”, International Security, Vol. 36, No. 1, http://www.lexisnexis.com/lnacui2api/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T13868952221&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T13868952230&cisb=22_T13868952228&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=258937&docNo=16)
For me, the
and
demonstrated very clearly.

A nuclear attack, let alone a war, due to proliferation would change the landscape of our world forever.

Shea 9 (Jamie, Director of Policy Planning in the Private Office of the Secretary General, December 10, 2009, “Lecture 1 – Nuclear proliferation: how should the international community respond?”, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/opinions_84762.htm)
Well, some are
and
we possibly can.

Unipolarity DA

The US is doing everything it can to appease Russia.

Drezner 12  (Daniel W., professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, January 19, 2012, “Why is Russia freaking out more than China?”, Foreign Policy, Foreign Policy Group of Washington Post Company, http://drezner.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/01/19/why_is_russia_freaking_out_more_than_china
With Russia, the
and
ambassador to Russia.

Acting in the Middle East will have Russia break connections with the US.

Mankoff 2-2 (Jeffery, adjunct fellow with the CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program and a visiting scholar at Columbia University in New York City, February 2, 2012, “Russia’s Self-defeating Game in Syria”, Center for Strategic and International Studies, http://csis.org/publication/russias-self-defeating-game-syria)
Russian hostility to
and
Assad’s ongoing crackdown.

A Russian-backed plan in the Middle East is a make-or-break deal for US-Russian relations.

Dorsey 11 (James M., senior researcher at the National University of Singapore’s Middle East Institute, May 26, 2011, “US-Russian differences over Middle East put reset of relations in jeopardy”, Al Arabiya News, http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/05/26/150585.html)
Mr. Medvedev’s discontent
and
Mr. Obama’s favor. 

The US needs Russia to be an ally to maintain US global dominance and global political stability.

Grigoryan 12 (Suren, political analyst, who worked for the Ministry of Defense of Armenia for more than 10 years, January 15, 2012, “U.S.-Russia: My Enemy, My Partner?”, Foreign Policy Journal, pg. 7, http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/files/120115-Grigoryan-US-Russia.pdf)
In sum, America
and
geopolitical ambitions completely.
 

Heg collapse causes global nuclear conflict – ensures the US is drawn back in

Lieber 2005 – PhD from Harvard, Professor of Government and International Affairs at Georgetown, former consultant to the State Department and for National Intelligence Estimates (Robert, “The American Era”, pages 53-54, WEA)
Withdrawal from foreign
and
few fortified enclaves.”23