1NC: NED CP
The European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights should offer all necessary funding to the National Endowment for Democracy to provide local governance assistance for Yemen.
The CP solves better - EU-NED coop prevents backlash to US assistance
Gershman 06 – President of the National Endowment for Democracy [Carl Gershman, “The Backlash against Democracy Assistance,” Testimony to the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Jun 8, 2006, pg. http://www.ned.org/about/board/meet-our-president/archived-remarks-and-presentations/060806]
The new repressive ... leverage additional resources.
Democracy cooperation stabilizes the Black Sea region – It’s a conduit for instability throughout Eurasia
Garber 08 - Deputy Assistant Secretary of State [Judy Garber, “Transatlantic Perspectives on Black Sea Region: U.S. seeks to promote cooperation among countries in the region,” Keynote Address at the Woodrow Wilson Center Conference, 10 June 2008, pg. http://www.america.gov/st/texttrans-english/2008/June/20080612162948eaifas0.3606836.html#ixzz1S5cj0Z00]
The Black Sea ... broader Middle East.
Escalation in the Black sea region causes extinction
Amineh 03 – Professor of International Relations @ Webster University [Mehdi Parvizi Amineh, Ph.D (Ph. D in Poli Sci @ University of Amsterdam & Senior research fellow and Programme director of the Energy Programme Asia @ International Institute for Asian Studies) “Globalisation, Geopolitics and Energy Security in Central Eurasia and the Caspian Region,” Hand-out of lecture held on June 19 2003, Clingendael International Energy Programme, pg. http://www.clingendael.nl/ciep/events/20030619/20030619_amineh.pdf]
The increasing involvement ... crisis in Iraq.
*CEA = post-Soviet Central Eurasia
Block:
Russian will intervene - aggression will engulfs the region
Karatnycky & Motyl 09 – Senior Fellow @ Atlantic Council of the United States & Professor of Political Science @ Rutgers University [Adrian Karatnycky (Managing Partner of the Myrmidon Group LLC) & Alexander J. Motyl “The Key to Kiev: Ukraine’s Security Means Europe’s Stability,” Foreign Affairs, May/June 2009]
Russia’s treatment of ... pragmatic sounding Medvedev. Pg 115-117
Each of the 14 conflicts could go nuclear
Ford 10 - Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Technology and Global Security @ Hudson Institute [Christopher A. Ford (Former U.S. Special Representative for Nuclear Nonproliferation and as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation) “Proliferation Logics and Our Nuclear Future in the 21st Century,” Asia Policy, Number 7, January 2009, pp. 114-126]
One could not ... is disappointing indeed. Pg. 123
7.14% risk of this impact is sufficient to access extinction
Starr 10 - Director of Clinical Laboratory Science Program @ University of Missouri [Steven Starr (Senior scientist @ Physicians for Social Responsibility.), “The climatic consequences of nuclear war” | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 12 March 2010, Pg. http://www.thebulletin.org/web-edition/op-eds/the-climatic-consequences-of-nuclear-war]
This isn't a question ... one billion people.
Backsliding in the Black Sea will destabilize Europe, Central Asia and the Mideast
Kempe & Klotzle 06 – Senior research fellow @ Center for Applied Policy Research & Co-ordinator of EU Programmes @ Heinrich Böll Foundation [Iris Kempe & Kurt Klotzle, “The Balkans and the Black Sea Region: Problems, Potentials, and Policy Options,” C•A•P Policy Analysis • No. 2 • April 2006]
While this (absence of) ... other strategic options. Pg. 14
US-EU partnership is key to solve terrorism
Nakhleh 10 – Former senior intelligence service officer and director of the Political Islam Strategic Analysis Program @ Central Intelligence Agency [Emile Nakhleh, U.S.–EU Partnership and the Muslim World: How Transatlantic Cooperation Will Enhance Engagement, Transatlantic Paper Series No. 2 October 2010
A U.S.–EU partnership ...stability and good governance. Pg. 10-11
Bureaucracy.
Carothers 09 - Founder and Director of the Democracy and Rule of Law Program @ Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. [Thomas Carothers (Vice-president for studies @ Carnegie Endowment for International Peace), Revitalizing U.S. Democracy Assistance: The Challenge of USAID, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2009]
USAID’s basic operating ... basic circumstances change. Pg. 21-22
Congress has mandated that the NED avoids duplication.
US Senate Committee Report 10 [“National Endowment for Democracy,” DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS BILL, Senate Report 111-237, 111TH CONGRESS, 111-237, July 29, 2010, pg. http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/cpquery/?&sid=cp1110Mcmi&r_n=sr237.111&dbname=cp111&&sel=TOC_95391&]
The Committee recognizes ... among core institutes.
That means NED’s will not accept EU assistance.
Sims 90 – Researcher for the Council on Hemispheric Affairs [Beth Sims, National Endowment for Democracy (NED): A Foreign Policy Branch Gone Awry, A Policy Report by the Council on Hemispheric Affairs and the Inter-Hemispheric Education Resource Center, 1990]
The Endowment's dependence ... manipulation and pressure. Pg. 27
Rejection force the EU to serve as a counterweight, causes conflict
Hamilton & Burwell 10 – Research Professor of International Studies @ Johns Hopkins University & Vice President and Director of Transatlantic Relations and Studies @ Atlantic Council [Daniel S. Hamilton (Founding Director of the Center for Transatlantic Relations. Director of the American Consortium on EU Studies) & Frances G. Burwell (Former executive director of the Center for International and Security Studies @ University of Maryland) “Forging a Strategic U.S.-EU Partnership,” Shoulder to Shoulder: Forging a Strategic U.S.–EU Partnership, Edited By Daniel S. Hamilton, 2010]
To forge a new and ... and must be rejected. Pg. 14-15 – AT: Perm – Impact to duplication
EU counterweight destroys the alliance – We control the internal link for every impact in the debate
Stivachtis 10 – Director of International Studies Program @ Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University [Dr. Yannis. A. Stivachtis (Professor of Poli Sci & Ph.D. in Politics & International Relations from Lancaster University), THE IMPERATIVE FOR TRANSATLANTIC COOPERATION,” The Research Institute for European and American Studies, 2010, pg. http://www.rieas.gr/research-areas/global-issues/transatlantic-studies/78.html]
There is no doubt that ... share that vision.
We solve 100% of the case - The NED is perceived as a government agency
Carothers 94 – Senior associate @ Carnegie Endowment and Co-director of its Democracy Project. [Thomas Carothers, “The NED at 10,” Foreign Policy, No. 95 (Summer, 1994), pp. 123-138]
A second criticism is ... activities are underway. Pg. 129-130
NED initiative will be interpreted as official US policy
Conry 93 - Foreign policy analyst @ Cato Institute [Barbara Conry, “Loose Cannon: The National Endowment for Democracy,” Cato Institute Foreign Policy Briefing No. 27, November 8, 1993, pg. http://www.cato.org/pubs/fpbriefs/fpb027.pdf]
That convoluted organizational ... the United States.
It will be perceived as a government actor
Sims 90 – Researcher for the Council on Hemispheric Affairs [Beth Sims, National Endowment for Democracy (NED): A Foreign Policy Branch Gone Awry, A Policy Report by the Council on Hemispheric Affairs and the Inter-Hemispheric Education Resource Center, 1990]
NED's organizational structure ... promoting popular causes. Pg. 17
SKFTA will pass – votes are coming around
Hooper 9-10 [Molly K., writer for The Hill, “Obama-backed trade pacts could be heavy lift for House GOP” http://thehill.com/homenews/house/180751-obama-backed-trade-pacts-could-be-heavy-lift-for-house-gop]
And anti-trade ... out lawmakers informally.
Obama’s political capital is key
Wharton 11 [Wharton School’s Online Business Journal – Editorial Post – including the Deupty Dean & Executive Director of the University of Pennsylvania’s Business School, U.S.-South Korea Trade Pact: A Turning Point for American Exports?, http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=2671]
The Tea Party Factor ... policy for decades.
Pentagon and Bahrain lobby backlash to the plan – any plan has to go through them – extremely powerful
Turse 11 [Nick Turse is a fellow at Harvard University's Radcliffe Institute, “The Arab lobby,” 4-6-11, http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/03/2011323112135472877.html]
The relationship represented ... actually on.
SKFTA key to the alliance – solves Korean instability
Hubbard 11 [Thomas, Senior Director for Asia, McLarty Associates and Former Ambassador to South Korea, 4-7-11, Congressional Documents and Publications, “House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade Hearing - Brady Announces Third in a Series of Three Hearings on the Pending, Job-Creating Trade Agreements: South Korea Trade Agreement”]
The United States-South ... rapidly changing Asia.
Korean instability risks rapid escalation to nuclear war
STRATFOR 10 [“North Korea, South Korea: The Military Balance on the Peninsula,” 5-26-10, http://www.stratfor.com/analysis/20100526_north_korea_south_korea_military_balance_peninsula]
But no one, ... escalates much further.
Passage sparks global trade
Hill 07 (Christopher, US Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs assistant secretary, “The United States-South Korea FTA: The Foreign Policy Implications.”, 6-13, http://seoul.usembassy.gov/413_061407.html)
Fourth, and finally, ... role in the world.
That flips the aff – global nuke & bio war
Panzer 08 [Michael J. Panzner, Faculty – New York Institute of Finance. Specializes in Global Capital Markets. MA Columbia, Financial Armageddon: Protect Your Future from Economic Collapse, Revised and Updated Edition [Paperback], p. 137-138]
Continuing calls for ... a new world war.
