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Framing democracy assistance in terms of threats to U.S. national security generates a militarized paradigm that objectifies and oppresses recipients.
Cooper, 2005.
Neil COOPER Peace Studies @ Bradford ‘5 “Picking out the Pieces of the Liberal Peaces: Representations of Conflict Economies and the Implications for Policy” Security Dialogue 36 (4) p. 471-
The political economies ... that contribute to underdevelopment.

Orientalist forms of security guarantee genocidal conflicts -epistemological exclusion lays the groundwork for physical violence.   
Pinar Batur, PhD @ UT-Austin – Prof. of Sociology @ Vassar, ‘7 [“The Heart of Violence: Global Racism, War, and Genocide,” in Handbook of The Sociology of Racial and Ethnic Relations, eds. Vera and Feagin, p. 446-7]
At the turn of the ... genocide, in Darfur.

Reframing democracy assistance is a pre-requisite to genuine engagement with colonized others.
Manadaville and Mandaville, 2007.
Alicia MANDAVILLE Senior Policy Associate Millennium Challenge Corporation AND Peter MANDAVILLE Founding Director George Mason’s Center for Global Studies ‘7 “Introduction: Rethinking democratization and democracy assistance” Development 50 (1) p. 8-10
We turn now to the ... lifeworlds in local settings.

Block:
Understanding how we justify US interests is critical to resolve entanglement of contradictory values
Nicholson and Schaffer 11 [Kailyn and Anna, Task Force from the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, “Chapter 4: The Relationship between Rhetoric and Policy and its Implications for Effective Democracy Promotion.” The Future of U.S. Democracy Promotion: Strategies for a Sustainable Fourth Wave of Democratization 3/10/2011. https://digital.lib.washington.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/1773/16487/Task%20Force%20C%202011%20Web.pdf?sequence=1]
C. Implementation: Rhetoric in Action? ... the region and without‖ (Bali and Rana, 2010). 

Only our alternative can address the structural causes of terrorism and instability – solves the aff
Penny VON ESCHEN History @ Michigan ‘5 “Enduring Public Diplomacy” American Quarterly 57.2 MUSE
An account of U.S. ... politics and public discourse.

We must be especially critical of mainstream liberal democracy promotion.  the 1ac frame justifies colonial oppression.
Jan Nederveen PIETERSE Sociology @ Illinois (Urbana) ‘7 “Political and Economic Brinkmanship” Review of International Political Economy 14: 3 p. 467-468
The neoconservative case ... responses they elicit.

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Current US democracy rhetoric concedes to Saudi interests – they won’t tolerate US-imposed democratic reform
Karasik 8/1/11 (Theodore, Director of Research and Development at the Institute for Near East and Gulf Military Analysis in Dubai and Beirut. “A Conversation with Dr. Thedore Karasik of INEGMA on the ‘Arab Spring’.” Saudi-US Relations Information Service, August 1, 2011. http://www.susris.com/2011/08/01/a-conversation-with-dr-theodore-karasik-of-inegma-on-the-arab-spring/.)
 SUSRIS: Let’s talk ...their own pace and scope. 

Saudis are especially committed to controlling Bahrain – US pressure for political reform angers the Saudis – it splits them on common interests like Iran
Pant 9/4/11 (Harsh, Reader in International Relations, Department of Defence Studies, King’s College London. “A new balance of power in the Middle East.” Business Standard, September 4, 2011. http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/harsh-v-pantnew-balancepower-inmiddle-east/447953/)
 Saudia Arabia sent ... to greater instability.

Collapse of U.S.-Saudi relations causes Saudi proliferation
Lippman 8/5/11 (Thomas, senior adjunct scholar at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington. “Saudi Arabia’s Nuclear Policy.” August 5, 2011. http://www.susris.com/2011/08/05/saudi-arabia%E2%80%99s-nuclear-policy-lippman/)
So let us suppose ... might emerge less secure, rather than more.

Saudi prolif spurs regional arms race
Bowman 08 (Bradley, International Affairs Fellow at the CFR. “Chain Reaction: Avoiding a Nuclear Arms Race in the Middle East.” Report to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, February 2008. http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CPRT-110SPRT39674/html/CPRT-110SPRT39674.htm.)

A Saudi nuclear weapon ... decrease this likelihood.

Middle East prolif escalates and goes nuclear
Edelman et al 11 (Eric S., Distinguished Fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. Andrew Krepinevich, President of the CSBA. Evan Montgomery, Research Fellow at the CSBA. “The Dangers of a Nuclear Iran: The Limits of Containment.” Foreign Affairs, January 1, 2011. http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/67162/eric-s-edelman-andrew-f-krepinevich-jr-and-evan-braden-montgomer/the-dangers-of-a-nuclear-iran.)
More important, emerging nuclear ... triggering a regional nuclear war. 

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Happens quick
Russell 10 (Richard, professor of National Security Affairs in the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies at the National Defense University and Adjunct Professor of Security Studies in the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University. “Off and Running: The Middle East Nuclear Arms Race.” National Defense University Press, Joint Force Quarterly: 58.3. 2010. http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA536884&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf.)
Iran’s suspected pursuit ... Korean–supplied nuclear reactor. 

Escalation – draw in great powers
Below ‘8  (Tim, Wing Commander – RAF and MA Defense Studies – Kings College London, “OPTIONS FOR US NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT: EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIP OR EXTRAORDINARY LUNACY?,” A THESIS PRESENTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES FOR COMPLETION OF GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS, AIR UNIVERSITY MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, ALABAMA, June)
Proliferation. Roger Molander, ... or their opponents.54 

AND, turns the case:
Iraq is vulnerable to Iran – US-Saudi cooperation is critical to counter them
Cordesman 10 (Anthony, Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy. “The Saudi Arms Sale: Reinforcing a  Strategic Partnership in the Gulf.” CSIS, November 3, 2010. http://csis.org/files/publication/101103_SaudiArmssale.pdf
 While Saudi Arabia ... Figure One below: 

Arab Spring and shaky US-Saudi relations sets up Saudi-Iranian face-off
Kitfield 7/21/11 (James, three-time winner of the Gerald R. Ford Award for Distinguished Reporting on National Defense. “Saudi Arabia, Iran Reorient Foreign Policy Amid Middle East Unrest of Arab Spring.” The National Journal, July 21, 2011. Lexis.)
Yet even more ... supported by Iran."

 Saudi relations are in a safe spot. We’re moderating our rhetoric and not using Western democratic values as the template for how the Middle East should proceed. The Saudis like that because THEY want to dictate the future of the region. That’s Karasik.

 Relations are recovering, but the wound’s fresh – the US must continue appeasing the Saudis
Hannah 11 (John, senior fellow at The Foundation for Defense of Democracies. “Bandar’s return.” Foreign Policy, April 22, 2011. http://shadow.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/04/22/bandars_return.)
To minimize the ... to be sustained. 

US-Saudi relations are stabilizing – only Obama’s pursuit of democracy promotion in the Mideast tanks them
Gause 4/5/11 (Gregory F., III, professor of political science at the University of Vermont, Kuwait Foundation Visiting Professor of International Affairs at the Kennedy School of Government, former Fellow for Arab and Islamic Studies at the CFR. “Why is the Story Different in Saudi Arabia?” Saudi-US Relations Information Service, April 5, 2011. http://www.susris.com/2011/04/05/why-is-the-story-different-in-saudi-arabia-gause-interview/.) 

 [SUSRIS] In the ups ... difficult bilateral relationship. 

5. Relations barely survived the worst with the Bahrain crisis – continuing to support Saudi Arabia is critical
Al-Ahmed 11 (Ali, Director & Joshua Jacobs, Gulf Policy Analyst at the Institute for Gulf Affairs. “The Crisis in Bahrain” Policy Brief, May 2011.http://www.scribd.com/doc/59873023/Bahrain-Policy-Paper)  
 This breach and ... any significant way.

Saudis are all bark and no bite on Palestinian Statehood – no backlash in the past – current strain in relations is due to US Arab Spring policy
Satloff 11 (executive director of The Washington Institute. “Filling the Strategy Vacuum in the Middle East.” The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, June 14, 2011. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC06.php?CID=1652.)
 The first such ... is patently absurd. 

Despite some common concerns, current issues like democratization cause conflict
Miller and Wright 11 (Aaron David, Woodrow Wilson International Center; Robin, journalist and foreign policy analyst. “The United States, Saudi Arabia, and the Arab Spring” – interview by Diane Rehm. Carnegie Endowment, June 8, 2011. http://carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=44485&solr_hilite=Saudi+Arabia#.)
WRIGHT10:14:46And the ... the imperfections in its policies.

Other issues can’t sustain relations – Obama lacks the personal ties of past administrations
Bremmer 11 (Ian, president of the Eurasia Group, political risk research and consulting firm. “Washington’s stark choice: Democracy or Riyadh.” Financial Times, March 17, 2011.
Events of the ... Mr Obama’s policies.

US can’t always fall back on economic and security ties – actual Saudi policy can be independent of relations
Marone 9 (David, Master’s candidate. “The U.S. Footprint on the Arabian Peninsula: Can We Avoid a Repeat of the Pullout from Saudi Arabia? (thesis)” Naval Postgraduate School: December 2009. http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA514375&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf.)
Primarily, historical research ... with GCC countries. 

A. Interpretation

Fostering democracy must be the primary purpose of democracy assistance. Indirect assistance undermines the value of the term and explodes the topic.
Lappin 10 – Visiting Scholar in the Faculty of Political Science @ University of Belgrade [Richard Lappin (PhD Candidate in the Centre for Peace Research and Security Studies @ University of Leuven, Belgium & Participated in over a dozen democracy assistance missions with the UN, EU, OSCE/ODIHR and Carter Center.)“Post-Conflict Democracy Assistance: A State of the Art’, Cahiers of the Centre for Peace Research & Strategic Studies, No.85, 2010]
Establishing the definitional ... aid programmes.’174 pg. 33-35 

B. Violation - 

C.  Vote Neg 

1.  Limits.
   2. Ground. 

The Republic of Turkey should initiate an institutional dialogue between the government of Bahrain and the opposition, where it endorses, as a starting point for reform, the agenda presented by the crown prince and accepted by Al-Wifaq, and the United States should provide support for human rights protections for the opposition.

Bahrain:
Turkey solves better – already communicating with regime and opposition
Hurriyet Daily News, 2011.
(5-12-2011. “Bahrain thanks Turkey over its role in ending turmoil.” http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=bahrain-thanks-turkey-over-its-role-in-diffusing-tension-2011-05-12)
A senior Bahraini ... and secure Bahrain.

Turkey’s pushing for negotiations to solve Bahrain
Today’s Zaman 11 [“Turkey steps up diplomacy to contain Bahrain crisis,” 18 March 2011, Friday, pg. http://www.todayszaman.com/news-238518-turkey-steps-up-diplomacy-to-contain-bahrain-crisis.html]
Turkey has intensified ... reform and dialog.”

Turkey will successfully stabilize Bahrain
Hürriyet Daily News 11 [“Bahrain thanks Turkey over its role in ending turmoil,” Thursday, May 12, 2011, pg. http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=bahrain-thanks-turkey-over-its-role-in-diffusing-tension-2011-05-12]
A senior Bahraini ... stable and secure Bahrain.

General:
Turkish soft power is indispensible to a peaceful democratic transition
Ergin 11 - Columnist for Hürriyet Daily [Sedat Ergin, “All roads lead to Turkey for the West,” Wednesday, February 9, 2011, Hürriyet Daily, pg. http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=all-roads-lead-to-turkey-for-the-west-2011-02-09]
Crises first in ... for the West.

They will follow the Turkish model – It will produce progressive Islamist political movements
Kinninmont 11 - Senior research fellow on the Middle East and North Africa Programme @ Chatham House.  [Jane Kinninmont, “The Arab spring: protest, power, prospect,” openDemocracy, 11 April 2011,   pg. http://www.opendemocracy.net/david-hayes/arab-spring-protest-power-prospect]
“Islamism” is a poorly ... of the region.

Turkish relations key to US hegemony in the Middle East
Fotiou 10 [Eleni Fotiou is Research Fellow at the International Centre for Black Sea Studies; Dimitrios Triantaphyllou, Assistant Professor of International Relations at the University of the Aegean, Rhodes, and Director General of the International Centre for Black Sea Studies; “Assessing Turkey’s ‘‘Soft Power’’ Role: Rhetoric versus Practice,” The International Spectator, Vol. 45, No. 1, March 2010, 99–113]
Yet, Turkey behaves as ... own security considerations.

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. 

1NC:
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 

1NC:
Democracy assistance is a tool of neoliberal management. Regardless of their intent, the plan does nothing more than facilitate neoliberal “low-intensity democracy.”  
We shouldn’t use democracy assistance as a starting point for challenging abuses because reformist pressures generate coercive responses.  
Tony EVANS Politics @ Southampton ‘1 The Politics of Human Rights p. 86-88
Democracy and Global Order ... and national capital. 

The choice is revolution or ecological Armageddon. Neoliberalism’s privileging of business interests guarantees an irreversible annihilation of the global environment. The unrest in the Middle East is caused by this neoliberal dispossession and solving it is the only way to restore peace – that turns the case.
Chris Hedges, March 7th, 2011. Pulitzer prize winning journalist. < http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2011/03/07/this-time-we%E2%80%99re-taking-the-whole-planet-with-us-by-chris-hedges/>.
Civilizations rise, decay ... for human existence.

The revolutions occurring are not “democratic events” they are instead “the event” with infinite possibilities – western intervention to provide democracy assistance only serves as a way to forward imperialist agendas. Without this intervention communisms can be established that avoid the state sponsored democratic consensus the west would promote 

Badiou 11 [Alain, Chair of Philosophy at Ecole Normale Superieur and holds the Rene Descartes Chair at the European Graduate School, “Alain Badiou on Arab Revolts: The Universal Reach of Popular Uprisings,” kasamaproject.org. March 1, 2011. http://kasamaproject.org/2011/03/01/alan-badiou-during-arab-revolts-the-universal-reach-of-popular-uprisings/]
The east wind prevails ... to movement communism.

2NC:

we control the internal link to global violence
Lawig ‘3  (Kelly, Youth Sec. National Council of Churches – Philippines, Ecumenical Review, “Overcoming globalization: the root of violence.” 55, Questia)
Millions of Filipino ... We live in hope.

Instead, a vast movement against neoliberalism, organized through democratic workers collective action was mobilized and class consciousness arising from privatization and unemployment brought Mubarak down. The success of the Egyptian transition will depend on the success of these movements.
Joel Beinin, Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History and Professor of Middle East History at Stanford. May 6th, 2011. < http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/TME1/1400/workers-and-egypts-january-25th-revolution_shiftin>.
The two main ... over the last decade.

Capitalism must be attacked first because it is a belief system- this card will smoke them
Johnston 2007 [Adrian Johnston 2007 International Journal of Zizek Studies Vol 1. No. 0. 2007 http://zizekstudies.org/index.php/ijzs/article/view/8/24]
Perhaps the absence ... I choose fetishism.”). 

Fear of violence doesn’t justify inaction – any change risks defensive violence
Badiou 11 [Alain, Chair of Philosophy at Ecole Normale Superieur and holds the Rene Descartes Chair at the European Graduate School, “Alain Badiou on Arab Revolts: The Universal Reach of Popular Uprisings,” kasamaproject.org. March 1, 2011. http://kasamaproject.org/2011/03/01/alan-badiou-during-arab-revolts-the-universal-reach-of-popular-uprisings/]
We don’t want war, ...to their misery.

1NC:
The United States federal government should support a truth and reconciliation commission with Egypt.

Their use of the word “hold” allows the US to control and manage the TRC allowing for an orientalist discourse that constitutes the MENA region as perpetual threat and opportunity for Western colonial powers.  The provisional acceptance of actors who fit the liberal script justifies the surveillance and elimination of those who don’t.  

Andrea TETI IR @ Aberdeen ‘7  “Confessions of a Dangerous Paradigm: Democratisation, Transitology and Orientalism” http://www.abdn.ac.uk/pir/notes07/Level5/PI5000/Teti%202007%20Confessions%20of%20a%20Dangerous%20Paradigm.pdf
4. Democratisation, Transitology and ... towards Islamist parties. 

2NC:
Orientalist forms of security guarantee genocidal conflicts -epistemological exclusion lays the groundwork for physical violence.   
Pinar Batur, PhD @ UT-Austin – Prof. of Sociology @ Vassar, ‘7 [“The Heart of Violence: Global Racism, War, and Genocide,” in Handbook of The Sociology of Racial and Ethnic Relations, eds. Vera and Feagin, p. 446-7]
At the turn of ... genocide, in Darfur.

The counterplan is educational – academics should focus on finding new alternatives – talking about language is key to social spillover.
Shahadah, 2005 (Owen, director, African academic, writer, photographer, and author of works dealing with African history, social justice, environmental issues, education and world peace, “Linguistics for a New African Reality”, http://www.africanholocaust.net/news_ah/language%20new%20reality.htm)
It is the ... human sciencehistory.

1NC:
The United States federal government should provide the monetary equivalent of the Affirmative’s assistance in the form of a gift to United States Institute of Peace.  

The United States federal government should officially express it appreciation for the organization’s support engaging in a Justice and Security Dialogue with Libya.

This conciliatory gesture facilitates trust and solves relations
Larson 97 - Professor of political science @ UCLA [Deborah Welch Larson, “Trust and Missed Opportunities in International Relations,” Political Psychology, Vol. 18, No. 3, 1997]
Policy-makers are more ... (Schlenker, Helm, & Tedeschi, 1973; Lindskold, 1978). Pg. 720-721

Their acceptance of the gift is an acceptance our interpretation of their role - They will reciprocate in a manner that meets our social approval
Dolfsma et al 09 – Professorial fellow @ School of Economics and Business of the University of Groningen [Dr. Wilfred Dolfsma, Dr. Rene van der Eijk (Prefessor of Organisation and Personnel Management @ Erasmus University Rotterdam) & Dr. Albert Jolink (Professor of History of Management and Economics @ Erasmus University Rotterdam) “On a Source of Social Capital: Gift Exchange,” Journal of Business Ethics (2009) 89:315–329]
In contrast to ... discontinuing the relationship. Pg. 319-3201nc 

Their assistance will be branded as US own and operated – It’s a statutory and regulatory requirement
USAID 11 [ADS Chapter 303 Grants and Cooperative Agreements to Non-Governmental Organizations,” 06/23/2011 Partial Revision, pg. http://www.usaid.gov/policy/ads/300/303.pdf]
f. Branding and Marking. ... AAPD 05-11 or 22 CFR 226.91.  pg. 21

Branding destroys the legitimacy of the program and undermines the US’ ability to keep a low profile
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]
This systematic externality ... on sensitive areas.  Pg. 27-28

It will make aid workers a lightning rod for violent attacks – Obama will demand that the branding is clear and public
Worthington 10 - President of InterAction, an alliance of U.S.-based nongovernmental organizations carrying out international humanitarian and development work. [Samuel A. Worthington, “Why American aid workers in Pakistan need to keep a low profile,” Washington Post, Sunday, October 10, 2010, pg. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/08/AR2010100802665.html]
Overtly branding our ... conditions on the ground. 1nc 

They will suspend the program and shift to remote management – That will devastate the its effectiveness
Stoddard et al 10 – Research Fellow @ Center on International Cooperation [Dr. Abby Stoddard (Ten years of directing emergency relief programs for international humanitarian organizations), Adele Harmer (Research Fellow with the Humanitarian Policy Group @ Overseas Development Institute) & Jean S. Renouf (Coordinator of the European Interagency Security Forum), Once Removed: Lessons and challenges in remote management of humanitarian operations for insecure areas, Report prepared by Humanitarian Outcomes for the Center on International Cooperation under a project supported by the Government of Australia, 25 February 2010]
When faced with worsening ... gainful employment.  Pg. 10 

AND, It undermines interagency coordination
Stoddard & Harmer 10 – Research Fellow @ Center on International Cooperation & Research Fellow with the Humanitarian Policy Group @ Overseas Development Institute [Dr. Abby Stoddard (Ten years of directing emergency relief programs for international humanitarian organizations) & Adele Harmer, Supporting Security for Humanitarian Action, A review of critical issues for the humanitarian community, Commissioned by conveners of the Montreux X conference March 2010]
Quality control and ... under prioritised.  Pg. 4 

Neg: Emory CM
Round 8
vs team: Wichita State BM
Judge: Harris
Off case args:
T- must fund
EU-NED cp
orientalism k
scaf backlash disad

case args:
middle east war doesn't escalate
bioweapons don't cause extinctions
alt caus to cred
-palestine vote
aff doesn't solve cred

block strategy: case, scaf backlash, orientalism
2NR: orientalism, case

Neg: Emory CM

Round #6 Tournament: Shirley

Vs Team: Iowa AL

Judge: Mulholland

Off Case Args:

EU-NED CP

SCAF DA

Israel DA

T

Case Args:

Cap link

No impact

Consequences first

Util

Block Strategy:

EU-NED CP

SCAF DA

Case

2nr Strategy:

EU-NED w/ internal Baltic Sea Net Benny