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Plan

Contention 1: Plan

Resolved: The United States Federal Government should provide centers for legal aid for Egyptian law schools.

IJ Advantage

Contention 2: Independent Judiciary

Egypt’s judiciary lacks independence

El Chazli 10 (Foutouh, Lecturer in Law – University of Alexandria, “Egypt: The Independence of the Judiciary,” Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network, June, Online)

It is true that things are better for

AND

state security courts, are not being respected.

.

Providing legal education to Egyptian NGOs creates a bottom-up approach that promotes civic participation within the judicial system – top-down approaches are doomed to failure

Mednicoff 5 (David M., Assistant Professor in the Department of Legal Studies and the Center for Public Policy and Administration – University of Massachusetts–Amherst “Legalism Sans Frontières? U.S. Rule-of-Law Aid in the Arab World,” Carnegie Papers, 61, September, http://carnegieendowment.org/files/CP61.Mednicoff.FINAL.pdf)

Nonetheless, Arab lawyers and U.S

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be central to informing and shaping Washington’s efforts.

The plan creates legal institutions that make a transition to an independent judiciary successful

Aftandilian 9 (Gregory L., Former Middle East Analyst – US State Department, Former Research Fellow – Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and International Affairs Fellow – Council on Foreign Relations, “Looking Forward: An Integrated Strategy for Supporting Democracy and Human Rights in Egypt,” Project on Middle East Democracy, May, http://pomed.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/looking-forward.pdf)

Despite the restricted political atmosphere, many independent Egyptian NGOs and civil society organizations do play an important role. 

Egyptian NGOs provided important independent monitoring of the

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, will help build democracy over the longterm.

Also, the plan is a grass root program that cracks authoritarian barriers and helps create an independent judiciary

Mednicoff 5 (David M., Assistant Professor in the Department of Legal Studies and the Center for Public Policy and Administration – University of Massachusetts–Amherst “Legalism Sans Frontières? U.S. Rule-of-Law Aid in the Arab World,” Carnegie Papers, 61, September, http://carnegieendowment.org/files/CP61.Mednicoff.FINAL.pdf)

Indeed, teaching Arab legal functionaries about management

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that have little to do with regional realities.

Egyptian IJ is critical to democracy promotion – it ensures free elections, social order, and respect of rights

Palmer 6 (Dr. Tom, Senior Fellow – Cato Institute and a Doctorate in Political Science – Oxford University, “The Egyptian Judiciary Blazing the Path to Democracy and Economic Development,” Cato Institute, 5-31, http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=6411)

The world is watching Egypt. It holds

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promises of an autocrat are never completely credible."

Egyptian democracy provides a model for stability

Cook 5 (Steven, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies – Council on Foreign Relations “In Support of Arab Democracy: Why and How,” Council of Foreign Relations, Independent Task Force Report No. 54, Online)

More open Middle Eastern polities and economies will

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the likelihood of interstate conflict in the region.

Egyptian instability causes conflict in the Mediterranean, Africa, and Middle East --- collapsing global trade and U.S. power projection

Copley 11 (Gregory O., Editor – Global Information System and Defense & Foreign Affairs Strategic Policy, “Strategic Ramifications of the Egyptian Crisis”, World Tribune, 2-1, http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/ WTARC/2011/me_egypt0088_02_01.asp)

In the preface to the Defense & Foreign

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the re-emergence of a charismatic leader.

Middle East war causes global nuclear war

Primakov 9 (Yevgeny, President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Russian Federation, Member – Russian Academy of Science, “The Middle East Problem in the Context of International Relations”, Russia in Global Affairs, 3, July/September, http://eng.globalaffairs.ru/number/n_13593)

The Middle East conflict is unparalleled in terms

AND

does not completely rule out such a possibility.

Global trade solves extinction

Pazner 8 (Michael J., Faculty – New York Institute of Finance, Financial Armageddon: Protect Your Future from Economic Collapse, p. 137-138)

The rise in isolationism and protectionism will bring

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as the beginnings of a new world war.

Cred Advantage

Contention 3 : Credibility

Obama’s ambiguity over Egyptian assistance guts US credibility – a consistent and push for rule of law restores our perception abroad

Guirguis 9 (Dina, Fellow for Near East Policy – Washington Institute and Executive Director – Voices for a Democratic Egypt, “Promoting Democracy in Egypt,” Eurasia Critic, July, http://www.eurasiacritic.com/articles/promoting-democracy-egypt)

In the aftermath of President Obama's historic speech

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and enduring ramifications for the entire Middle East.

The plan immediately reverses negative perceptions of Obama – it gives him a major foreign policy win that restores his credibility

Lane 11 (Charles, Economic Policy Specialist and Editorial Writer – Washington Post, “Obama's Egypt opportunity,” Washington Post, 2-13, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/11/AR2011021106636.html)

From its beginning, the crisis in Egypt

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in Egypt over the rest of his term.

The plan is key – judicial training sets up institutional safeguards that makes future elections credible

Makovsky 11 (Ziegler Fellow – Washington Institute for Near East Policy, “Egypt Should Take its Time Building a Democracy,” USA Today, 2-14, Lexis)

The jubilation in Cairo has riveted the world

AND

but rather whether there is a second one.

Absent that, Obama will refuse to accept the election results which jacks US credibility

Walt 11 (Stephen M., Professor of International Relations – Harvard University and Resident Associate – Carnegie Endowment for Peace, “Is Obama wobbling on democracy for Egypt?” Foreign Policy, 2-6, http://walt.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/02/05/is_obama_wobbling_on_democracy_for_egypt)

Instead of being angry with the U.

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enough already, will take another big hit.

Two impacts –

First, Obama’s credibility -- presidential consistency is key to reverse the perception of indecisiveness and combat global aggression

Bolton 9 (John R., Senior Fellow – American Enterprise Institute and Former U.S. Ambassador – United Nations, “The Danger of Obama’s Dithering”, Los Angeles Times, 10-18,

)

Weakness in American in one region

AND

adversity, engagement simply embodies weakness and indecision.

Obama’s weakness causes global instability – Iran, North Korea, Pakistan and India, Russia, China all lash out

Hanson 9 (Victor Davis, Senior Fellow in Classics and Military History – Hoover Institution, “Change, Weakness, Disaster, Obama: Answers from Victor Davis Hanson,” Pajamas Media, 12-7, http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/change-weakness-disaster-obama-answers-from-victor-davis-hanson/)

BC: Are we currently sending a message

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quite knows whom it will bite or when.

Iranian prolif escalates to nuclear war

Sokolsky 3 (Henry, Exec Dir – Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, Policy Review, 10-1, Lexis)

If nothing is done to shore up U

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would be spring-loaded to go nuclear.

Second, US Credibility – loss of credibility permanently crushes overall soft power – only a foreign policy focused on democracy assistance can rebuild support for US soft power

Byron 11 (“Soft Power in the Middle East: Reforming American Foreign Policy,” Press Storm, 3-11, http://www.presstorm.com/2011/03/soft-power-in-the-middle-east-reforming-american-foreign-policy/)

The lack of a consistently supportive stance on

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the power of citizen diplomacy and international friendship.

Also, soft power is key to US hegemony

Sen 5 (Sankar, Former Director – Indian National Police Academy, The Statesman, 4-5, Lexis)

Indeed anti-American sentiment is sweeping the

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and may gradually affect American pre-eminence.

Collapse of leadership causes global nuclear war

Kagan 11 (Robert, Senior Associate – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, “The Price of Power”, The Weekly Standard, 1-24, http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/price-power_533695.html?nopager=1)

Today the international situation is also one of

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table and the table will not fall over. 

Solvency – Independent Judiciary – 1AC

Contention 4: Solvency

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Legal assistance generates on-the-ground expertise that boosts the cultural reception of the plan and makes future reform successful – only a firm commitment by the US solves

Mednicoff 5 (David M., Assistant Professor in the Department of Legal Studies and the Center for Public Policy and Administration – University of Massachusetts–Amherst “Legalism Sans Frontières? U.S. Rule-of-Law Aid in the Arab World,” Carnegie Papers, 61, September, http://carnegieendowment.org/files/CP61.Mednicoff.FINAL.pdf)

REFORMING WHAT THE REFORMERS DO

One response to the formidable challenges to U

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over a sustained period of time if possible.

US Democracy assistance has four sub-sets – Rule of Law, Civil Society, Elections, and Governance.
McMahon 1 (Edward R., Director, Center on Democratic Performance, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Binghamton University, “Assessing USAID’s Assistance for Democratic Development :

Defining Democracy Assistance The concept of assistance for . . . Parliamentary Training and Support – 2000

Precision in legal language is impossible
Litowitz 98 (Douglas, Visiting Assistant Professor, Chicago-Kent College of Law. Oberlin College, “Legal Writing: Its Nature, Limits, and Dangers,” 49 Mercer L. Rev. 709, Spring 1998)

Instead of wondering why legal writing is so
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as in life, ambiguity must be expected.

Security doesn’t cause war – it allows for emancipation that creates surival
Ken Booth, visiting researcher - US Naval War College, 2005, Critical Security Studies and World Politics, p. 22

The best starting point for conceptualizing security lies
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human species can reinvent itselfbeyond the merely biological.

2. Obama has no political capital – multiple reasons
Goodman 6-3 (Peter S., Executive Business Editor – Huffington Post, “No Jobs, No Leadership: Obama's Big Fail,” 2011, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/03/obama-jobs-leadership-fail_n_870946.html)

You can parse the numbers however you like
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along with the national interest) ever since.

Perm solves – Egypt will pick EU aid, and coordination makes reform effective
Aftandilian 9 (Gregory L., Former Middle East Analyst – US State Department, Former Research Fellow – Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and International Affairs Fellow – Council on Foreign Relations, “Looking Forward: An Integrated Strategy for Supporting Democracy and Human Rights in Egypt,” Project on Middle East Democracy, May, http://pomed.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/looking-forward.pdf)

Similarly, there needs to be greater coordination
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support of the rights  of the Egyptian public.  

2) EU uses a “top-down” approach – only “bottom-up” approach solves
Schout 11 (Adriaan, Head of the Clingendael European Studies Programme at the Clingendael Institute in
the Hague and Associate Research Fellow at CEPS, “A Policy Agenda for a European Rule of Law: Glass Half-Empty or Glass Half-Full?” EU Policy Perspectives, 6-17, http://www.clingendael.nl/publications/2011/20110617_rolseminarconclusions.pdf)

Another issue identified was the double-standard
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resources, staff and (active) public support

Perm solves – Egypt will pick EU aid, and coordination makes reform effective

Aftandilian 9 (Gregory L., Former Middle East Analyst – US State Department, Former Research Fellow – Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and International Affairs Fellow – Council on Foreign Relations, “Looking Forward: An Integrated Strategy for Supporting Democracy and Human Rights in Egypt,” Project on Middle East Democracy, May, http://pomed.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/looking-forward.pdf)

Similarly, there needs to be greater coordination

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support of the rights  of the Egyptian public. 

-- Too late – environmental collapse inevitable because of past pollution

Myers 97 (Norman, Visiting Fellow of Green College – Oxford University and Senior Fellow – World Wildlife Fund, Biodiversity II, Ed. Reaka-Kudla and Wilson, p. 135-136)

While formulating our responses to the mass extinction

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in the long term (Myers, 1990b).

1) Constitutionalism – US model promotes emphasis on the role of the judiciary – the EU model fails

Chesterman 8 (Simon, Global Professor and Director – New York University School of Law Singapore Programme, and  Associate Professor – National University of Singapore Faculty of Law, “An International Rule of Law?,” American Journal of Comparative Law, Spring, 56 Am. J. Comp. L. 331, Lexis)

Continental European jurists developed a slightly different understanding

hat the law is." 6 U.S. (1 Cranch) 137 (1803).

2) EU uses a “top-down” approach – only “bottom-up” approach solves

Schout 11 (Adriaan, Head of the Clingendael European Studies Programme at the Clingendael Institute in

the Hague and Associate Research Fellow at CEPS, “A Policy Agenda for a European Rule of Law: Glass Half-Empty or Glass Half-Full?” EU Policy Perspectives, 6-17, http://www.clingendael.nl/publications/2011/20110617_rolseminarconclusions.pdf)

Another issue identified was the double-standard

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, staff and (active) public support.

Turn – EU model fails – it doesn’t promote Arab federalism

Mallat 3 (Chibli, Law Professor – University of St. Joseph in Beirut, “Federalism in the Middle East and Europe,” Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law, Winter, 35 Case W. Res. J. Int'l L. 1, Lexis)

The greatest resistance in Europe to the concept

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work as a demarcation between Sunnis and Shi'is.

Arab federalism solves global food prices – US model for independent judiciary is key

Mihalakas 11 (Nasos - Former U.S. Government policy analyst, JD from the University of Pittsburgh, “A Governance Vision for the Nations of the Arab Spring.”, 6/7, http://mihalakas.wordpress.com/2011/06/07/a-governance-vision-for-the-nations-of-the-arab-spring/)

Recent events in North Africa and the Middle

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a recipe for political stability and economic success. 

High food prices kill half the planet

Brown 5 (Lester, President – Earth Policy Institute, , People and the Planet, “Falling Water Tables 'Could Hit Food Supply'”, 2-7, http://www.peopleandplanet.net/doc.php?id=2424)

Many Americans see terrorism as the principal threat

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the next meal that is the overriding concern."

Obama has no political capital – multiple reasons

Goodman 6-3 (Peter S., Executive Business Editor – Huffington Post, “No Jobs, No Leadership: Obama's Big Fail,” 2011, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/03/obama-jobs-leadership-fail_n_870946.html)

You can parse the numbers however you like

AND

along with the national interest) ever since.

Democracy promotion popular – cooperation between Obama and powerful Republicans

Inboden, 10 (William, Distinguished Scholar at the Strauss Center for International Security and Law at the University of Texas-Austin, “Across the aisle and across the Atlantic, a consensus on democracy”, German Marshall Fund – Expert Commentary, http://blog.gmfus.org/2010/11/across-the-aisle-and-across-the-atlantic-a-consensus-on-democracy/)

AUSTIN, Texas — By most objective measures

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over the next two years, and beyond.

-- Turn – winners win

Singer 9 (Jonathan, Editor – MyDD and JD – University of California, Berkeley, “By Expending Capital, Obama Grows His Capital”, MyDD, 3-3, http://www.mydd.com/story/2009/3/3/191825/0428)

Peter Hart gets at a key point.

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energy reform to ending the war in Iraq.

-- U.S. isn’t key to the global economy

ML 6 (Merrill Lynch, “US Downturn Won’t Derail World Economy”, 9-18, http://www.ml.com/index.asp?id=7695_7696_8149_63464_70786_71164)

A sharp slowdown in the U.S

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hit, but Brazil is set to decouple.

Political capital isn’t key – voting is ideological

Dickinson 9 (Matthew, Professor of Political Science – Middlebury College and Former Professor – Harvard University, “Sotomayor, Obama and Presidential Power,” Presidential Power, 5-26, http://blogs.middlebury.edu/presidentialpower/2009/05/26/sotamayor-obama-and-presidential-power/)

As for Sotomayor, from here the path

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power that cannot be measured through legislative boxscores.

-- Alt causes –

A) Labor gaps

Bartlett 6 (David L., President – Global Economics Company, “Building a Competitive Workforce: Immigration  and the US Manfacturing Sector”, 8-23, http://www.ilw.com/articles/2006,0823-bartlett.shtm)

Shortages of skilled labor constitute the foremost challenge

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professionals from abroad to enter the United States. 

B) Outsourcing

Sneider 5 (Daniel, Foreign Affairs Writer – Mercury  News, “Hand-Wringing Over China Misses True Economic Problem”, Mercury News, 4-24, http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/11476832.htm)

“In this global market, the U

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facilities to China makes this even more difficult.

K is outdated – affirmation of difference is the danger of the status quo allowing human rights abuse in the name of local identity

Youngs, 2010 (Richards, Director General of FRIDE, “Misunderstanding the maladies of liberal democracy promotion” 9-10)

A sixth point: the associated criticism that

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as conceptual narrowing in democracy support.

Life as an ethic is the revolution most responsive to the status quo – recognizes pragmatic action while radicalizing an opposition to a system centered around capital

Dussel 98 (Enrique, professor of ethics in the Department of Philosophy at UAM-Iztapalapa and the UNAM in Mexico, Ethics Is the Original Philosophy; or, The Barbarian Words Coming from the Third World: An Interview with Enrique Dussel, 56-8)

The Crucible of Life (La Vida a Flor de Piel)

FG: Could you make this latter formulation for the eminently pragmatic character of human intelligence a little more concrete, if at all possible?

ED: I could say that this comes

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chapters [of the overall plan of life].

Legal clinic model good/solves poverty

Ford 1 (Jess T., Director of International Affairs – GAO, “Former Soviet Union: U.S. Rule of Law Assistance has had Limited Impact,” US General Accounting Office, April, http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d01354.pdf)

The United States has provided some opportunities for

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be used in indigenous educational programs in Russia.

Evaluate consequences – allowing violence for the sake of moral purity is evil

Isaac 2 (Jeffrey C., Professor of Political Science – Indiana-Bloomington, Director – Center for the Study of Democracy and Public Life, Ph.D. – Yale, Dissent Magazine, 49(2), “Ends, Means, and Politics”, Spring, Proquest)

As writers such as Niccolo Machiavelli, Max

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promotes arrogance. And it undermines political effectiveness.

Arab democracy necessary to survive capitalist transition war and is the lynchpin of true socialism

Amin, 2011 [Samir, director of the Third World Forum in Dakar, Senegal “An Arab Springtime?” http://monthlyreview.org/commentary/2011-an-arab-springtime]

The “springtime” of the Arab peoples, like

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 for opposition to the perspective of generalized barbarism.

Capitalist/imperialist dynamics don’t need masking. Autocracy makes exploitation much easier that’s the squo/alternative. Careful interrogation key to policy making

Youngs, 2010 (Richards, Director General of FRIDE, “Misunderstanding the maladies of liberal democracy promotion” Pg 5-6)

Third, central to critical perspectives is the

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to be captured by incumbent autocratic regimes.

Life as an ethic is the revolution most responsive to the status quo – recognizes pragmatic action while radicalizing an opposition to a system centered around capital

Dussel 98 (Enrique, professor of ethics in the Department of Philosophy at UAM-Iztapalapa and the UNAM in Mexico, Ethics Is the Original Philosophy; or, The Barbarian Words Coming from the Third World: An Interview with Enrique Dussel, 56-8)

The Crucible of Life (La Vida a Flor de Piel)

FG: Could you make this latter formulation for the eminently pragmatic character of human intelligence a little more concrete, if at all possible?

ED: I could say that this comes

AND

chapters [of the overall plan of life].

The only means of acting is through the system – and that means overt structures of power are the starting point – anything else is dangerous to the project of liberation

Deleuze and Guattari 80 [Gilles and Felix, professors at the University of Paris VIII at Vincennes, ATP, p160-1] 159

You have to keep enough of the organism

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when  needed  to  be  plugged  into other collective machines

plan

The United States Federal Government should provide centers for legal aid for Egyptian law schools

IJ ADV

Contention     : Independent Judiciary

Egypt’s judiciary is incomplete – legal practices damages its independence

El Chazli 10 (Foutouh, Lecturer in Law – University of Alexandria, “Egypt: The Independence of the Judiciary,” Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network, June, Online)

It is true that things are better for

AND

state security courts, are not being respected.

Mubarak’s fall doesn’t change anything – the judiciary is still corrupt

El Fegiery 11 (Moataz, Deputy Director – MENA Program – International Center for Transitional Justice, “Save Egypt’s judiciary, and revolution,” Daily Star, 8-9, http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Opinion/Commentary/2011/Aug-09/Save-Egypts-judiciary-and-revolution.ashx#axzz1WAkzpo8F)

The appearance of Hosni Mubarak in the opening

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despite calls from civil society to do so.

Providing legal education to Egyptian NGOs creates a bottom-up approach that promotes accountability within the system – top-down approaches are doomed to failure

Mednicoff 5 (David M., Assistant Professor in the Department of Legal Studies and the Center for Public Policy and Administration – University of Massachusetts–Amherst “Legalism Sans Frontières? U.S. Rule-of-Law Aid in the Arab World,” Carnegie Papers, 61, September, http://carnegieendowment.org/files/CP61.Mednicoff.FINAL.pdf)

Nonetheless, Arab lawyers and U.S

AND

be central to  informing and shaping Washington’s efforts.

NGOs promote effective judicial training – they are separate from military control

Aftandilian 9 (Gregory L., Former Middle East Analyst – US State Department, Former Research Fellow – Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and International Affairs Fellow – Council on Foreign Relations, “Looking Forward: An Integrated Strategy for Supporting Democracy and Human Rights in Egypt,” Project on Middle East Democracy, May, http://pomed.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/looking-forward.pdf)

Despite the restricted political atmosphere, many independent Egyptian NGOs and civil society organizations do

AND

, will help build democracy over the longterm.

Legal assistance generates on-the-ground expertise that boosts the cultural reception of the plan and makes future reform successful – US expertise is key

Mednicoff 5 (David M., Assistant Professor in the Department of Legal Studies and the Center for Public Policy and Administration – University of Massachusetts–Amherst “Legalism Sans Frontières? U.S. Rule-of-Law Aid in the Arab World,” Carnegie Papers, 61, September, http://carnegieendowment.org/files/CP61.Mednicoff.FINAL.pdf)

REFORMING WHAT THE REFORMERS DO

One response to the formidable challenges to U

AND

over a sustained period of time if possible.

IJ is critical to democracy – it ensures free elections, social order, and respect of rights

Palmer 6 (Dr. Tom, Senior Fellow – Cato Institute and a Doctorate in Political Science – Oxford University, “The Egyptian Judiciary Blazing the Path to Democracy and Economic Development,” Cato Institute, 5-31, http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=6411)

The world is watching Egypt. It holds

AND

promises of an autocrat are never completely credible."

Egyptian instability is high – democracy creates stability that challenges theocracy

Brown 9-12 (Stephen, Contributing Editor, “Goodbye Egypt, Hello Iran,” Front Page Magazine, 2011, http://frontpagemag.com/2011/09/12/goodbye-egypt-hello-iran/)

While the elections meant to turn Egypt into

AND

opening burqa-renting businesses on resort beaches.

Egyptian instability causes conflict in the Mediterranean, Africa, and Middle East --- collapsing the Suez Canal

Copley 11 (Gregory O., Editor – Global Information System and Defense & Foreign Affairs Strategic Policy, “Strategic Ramifications of the Egyptian Crisis”, World Tribune, 2-1, http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/ WTARC/2011/me_egypt0088_02_01.asp)

In the preface to the Defense & Foreign

AND

the re-emergence of a charismatic leader.

Middle East war causes global nuclear war

Primakov 9 (Yevgeny, President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Russian Federation, Member – Russian Academy of Science, “The Middle East Problem in the Context of International Relations”, Russia in Global Affairs, 3, July/September, http://eng.globalaffairs.ru/number/n_13593)

The Middle East conflict is unparalleled in terms

AND

does not completely rule out such a possibility.

Shutdown of the Suez Canal causes economic collapse

PE 11 (Peak Effect, “Suez Canal Oil Choke Point,” 1-29, http://www.thepeakeffect.com/2011/01/suez-canal-oil-choke-point.html)

Why the recent developments in Egypt can send

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cause devastating damage to an already feeble economy.

Economic collapse causes extinction

Auslin 9 (Michael, Resident Scholar – American Enterprise Institute, and Desmond Lachman – Resident Fellow – American Enterprise Institute, “The Global Economy Unravels”, Forbes, 3-6, http://www.aei.org/article/100187)

What do these trends mean in the short

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small explosions that coalesce into a big bang.

Egypt gets modeled – promotes global democracy

Salem 11 (Mohamed Anis, Director – Development Works and Coordinator – UN Working Group in the Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs, “Return of the Egyptian model?”, 3/10, http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2011/1038/op201.htm)

Taken together, there was not much left

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more integration. Meanwhile, expert predictions abound.

Democracy’s on the brink --- consolidation solves global WMD conflict

Halperin 11 (Morton H., Senior Advisor – Open Society Institute and Senior Vice President of the Center for American Progress, “Unconventional Wisdom – Democracy is Still Worth Fighting For”, Foreign Policy, January / February, http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/01/02/unconventional_wisdom?page=0,11)

As the United States struggles to wind down

AND

AND

America would be more secure if they succeed.

Cred ADV

Contention 1 is Credibility

Obama’s ambiguity over Egyptian assistance guts US credibility – a consistent and credible push for judicial training restores our perception abroad

Guirguis 9 (Dina, Fellow for Near East Policy – Washington Institute and Executive Director – Voices for a Democratic Egypt, “Promoting Democracy in Egypt,” Eurasia Critic, July, http://www.eurasiacritic.com/articles/promoting-democracy-egypt)

In the aftermath of President Obama's historic speech

AND

and enduring ramifications for the entire Middle East.

US credibility is already taking a hit – Obama needs to fulfill the goals laid out in his Cairo speech to reverse this perception

Zeitvogel 7-13 (Karin, Correspondent -- Agence France-Presse, “Arab world's ratings of Obama, US plummet: poll,” 7-13, Online)

Two years after US President Barack Obama called

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came from Egypt -- a mere five percent.

The plan immediately reverses negative perceptions of Obama – it gives him a major foreign policy win that restores his credibility

Lane 11 (Charles, Economic Policy Specialist and Editorial Writer – Washington Post, “Obama's Egypt opportunity,” Washington Post, 2-13, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/11/AR2011021106636.html)

From its beginning, the crisis in Egypt

AND

in Egypt over the rest of his term.

Egypt is a testing ground for Obama’s credibility – a strong push for democracy is critical

Hamid 10 (Shadi, Deputy Director and Middle East Policy Fellow – Brookings Center, “The Cairo Conundrum,” Democracy Journal, Issue 15, Winter, http://www.democracyjournal.org/pdf/15/Hamid.pdf)

In his June 4, 2009 speech at

AND

least to consider the prospect of  meeting them.

Outweighs all alt causes – Egypt gives Obama valuable foreign policy cards

Young, 8/25/2011 (Michael – opinion page editor for the Daily Star and author of The Ghosts of Martyrs Square, Arab Spring gives US a new chance in the Middle East, The National, p. http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/comment/arab-spring-gives-us-a-new-chance-in-the-middle-east?pageCount=0)

Barack Obama has not faced the continuing revolutions

AND

interaction with an Arab world in thrilling flux.

Two impacts –

First, Obama’s credibility -- presidential consistency is key to reverse the perception of indecisiveness and combat global aggression

Bolton 9 (John R., Senior Fellow – American Enterprise Institute and Former U.S. Ambassador – United Nations, “The Danger of Obama’s Dithering”, Los Angeles Times, 10-18,

)

Weakness in American in one region

AND

adversity, engagement simply embodies weakness and indecision.

Obama’s weakness causes global instability – Iran, North Korea, Pakistan and India, Russia, China all lash out

Hanson 9 (Victor Davis, Senior Fellow in Classics and Military History – Hoover Institution, “Change, Weakness, Disaster, Obama: Answers from Victor Davis Hanson,” Pajamas Media, 12-7, http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/change-weakness-disaster-obama-answers-from-victor-davis-hanson/)

BC: Are we currently sending a message

AND

quite knows whom it will bite or when.

Iranian prolif escalates to nuclear war

Sokolsky 3 (Henry, Exec Dir – Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, Policy Review, 10-1, Lexis)

If nothing is done to shore up U

AND

would be spring-loaded to go nuclear.

Indo/Pak conflict can quickly erupt --- the ensuing nuclear conflict ensures nuclear winter

Robock 10 (Alan, Professor of Climatology – Rutgers University and Associate Director – Center for Environmental Prediction “Local War, Global Suffering,” Scientific American, January, http://climate.envsci.rutgers.edu/pdf/RobockToonSciAmJan2010.pdf)

Abolition: The Only Policy

People have several incorrect impressions about nuclear winter

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of conflict have the potential to erupt suddenly.

China/India conflict escalates into global great power conflict

Darling 10 (Daniel, International Military Markets Analyst – Forecast International Inc., “”, The Faster Times, 5-4, http://thefastertimes.com/defensespen ding/2010/03/24/will-the-indian-ocean-become-the-next-arena-of-great-power-conflict/)

As the global balance of power continues to

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as good a place to start as any.

Iranian adventurism sparks nuclear war

Ben-Meir 7 (Alon – professor of international relations at the Center for Global Affairs, Ending iranian defiance, United Press International, 2-6, p. lexis)

That Iran stands today able to challenge or

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severe consequences of not halting its nuclear program.

Second, US Credibility – loss of credibility permanently crushes overall soft power – unconditional assistance is key

Byron 11 (“Soft Power in the Middle East: Reforming American Foreign Policy,” Press Storm, 3-11, http://www.presstorm.com/2011/03/soft-power-in-the-middle-east-reforming-american-foreign-policy/)

The lack of a consistently supportive stance on

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the power of citizen diplomacy and international friendship.

Soft power builds effective coalitions that solves terrorism, disease, environment, and WMD war

Reiss 8 (Mitchell B., Vice Provost of International Affairs – College of William & Mary, “Restoring America's Image: What the Next President Can Do”, Survival, October, 50(5))

But first, there is another question to

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or do more to enhance peace and security.

Also, soft power is key to US hegemony

Sen 5 (Sankar, Former Director – Indian National Police Academy, The Statesman, 4-5, Lexis)

Indeed anti-American sentiment is sweeping the

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and may gradually affect American pre-eminence.

Collapse of leadership causes global nuclear war

Kagan 11 (Robert, Senior Associate – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, “The Price of Power”, The Weekly Standard, 1-24, http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/price-power_533695.html?nopager=1)

Today the international situation is also one of

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table and the table will not fall over. 

Evaluate consequences – allowing violence for the sake of moral purity is evil

Isaac 2 (Jeffrey C., Professor of Political Science – Indiana-Bloomington, Director – Center for the Study of Democracy and Public Life, Ph.D. – Yale, Dissent Magazine, 49(2), “Ends, Means, and Politics”, Spring, Proquest)

As writers such as Niccolo Machiavelli, Max

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promotes arrogance. And it undermines political effectiveness.

The problem is that we’re evil.  Making sense of what weve done understanding it is the very process of controlling what we don’t understand and worse yet they give the wrong explanation. Making peace happen, reconciling everything is that violence.

Baudrizzle, France's top model, 88 [Jean, Forget Foucault, 37-40]

From one discourse to the other-since

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" and demonstration, of "productive" monstrosity

[HE continues]

Politics is dead get over it – trying to revive it is a desperate attempt to save the world to save ourselves from our own evil. Its also the hope of fascism, its zombie power

Baudrizzle, France's top model, 88 [Jean, Forget Foucault, 65-67]

WH E N O N E TALKS SO

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a sort of "desire effect" at the

The alternative is to do the plan without the 1ac justifications. We have to show that doing for no reason is the same as doing for a reason. This explodes truth by posing questions of

What politics even is and forces us to recognize the tendencies in ourselves we ignore

Baudrillard, France's top model, 88 [Jean, Forget Foucault, 95-98]

When you speak of the strategy of the fatal, what interests me most is the strategy. What is to be done?

No, it's completely antinomical. It's not

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US renewed commitment to Pakistani economic assistance

AFP, 11 (“US renews commitment to economic support for Pakistan”, July 15, Business Recorder, http://www.brecorder.com/pakistan/business-a-economy.html)

WASHINGTON: The United States on Thursday renewed

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priorities and make sure that they match Pakistan's.

Aff’s funding forces a tradeoff within the ESF budget

POMED, 11 (Project on Middle East Democracy, “Summary and Highlights of FY11 Appropriations Act”, April 17, http://pomed.org/blog/2011/04/summary-and-highlights-of-fy11-appropriations-act.html/)

Speaking on the wave of democratic protests in

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from Economic Support Funds intended for other programming.

ESF funding is key to Pakistani economic growth

Kronstadt and Epstein, 11 (Susan B., Specialist in Foreign Policy, K. Alan, Specialist in South Asian Affairs, “Pakistan: U.S. Foreign Assistance”, June 7, Congressional Research Service, www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R41856.pdf)

The Economic Support Fund (ESF), $

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FY2012 request – $20.0 million)

That causes regional instability, terror, economic collapse, and global war

Walayat 10 (Nadeem, Editor – Market Oracle, “Pakistan Collapse Could Trigger Global Great Depression and World War III”, The Market Oracle, 1-16, http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article16543.html) 

During 2009 the 2600 terrorist attacks resulted in

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Depression ultimately resulted in the Second World War.

Plan drains Pakistani ESF funds -

Pakistan economic support is on the chopping block

Cadei, 11 (Emily, “Proposed aid cuts cause concern”, 2/16, Congress.org, http://origin-www.congress.org/news/2011/02/16/proposed_aid_cuts_cause_concern)

But senators on both sides of the aisle

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was slated for Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq.

ESF budget decisions will be made soon – Pakistan is the most likely target

Cornwell, 11 (Susan, Staff Writer, “Factbox: U.S. has allocated $20 billion for Pakistan,” Reuters, 4-21, http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/21/us-pakistan-usa-aid-factbox-idUSTRE73K7F420110421)

The spending bill for fiscal 2011 that Congress

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in Economic Support Funds, the CRS says.

TENSIONS AND U.S. BUDGET PRESSURE

Recently tensions have grown in the U.

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U.S. military operations in Afghanistan."

Pakistan aid will be targeted – tight budget cause lawmakers to question its effectiveness

Adams, 11 (Anda, Associate Director, Global Economy and Development, Center for Universal Education

Rebecca Winthrop, Director, Center for Universal Education, “The U.S. Should Maintain Aid to Pakistan, Especially in Education”, The Brookings Institution, May 12, http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2011/0512_pakistan_aid_winthrop.aspx)

In the wake of the killing of Osama

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have been stalwart supporters of aid to Pakistan.

Pakistani economic assistance will be targeted – not seen as vital

Rogin, 11 (Josh, Staff Writer at Foreign Policy, “Pakistan military aid safer than the economic aid”, Foreign Policy, 5/11, http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/05/11/pakistan_military_aid_safer_than_the_economic_aid)

As Congress contemplates cutting U.S.

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not the most pressing issue at the moment.

Pakistani assistance will be cut first – US lawmakers question its importance

Kronstadt and Epstein, 11 (Susan B., Specialist in Foreign Policy, K. Alan, Specialist in South Asian Affairs, “Pakistan: U.S. Foreign Assistance”, June 7, Congressional Research Service, www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R41856.pdf)

Experts commonly list Pakistan among the most strategically

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in public diplomacy benefits for the United States.

ESF budget decisions will be made soon – Pakistan is the most likely target

Cornwell, 11 (Susan, Staff Writer, “Factbox: U.S. has allocated $20 billion for Pakistan,” Reuters, 4-21, http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/21/us-pakistan-usa-aid-factbox-idUSTRE73K7F420110421)

The spending bill for fiscal 2011 that Congress

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in Economic Support Funds, the CRS says.

Pakistan aid will be targeted – tight budget cause lawmakers to question its effectiveness

Adams, 11 (Anda, Associate Director, Global Economy and Development, Center for Universal Education

Rebecca Winthrop, Director, Center for Universal Education, “The U.S. Should Maintain Aid to Pakistan, Especially in Education”, The Brookings Institution, May 12, http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2011/0512_pakistan_aid_winthrop.aspx)

In the wake of the killing of Osama

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have been stalwart supporters of aid to Pakistan.

Pakistani economic assistance will be targeted – not seen as vital

Rogin, 11 (Josh, Staff Writer at Foreign Policy, “Pakistan military aid safer than the economic aid”, Foreign Policy, 5/11, http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/05/11/pakistan_military_aid_safer_than_the_economic_aid)

As Congress contemplates cutting U.S.

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not the most pressing issue at the moment.

Pakistani assistance will be cut first – US lawmakers question its importance

Kronstadt and Epstein, 11 (Susan B., Specialist in Foreign Policy, K. Alan, Specialist in South Asian Affairs, “Pakistan: U.S. Foreign Assistance”, June 7, Congressional Research Service, www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R41856.pdf)

Experts commonly list Pakistan among the most strategically

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in public diplomacy benefits for the United States.

Democracy assistance for Egypt is specifically drawn from the ESF

Snider, 10 (Erin A., University of Cambridge, “The Political Economy of Democracy Assistance in the Middle East: U.S. Aid for Democracy in Egypt and Morocco since 1990,” Politics and International Studies (POLIS)Prepared for delivery at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, September 2-5, 2010)

That Egypt was ambivalent about adopting reform,

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the United States and the Government of Egypt.

More evidence – assumes Arab Spring

Armbruster, 11 (Ben, “AP Claims That Those ‘Insistent On Cutting Military Spending’ Will Find ‘Plenty To Like’ In Budget Deal”, April 13, http://thinkprogress.org/security/2011/04/13/176561/ap-military-spending-budget/)

The AP also ignores the lopsided nature of

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as elsewhere, are to upheaval and violence.

Oil DA

Oil prices are increasing

Gorondi 9-14 (Pablo, Associated Press, “Oil hovers near $89 amid signs of weak US demand,” http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2011/09/14/1735689/oil-falls-to-below-90-amid-mixed.html)

Oil prices hovered near $89 a barrel

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.072 per 1,000 cubic feet.

Democratization causes drop in oil prices

Jones 11 (Daryl, CNN Money, “Oil fear trade: How Middle East unrest could lead to lower prices,” 3-1,  http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2011/03/01/oil-fear-trade-how-middle-east-unrest-could-lead-to-lower-prices/)

The price of oil is already indicating to

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the spread of democracy and rule of law.

Oil prices are high but Mid East instability is vital to shock prices higher and transition to renewables

Matthews 11 (Richard, President – Small Business Consulting, and owner of The Green Market, “High Oil Prices Stimulate Renewable Energy,” 5-15, http://thegreenmarket.blogspot.com/2011/05/high-oil-prices-stimulate-renewable.html)

Higher oil prices stimulate renewable energy. Renewable

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how market demand reacts to higher oil prices.

Renewables avoid extinction from global warming

Wood 10 (Duncan, Director – Program in International Relations and Canadian Studies Program – Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, “Environment, Development and Growth: U.S.-Mexico Cooperation in Renewable Energies,” Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars – Mexico Institute, May, http://www.wilsoncenter.org/topics/pubs/U.S.%20Mexico%20Cooperation%20in%20Renewable%20Energies.pdf)

It is by now common knowledge that the

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a crucial component of climate change mitigation strategies.

Plan causes lower oil prices – delays transition to renewables

Tantaros 11 (Andrea, NY Daily News staff writer, “With rising oil prices & Middle East turmoil, it is perfect time to scrap Obama's green dream,” 2-24, http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-02-24/news/29442630_1_energy-policy-green-jobs-oil-prices)

Every time there is a political hiccup in

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as a carrot to spur research and investment.

Mid East instability causes price increase that incentivizes renewable energy development

Owens 11 (Mackubin Thomas, professor of national security affairs at the Naval War College and editor of Orbis, “The upside of high oil prices,” Washington Times, 3-15, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/mar/15/the-upside-of-high-oil-prices/)

The price of crude oil currently hovers around

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substitute when oil is $100 a barrel.

Text: The United States Federal Government should propose _ giving informational and material assistance relevant to a truth and reconciliation commission in Egypt._____ to the United Nations Democracy Fund Advisory Board.  The United States Federal Government should provide all financial and technical assistance for the United Nations Democracy Fund to implement the proposal.  

Competes –

Tests ‘Its’ which is possessive

English Grammar, 5 (Glossary of English Grammar Terms, http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary/possessive-pronoun.html)

Mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs are the possessive pronouns used to substitute a noun and to show possession or ownership. EG. This is your disk and that's mine. (Mine substitutes the word disk and shows that it belongs to me.)

Counterplans that test the resolution are key to predictable ground

Solves -

US democracy assistance through the UNDEF solves – comparatively more credible

Piccone, 9 (Theodore J., senior fellow and deputy director for Foreign Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution and an adviser to the Club of Madrid, “Enhance Democracy Assistance in the Americas through Multilateral Action”, The Brookings Institute, April 13, http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/reports/2009/0413_summit_americas/0413_summit_americas_piccone.pdf)

Internationalize democracy assistance.

The United States seriously needs to ramp up

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requires consultation with its citizens on priority  projects.

Counterplan is vital to UN credibility – reversing US false multilateralism is key to prevent it from becoming an irrelevant institution

Deen, 10 (Thalif, “U.N. Faces Threat of Irrelevancy Amid Big Power Politics”, Inter Press Service (IPS), September 28, http://www.galdu.org/web/index.php?odas=4772&giella1=eng)

Judging by remarks on opening day, there

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S.-controlled false multilateralism, Bennis declared.

US engagement with the UN is key to effective multilateralism, preventing terrorism, Iran and North Korean proliferation and stabilizes Afghanistan, Iraq and multiple peacekeeping conflicts

Brimmer, 11 (Esther - Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Revitalizing the United Nations and Multilateral Cooperation, 2/1, p. http://www.state.gov/p/io/rm/2011/155854.htm)

So our discussion today is a perfect opportunity

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leadership can leverage important contributions by other states.

Only multilateral cooperation prevents great power wars that make extinction inevitable

Dyer, 4 (Gwynne, former senior lecturer in war studies at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, 12/30/2004, The End of War, The Toronto Star, p. lexis)

The "firebreak" against nuclear weapons use

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then history will repeat itself and everybody loses.

Channeled US funding to multilateral organizations low now

Kharas and Unger, 10 (Homi, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Global Economy and Development, Development Assistance and Governance Initiative, and Noam Unger, Fellow, Global Economy and Development, “Set to Lead Again? New U.S. Engagement on Global Development”, The Brookings Institution, September 28,

http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2010/0928_global_development_kharas_unger.aspx)

U.S. leadership in international development

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aid missions are effectively coordinated with other donors.

Status quo solves

Peters 11 (Anne Mariel, assistant professor in the department of government at Wesleyan University, “Why Obama shouldn't increase democracy aid to Egypt,” Foreign Policy, 2-14, http://mideast.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/02/14/why_obama_shouldn_t_increase_democracy_aid_to_egypt)

The United States should promote democracy in Egypt

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little that democracy and governance funding can do.

Democracy aid fails

Peters 11 (Anne Mariel, assistant professor in the department of government at Wesleyan University, “Why Obama shouldn't increase democracy aid to Egypt,” Foreign Policy, 2-14, http://mideast.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/02/14/why_obama_shouldn_t_increase_democracy_aid_to_egypt)

Returning to the big picture, the most

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" will not mean more democracy in Egypt.

No solvency – neutrality –

--US will pick winners

Cook 11 (Steven A. - Hasib J. Sabbagh senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, America Shouldn’t Hijack Egypt’s Revolution, Foreign Policy, 3-9, p. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/03/09/america_shouldnt_hijack_egypts_revolution)

Even if Washington pledges its total neutrality in

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" about the Muslim Brotherhood's democratic bona fides.

--That destroys democracy

Carothers 11 (Thomas, vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, “How Not To Promote Democracy In Egypt,” Washington Post, 2-24, http://carnegieendowment.org/2011/02/24/how-not-to-promote-democracy-in-egypt/156)

As the U.S. government assesses

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or parties during the various elections since 2005.

Egyptian democracy hurts US readiness and causes terrorism and Israel freakout

Byman 11 (Daniel, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, “Democracy in Egypt: What Are the Risks to the United States?” Brookings, http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2011/0209_egypt_democracy_byman.aspx)

As the Obama administration tries to balance the

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that would anger Israel and ratchet up tension.

Each causes nuclear war –

--Readiness

Spencer 00 (Jack, Policy Analyst – Heritage Foundation, The Facts About Military Readiness, 9-15, http://www.heritage.org/Research/MissileDefense/BG1394.cfm)

The evidence indicates that the U.S

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of vital national interest, thereby preserving peace.

--Terrorism

Ayson 10 (Robert, Professor of Strategic Studies and Director of the Centre for Strategic Studies: New Zealand –  Victoria University of Wellington, “After a Terrorist Nuclear Attack: Envisaging Catalytic Effects”, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 33(7), July)

It is just possible that a terrorist nuclear

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wider nuclear exchange either inadvertently or by design.

There is too much certain and true information out of the 1ac. Everything is treated as plausible if there’s evidence blurring the distinction between fact and spin. Our very minds are distorted. We will not see the car when we crash into it.

Baudrizzle, France's top model, 2005 [Jean, The Intelligence of Evil, 20]

It is the excess of reality that makes

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in reality once its production has become automatic?

Stabilizing refuses uncertainty blinding us to the way the world works. To speak about world politics as if all we needed is more hegemony  to stop impending doom  ais horror story to explain what we don’t understand and blow up the rest which inevitably becomes everything

Baudrizzle, France's top model, 2005 [Jean, The Intelligence of Evil, 118-23]

It is going to be necessary, then

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that does service today for a global strategy.

Security imposes a calculative logic that destroys the value to life

Dillon 96 (Michael, Professor of Politics – University of Lancaster, Politics of Security, p. 26)

Everything, for example, has now become

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discourse- even if the details have changed.

The artificial gravity by which anything is true if it is a card makes decision making impossible and irrelevant. The only thing you can do is check your gut and ask if a bunch of cobbled together articles read by a pair of college students staves off nuclear disaster. And uhh the answer to that riddle is no

Gladwell, 2005 [Malcolm, staff writer for the New Yorker, “Blink,” 264-8]

As I‘ve talked to people about

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We have come to confused information with understanding.

The alternative is to reject their thinking style

Gardner and Tetlock 2011 [Dan, columnist and senior writer with the Ottawa Citizen, and Philip, Leonore Annenberg University Professor @ UPenn “Overcoming Our Aversion to Acknowledging Our Ignorance” Cato Unbound 7-11 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2011/07/11/dan-gardner-and-philip-tetlock/overcoming-our-aversion-to-acknowledging-our-ignorance]

Each December, The Economist forecasts the coming year in a special issue called The World in Whatever-The-Next-Year-Is. It’s avidly read around the world. But then, like most forecasts, it’s forgotten.

The editors may regret that short shelf-

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The Economist as the next great asteroid strike.

There is too much certain and true information out of the 1ac. Everything is treated as plausible if there’s evidence blurring the distinction between fact and spin. Our very minds are distorted. We will not see the car when we crash into it.

Baudrizzle, France's top model, 2005 [Jean, The Intelligence of Evil, 20]

It is the excess of reality that makes

AND

in reality once its production has become automatic?

Stabilizing refuses uncertainty blinding us to the way the world works. To speak about ______________________ as if all we needed is more ________________ to ______________ is horror story to explain what we don’t understand and blow up the rest which inevitably becomes everything

Baudrizzle, France's top model, 2005 [Jean, The Intelligence of Evil, 118-23]

It is going to be necessary, then

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that does service today for a global strategy.