Politics Disad

Supercommittee will reach agreement now fostering moderate reductions in debt
 Bradner 9/1 (2011, ALASKA JOURNAL OF COMMERCE, Tim http://www.alaskajournal.com/stories/090111/loc_bocscr.shtml, Begich optimistic congressional super committee will reach agreement) 

“Alaska U.S. Sen. Mark … is a reason for optimism, Begich said.”

Plan causes huge fights in congress – destroys bipartisanship on the committee

LA Times 4/12/11 (Paul Richter,  Debt worries stymieing U.S. financial aid to help Arab nations in transition, April 12, 2011, http://articles.latimes.com/2011/apr/12/world/la-fg-mideast-aid-20110413)

“The Obama administration's efforts … nation-building in foreign countries.”

Cutting defense by an additional 500 billion destroys the ability of the military to protect US citizens

Huffington Post 8/14/11 (Donna Cassata staff writer and political reporter for AP, “ Super Committee Members See 'Doomsday' Defense Cuts Loom Large”, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/14/super-committee-members-defense-cuts_n_926425.html)

“The panel has until Thanksgiving … competing pressures as they try to produce a deficit-reducing plan.”

A single failure of US deterrence would lead to a full scale nuclear war, environmental collapse, and extinction.

Starr 11 (Steven Starr,  Associate member of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation and Senior Scientist for PSR published over 14 articles on the affects of nuclear and proliferation, “Consequences of a Single Failure of Nuclear Detterance,” PSR, February 2011 http://www.psr.org/assets/pdfs/consequences-of-a-single-failure.pdf)

“Only a single failure of … survive in the hostile post-war environment.”

India China Disad

US China Relations are high – new Ambassador to China enters in a new era of relations

Knox July 27, 2011 – Olivier, correspondent who covers the US Congress and politics generally for AFP (US Senate confirms Locke as China ambassador, AFP, http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5itGyFVCu0Pqzy4rPZ8Z17EinhYDw?docId=CNG.96d029e6aa8114a2432f65fea5b5b9f8.2f1, MCL)

“Former US commerce secretary … international norms, rules and institutions," he said.”

China is watching the Middle East now – over-exerting US policy would terminally collapse cooperation

Paal February 28, 2011 – Douglas, vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He previously served as vice chairman of JPMorgan Chase International (2006–2008), and as unofficial U.S. representative to Taiwan as director of the American Institute in Taiwan (2002–2006). He was on the National Security Council staffs of Presidents Reagan and George H. W. Bush between 1986 and 1993 as director of Asian Affairs, and then as senior director and special assistant to the President. (China Reacts to Middle East Unrest, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, http://www.carnegieendowment.org/2011/02/28/china-reacts-to-middle-east-unrest/6yy, MCL)

“Beijing is very far from … with little prospect for an upside.”

U.S.-Sino relations solves economic decline and is a prereq to solving every impact – creates the foundation for global interests

Cohen 2009 (William S., Center for Strategic and International Studies Counselor and Trustee

 , “Smart Power in U.S.-China Relations,” http://csis.org/files/media/csis/pubs/090309_mcgiffert_uschinasmartpower_web.pdf)

“The evolution of Sino-U.S. … midst of the current global financial crisis.”

Somali Tradeoff Disad

The Debt Deal put a strict spending cap on foreign assistance for the next four fiscal years. This means an internal tradeoff will have to occur.  

Dunning, 8/24/11 [Casey Dunning supports the dialogue and analysis on U.S. foreign assistance innovations and reform in the Rethinking U.S. Foreign Assistance Program. Prior to joining CGD, Casey worked on gender and rule of law programs in Liberia with Emory University’s Institute for Developing Nations.; http://blogs.cgdev.org/mca-monitor/2011/08/what-the-debt-deal-means-for-foreign-aid-reform.php]

“It’s almost a certainty that … already reduced House Appropriations levels.”

The most likely program to be cut will be Somali famine relief, threatening 12 million lives. The trade-off is specific to foreign aid to Egypt versus humanitarian relief to Africa; triggers mass death and regional instability.

Kevin Clarke, 9/2/11 [Starved for attention: Why budget cuts shouldn't include nixing foreign aid; contributer to U.S. Catholic, http://www.uscatholic.org/culture/social-justice/2011/08/starved-attention-why-budget-cuts-shouldnt-include-nixing-foreign-aid]

“The first hard numbers … in the world’s poorest countries and communities.”

Democracy assistance directly results in reductions in biodiversity protection programs.

Tobias 3/28/07 (US Director of Foreign Assistance and Administrator of USAID [Randall L.http://www.usaid.gov/press/speeches/2007/ty070328.html])

“Focusing resources in this .. our teams made the choices that they did.”

Biodiversity decline causes extinction

Tobin 90 (Richard, The Expendable Future, p. 22)

“Norman Meyers observes, no other form … destruction of natural habitats.”

European Union Counterplan

The EU solves democracy promotion in the Arab world

Abboud 2010 (Noufal Abboud was Project Coordinator at the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) project on Democracy in the Arab Word, focusing on elections, political parties and women’s participation in politics in Egypt, Yemen and Jordan.  He has a MA in Human Rights from Mahidol University, Thailand, and a Licence en Droit (BA in Law) from University Hassan II in Casablanca, Morocco; "Regenerating the State in the Arab World: The Role Of the European Union in Democracy Building"; http://www.idea.int/resources/analysis/upload/Abboud_low_1.pdf, SRM)

“It is only with knowledge … of either catalyst or teacher.”

The counterplan boosts EU global soft power

Seilor, 5/15 (Julia, 5/15/11, “Arab Spring: what think tanks say,”http://www.thinktankdirectory.org/blog/2011/05/15/arab-spring-what-think-tanks-say/, JMP)

“Scholars agree that the …  in helping its neighbors stabilize”

Strong EU solves multiple scenarios of extinction.

Bruton 2001  (John, Former Irish Prime Minister, Report before the Joint Committee on European Affairs, Parliament of Ireland, October, http://www.irlgov.ie/committees-02/c-europeanaffairs/future/page1.htm)

“As the Laeken Declaration put … will otherwise overwhelm us.”

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“The first hard numbers … in the world’s poorest countries and communities.”

Democracy assistance directly results in reductions in biodiversity protection programs.

Tobias 3/28/07 (US Director of Foreign Assistance and Administrator of USAID [Randall L.http://www.usaid.gov/press/speeches/2007/ty070328.html])

“Focusing resources in this .. our teams made the choices that they did.”

Biodiversity decline causes extinction

Tobin 90 (Richard, The Expendable Future, p. 22)

“Norman Meyers observes, no other form … destruction of natural habitats.”

India Counterplan

Solvency

India is ready to share the secrets of their free and fair election system with the world.

Anjana Pasricha, 11 (Voice of America, August 3, 2011, “India Schools Fledgling Democracies on Fair Elections” <http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/India-Trains-Fledgling-Democracies-on-Conducting-Elections-126655083.html >)

“The world’s largest democracy … including Egypt and Iraq,” Clinton said.”

Net Benefits

India’s participation in democracy assistance is key to gaining a permanent seat on the UN Security Council.

Bajpai, 10 (New Dehli’s Democracy Offensive “India and the Promotion of Global Democracy” IP Global, November 2010)

“Why then does India bother … forge partnerships and allay fears.”

UNSC must have India as new member for UN to have reforms.

Martini, 10(Elisabetta Martini, Oct 10, 2010, “UN Security Council Reform, Current Developments” <http://www.iai.it/pdf/DocIAI/iai0926.pdf >)

“The staunchest supporter of … differences among the UN delegations.”

UN will lose credibility if the Security Council is not reformed.

United Nations 11 (UN General Assembly President Joseph Diess, “Without Security Council Reform, UN will lose credibility,” May 16 2011, <http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=38390&Cr=security+council&Cr1=reform>)

“The United Nations will … he met with President Michel Suleiman.”

UN credibility prevents global nuclear conflict

Gonclaves 06 (Sean Gonclaves, Syndicated Columnist -- The Cap Cod Times, “The Conference Table or the Battlefield”, Alter.net, September 19 2006, <http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/41851/>)

“As inhabitants of an "unconquerable world" … ranch in Crawford, Texas, did you?”

T – Democracy Assistance

Interpretation: Democracy assistance is specifically defined non-profit transfer of funds, expertise, and material to foster democracy.

Lappin 10 (Richard Lappin, PhD candidate: Democracy Assistance to Post-Conflict Countries (University of Leuven, Belgium) has participated in over a dozen democracy assistance missions with the UN, EU, OSCE/ODIHR and Carter Center, he has recently completed assignments in Sierra Leone, Lebanon, and Hungary, “What We Talk About When We Talk About Democracy Assistance: The Problem of Definition Post-Conflict Approaches to Democratisation,” The Central European Journal for International and Security Studies 188-9, 2010)

“By the end of the 1990s, the term ‘democracy assistance’ … media groups and political parties.”