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  • 1AC Liberty Tournament

    • Tournament: Liberty | Round: 2 | Opponent: Liberty MuWa | Judge: Piero Mannino

    • Plan Text

      The United States Federal Government should provide necessary support and training for transparency and accountability of government institutions, including active public and government internal monitoring, for Egypt.

       

      Credibility

      Contention 1 – Credibility

       

      Credibility is declining because of inaction on the Arab Spring – the plan is key to reverse perceptions of US failures and boost soft power

      Hamid, Brookings Doha Center Research Director, 11

      (Shadi, 10-1-11, “What Obama and American Liberals Don’t Understand About the Arab Spring,” http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2011/1001_obama_hamid.aspx, accessed 10-11-11, CMM)

       

      Throughout the Arab spring, analysts AND ones who need to do it.”

      Soft power is key to effective coalitions that solve conflicts and global problems
      ReissWilliam and Mary Vice Provost of International Affairs8

      (Mitchell B., From 2003 to 2005, he was Director of Policy Planning at the State Department, “Restoring America's Image: What the Next President Can Do”, Survival, October, 50(5), pages 107, 108, ebsco, accessed 10-1-11, CMM)

       

      But first, there is another AND more to enhance peace and security.

       

       

       

      Egypt

      Contention 2 is Egypt

       

      Corruption makes instability inevitable.

      Young, BBC World Service business reporter, 9-15-11

      (Rob, “Egyptians still await economic change,” http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14907631, accessed 9-19-11, CMM)

       

      'Further uprising' January's protesters also demanded AND be further uprising," she says.

      *Yasmine El Rashidi, a former Middle East correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, has written for The Washington Post etc.

       

      Corruption kills Egyptian small business – that’s key to growth.

      Hubbard, Columbia Finance and Economics professor, 11

      (Glenn, worked as an economic advisor under Bush, Chairman of Economic Policy on the OECD’s Economic Policy Committee, “A Marshall Plan for the Middle East,” 2-28-11, http://glennhubbard.net/commentary-and-op-eds/322-a-marshall-plan-for-the-middle-east.html, accessed 9-10-11) PM

       

      The recent and current upheavals in AND stability the world has ever known.

       

      Growth is key to stability.

      Crane et al, Simon, and Martini, RAND Corporation, ‘11

      (Keith, Steven, and Jeffrey, “Future Challenges for the Arab World: The Implications of Demographic and Economic Trends,” 2011, http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/technical_reports/2011/RAND_TR912.pdf, accessed 9-12-11) PM

       

      No other economic issue is deemed AND extent of pressure for political change.

       

      Transparency is key to the democratic transition – prevents cooption

      Hanna, fellow and program officer at The Century Foundation, 7-14-11

      (Michael Wahid, he focuses on issues of international security, human rights, post-conflict justice and U.S. foreign policy in the broader Middle East, *No Date included on webpage – the date of 7-14-11 was taken from when this article was posted on the Huffington Post, “Why The Past Is Crucial To Egypt's Future,” http://www.aucegypt.edu/gapp/cairoreview/Pages/articleDetails.aspx?aid=78, accessed 9-25-11, CMM)

       

      As Egypt’s post-revolutionary politics AND the intentions of the transitional authorities.

       

      A successful Egyptian democratic transition is key to the success and future promotion of the US model of democracy.

      Mitchell, served as Chief of Party for the National Democratic Institute (NDI) in Georgia, 10-4-11

      (Lincoln, Mitchell worked on political development issues in the former Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, the Caribbean, the Middle East, Africa and Asia, “Arab Spring tests ‘relevance and impact’ of democracy assistance,” http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2011/10/arab-spring-tests-relevance-and-impact-of-democracy-assistance/, accessed 10-6-11, CMM)

       

      It is difficult to believe that AND in this work and its value.

       

      Egyptian democratization is key to reverse a rise global authoritarianism

      Puddington, director of research at Freedom House, 10-7-11

      (Arch, Democracy Digest, “Can Arab Spring check new authoritarians’ momentum?,” http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2011/10/can-arab-spring-check-new-authoritarians-momentum/, accessed 10-9-11, CMM)

       

      The role of the West in AND the cause of freedom everywhere else.

       

      Democracy is key to solve nuclear war and extinction

      Diamond, Hoover Institution Senior Fellow, '95

      [Larry, Stanford Univ. Political Science and Sociology professor, former Baghdad CPA senior adviser,

      "Promoting Democracy in the 1990s," http://wwics.si.edu/subsites/ccpdc/pubs/di/fr.htm]

       

      Nuclear, chemical, and biological AND security and prosperity can be built.

       

      That’s key to check China’s pushes for authoritarianism in Asia, collapsing the effectiveness of multilateral institutions and US influence, causing conflict

      Kurlantzick, CFR Southeast Asia fellow, 9-24-11

      (Joshua, “Long Arm of China,” http://www.cfr.org/china/long-arm-china/p26075, accessed 10-15-11, CMM)

       

      For decades, foreign observers and AND to promote democracy in their neighborhoods.

       

      US presence is key to check South China Sea conflicts from escalating

      Denmark, CNAS Fellow, and Kliman, CNAS Visiting Fellow, 11

      (Abraham M., Daniel M., Center for a New American Security, “How to Get Southeast Asia Right,” http://the-diplomat.com/2011/02/02/how-to-get-southeast-asia-right/?all=true, accessed 10-9-11, CMM)

       

      And there’s another reason the United AND coordination and therefore promote confidence building.

       

      Asian instability collapses the economy, the nuclear taboo, and the NPT

      Landay, National Security and Intelligence Correspondent, 2K

      (Jonathan S., “Top administration officials warn stakes for U.S. are high in Asian conflicts”, 3-10, Knight Ridder/Tribune News) Accessed on LexisNexis 12-29-09

       

      Few if any experts think China AND , according to the Commerce Department.

       

       

      Solvency

       

      Contention 3 is Solvency

       

      The US has key anti corruption infrastructure

      Diamond, Senior fellow at the Hoover Institute, ‘8

      (Larry, “End Foreign Aid As We Know It,” Democracy Journal, No 8, Spring 2008, http://www.democracyjournal.org/8/6584.php, accessed 9-1-11) PM

       

      But these new principles still govern AND and thus slow to send money.

       

       

      Expanding transparency efforts are key to solve institutional change in Egypt.

      Sullivan, Ph.D., the Executive Director of the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), 11

      (John D, 2-23-11, Project on Middle East Democracy, “Rethinking Development Assistance in the Middle East,” pages3-4, http://pomed.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/policy-brief-series_sullivan.pdf, accessed 9-25-11, CMM)

       

      In a section highlighting the need AND business, especially in public procurement.

       

      Egypt will accept the aid out of economic interests

      Terrill, joined the Strategic Studies Institute in October 2001, and is SSI's Middle East specialist, 8-2-11

      (Dr. Andrew, served as a Middle East nonproliferation analyst for the International Assessments Division of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, “The Arab Spring and the Future of U.S. Interests and Cooperative Security in the Arab World,” http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/index.cfm/articles/The-Arab-Spring-and-the-Future-of-US-Interests/2011/8/2, accessed 8-22-11, CMM)

       

      The Arab Spring has sometimes brought AND that is vital to both countries.

       

       


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