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A. “Democracy assistance” does not include policies designed to produce regime change.
NED, 2006 (National Endowment for Democracy
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against Democracy Assistance” June 8, google)
Regime change and democracy assistance are not synonymous
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term investment to secure genuine, sustainable change.
Neolib K
‘Democracy assistance’ is a hegemonic neoliberal strategy that masks oppression and violence – turns the aff
Gerald Sussman (Professor of Urban Studies and
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in-post-soviet-eastern-europe
U.S. interventionism, except perhaps
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political spin and other expressions of neocolonial hegemony.
Neoliberalism makes multiple scenarios for extinction inevitable
Judith Deutsch (president, Science for Peace
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, Neoliberalism, and Premature Deaths” Peace Magazine
Worse still, many commentators suggest that there
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, and thinly disguised reliance on threatened use.
The alternative is to reject the neoliberal hegemonic strategy as presented by the aff – This form of rejection is critical to opening space for subaltern voices to speak. That’s key to challenge neoliberal corporate domination – this is a pre-requisite to any productive ‘democracy assistance’ policy
Mohan J. Dutta (Professor of Communication
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The examples of the Philippines, Chile,
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in resistance against acts of marginalization and silencing.
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Turkey CP
Text: The Republic of Turkey should increase its support for opposition to the government of Bashar Al-Assad
Only Turkey alone can solve—Credibility
Kirisci 2010 (Kemal Kirisci, Boğaziç
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Science Annual Meeting, September 2010, online)
As with the “work in progress”
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in general and the Middle East in particular.
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia is on the brink of internal collapse – fear of United States democracy ensures reactions that cause internal uprising
Toby Jones (Formerly the Gulf Analyst with
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The Arab Spring is not over. Anger
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future, the regime is making them considerably worse
Plan destroys Saudi relations – causes US-Saudi-Iran war
Vali Nasr (Professor of International Politics at
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In his speech last week on the Middle
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S. in the middle of the conflict.
This goes nuclear
Herbert London (President Emeritus of Hudson Institute
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The gathering storm in the Middle East is
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second holocaust could lead to a nuclear exchange.
Relations solve regional escalation
James Russell (managing editor of Strategic Insights
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As a lynchpin of U.S
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longer serves U.S. strategic interests.
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Uniqueness
Global economic collapse empirically proven.
Mark Skousen. "What have we learned
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The second lesson is that the global economy
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depression-resistant. Armageddon has again been postponed
Stabilty
Syria is implementing reforms and the situation is stabilizing
NOW Lebanon August 26, 2011 Syria is
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Syrian Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Abdel Karim Ali
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people and triggering a torrent of international condemnation.
Fast tracking the Syrian revolution guarantees violent sectarian conflict – must wait for opposition unity and leadership to come together without Western influence.
Hannah Allam Jewish World Review August 11,
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, why few are calling for Assad to go
Joshua Landis, the director of Middle Eastern
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and, most importantly, by their success."
They have no empirical data – history disproves escalation – squo coping mechanisms solve Middle East
Paul Cochrane (Middle East correspondent for International New
s Services) January 31, 2011 “The Middle East: On the edge of the abyss?”
Countless times I've read analysis and the blurb
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, lousy education and low standards of living.
Axis
Assad regime stable – opposition lacks unity, regime unified, Iran & allied support
Jonathan Spyer 08/26/2011 16:49 Arab World: Is Bashar next?
http://www.jpost.com/Features/FrontLines/Article.aspx?id=235455
At the beginning of the Syrian uprising,
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by immaculate conception are likely to be disappointed.
Assad will maintain power – military is solidly behind him, no signs of upheaval in upper ranks. Cohesion protects Assad.
Dominic Evans BEIRUT | Wed Sep 14,
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Protests in Syria, one of the most
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-Dacey, Middle East analyst at Control Risks
US doesn’t gain credibility from democracy efforts in Arab Spring – surveys of world opinion prove
Hussein Tahiri September 15, 2011 -
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Arab spring may prove a dawn of false hope
Read more: http://www.smh
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A survey conducted by the PEW Research Centre
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or follow the values and principles of Islam.
The same research shows that the Arab spring
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more negative than they were one year ago.
More so, would be these views towards
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could be precursors of what is to come.
Extinction impossible
Gregg Easterbrook (a senior fellow at The
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Germ warfare!Like chemical agents, biological
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it seems unlikely to happen in the future.
