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    • Pitt Scouting Info
      Orientalism K
      The Arab Spring is a political moment that functions as a point of convergence for Western assumptions about Middle Eastern politics and dominant Western politico-economic narratives—this metanarrative insists the Arab “Other” remains outside of modernity
      Daily Kos 11.  “Orientalism, Modernity and the 'Arab Spring”.  April 7, 2011.  Accessed from: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/04/07/963252/-Orientalism,-Modernitythe-Arab-Spring)

      “if there is…applied and guarded”

      Democracy assistance puts a happy face on geoeconomic policies that attempt to mold the Other in the image of the West
      Forsythe and Rieffer 2000 (David and Barbara, PoliSci Prof. and Phd Student at UNO respectively, “US Foreign Policy and Enlarging the Democratic Community” Human Rights Quarterly 22.4)
      Funding for market…an ancillary goal”

      Imperialism causes extinction and an unending cycle of global war
      William Eckhardt, Lentz Peace Research Laboratory of St. Louis, February 1990, Journal of Peace Research, Vol. 27, No. 1, jstor, p. 15-16
      Wright looked at…upon our choice

      Alternative: Reject the affirmative’s racist framing of the East—vote negative to endorse our criticism so that the current epistemic and ontological violence might be contested
      Bilgin 04—assistant prof, IR, Bilkent U. PhD, IR, U Wales (Pinar, Is the 'Orientalist' past the Future of Middle East Studies?, Third World Quarterly, Vol. 25, No. 2, 423-433, JSTOR, AMiles)

      To go back to…in this lifetime

      Gender Condition CP
      A.  TEXT:

       [Insert Plan Mandates]_ if and only if the donor recipient(s) genuinely agree to meet the following conditions:

      1) Provide equal employment opportunities to men and women.  This means at least 50% of (each of the) donor recipient’s employees will be women.

      2) Provide women and men equal pay.

      3) Provide transportation for women to and from work.

      4) Provide free day care services for employed women during the work day.

      Enforcement Guaranteed.  We’ll Clarify

      B.  SOLVENCY:

      1.  Counterplan helps alleviate female unemployment
        Fahimi and Moghadam, 2003.  (Farzaneh Roudi-Fahimi, policy analyst at PRB, and Valentine Moghadam, is prof of women's studies and sociology at Illinois State Univ., “Empowering Women, Developing Society.”  PNB: Population Reference Bureau.  www.prb.org)

      As women's educational attainment…female unemployemt”

      2.  Reduces gender inequality, gender violence, and child labor
      UNECA, 2005.  (United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, “Economic and Social Conditions in North Africa: Part III” April 15.  www.uneca.org)

      5. The strategic importance of women’…to economic growth”

      3.  That’s a prerequisite to democracy
      TESEV, 2006.  (Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation.  “Democracy assistance Dialogue: Women’s empowerment in the Broader Middle East and North Africa.” 2005-2006 Conference Almanac.  www.isn.ethz.ch)

      Domestic violence…with utmost urgency

      4. War and militarism are inevitable in a world of gender hierarchies
      Tickner, 2001 (J. Ann, Professor in the School of International Relations at USC-LA. “Gendering World Politics: Issues and Approaches in the Post-Cold War Era.” 6)

      Feminists have claimed…and economic injustice

      SKFTA
      1NC SHELL – SKFTA

      SKFTA will pass within weeks
      Reuters, Sept. 13.  (“Rep Brady optimistic US to OK trade deals very soon.”  www.reuters.com)

      A senior Republican lawmaker…the trade pact
      Plan saps capital – interferes with oil and Israel interests and invites fear of another war in the region
      CSM, 2011.  (Obama Speech: He must consult Congress on strategy toward Arab Spring.  May 13.  www.csmonitor.com)

      If, that is, America can come up with a strategy....by the US

      PC is key – if Obama spends any more GOP will block TAA, which dooms SKFTA
      Reuters 9-7 (“Republicans ask Obama to send Congress trade pacts” http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/07/us-usa-congress-trade-idUSTRE7864BK20110907)

      The White House…official said
      Failure collapses Relations
      Thai Press Reports September 1 (South Korea Severe Damage to Alliance Expected if FTA fails CRS, , LN 2011). 

      Section: General News…billion a year
      Alliance is key to solve the economy, prolif and war
      PRITCHARD ET AL 9. [Jack, President, Korea Economic Institute, John Tilelli, Chairman and CEO, Cypress Int’l, and Scott Snyder, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Korea Studies, “A New Chapter for U.S.-South Korea alliance” Council on Foreign Relations  June 16 http://www.cfr.org/publication/19635/new_chapter_for_ussouth_korea_alliance.html]

      While all eyes have been…our shared interest
      Turkey CP

      The Republic of Turkey should substantially increase its democracy assistance to Egypt targeted at increasing civilian control over the government, including but not limited to modeling the United States’ International Military Education and Training Program.
      Counterplan solves the aff
      Thomas 2011 (Landon, grad of Johns Hopkins School of Advanced Intl Studies. NYT writer, In Turkey’s Example, Some See Map for Egypt, www.nytimes.com/2011/02/06/world/middleeast/06turkey.html?_r=1)

      As Egypt struggles to reinvent…he said
      Topicality—Increase
      Can’t be conditional on future actions. Skeletal shell.
      Jobs Politics
      Jobs Module: Worker Solidarity
      Popular pressure means jobs bill will pass now
      Thorpe September 9 2011 (James, Benzinga contributor, progressive news blog, http://m.benzinga.com/news/11/09/1910155/republicans-will-pass-obamas-jobs-bill-or-find-themselves-unemployed)
      Republicans Will Pass…
      What's not to like?

      And political capital is key
      Sneed September 2011 (Toney, US News and World Report Writer, http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2011/09/12/will-congress-pass-obamas-jobs-bill)
      Thursday evening, President Obama… hand him a win
      Endorsing government driven economic and jobs policies constitute a form of solidarity with the unemployed and signals a commitment to Keynesian economic
      Texiera August 2011 (Ray, Center for American Progress Fellow, http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/94102/obama-keynes-public-opinion)
      This analysis is deeply mistaken… with their inner liberal

      Keyensian economics counters the violence of neoliberalism which operates to snuff out real democracy in face of quiet authoritarianism
      Brown 2003 (Wendy, Rhetoric prof at Berkeley, Theory And Event 7.1)
      It is commonplace to speak… within civil society

      A2: Radical Democracy
      Assumes a false choice—its not about consensus or pure freedom: the point of disputation that frameworks gestures towards is not ontologically violent—intolerance underlines the affirmative’s demand that you MARK DIFFERENCE with your ballot
      Barnett, Clive (2004). Deconstructing radical democracy: articulation, representation and being-withothers. Political Geography, 23(5), pp. 503–528.
      I want to suggest in this paper that…such as representation

      Framework solves your concerns—recognizes the need to act and make decisions without ontologizing difference
      Barnett, Clive (2004). Deconstructing radical democracy: articulation, representation and being-withothers. Political Geography, 23(5), pp. 503–528.
      Radical democracy reduces…for democratic theory



11/04/11
  • UK Intel

    • Tournament: UK | Round: Rd 1 | Opponent: Harv KT (Bahrain Aff) | Judge: Robinson


    • Harvard T Violation
      1NC
      Democracy assistance only aims at expanding and consolidating existing democratic trends—not about extending economic benefits
      Lappin 2010 (Richard , Ph.D Candidate at the Center for Peace Research, “What We Talk About When We Talk About Democracy…” http://www.cejiss.org/sites/default/files/8.pdf)
      In defining democracy assistance...promotion

      Your 1AC evidence assumes economic disparities-the plan cannot topically remedy those
      Cooley and Nexon 2011 (1AC authors, Foreign Affairs, “Bahrain's Base Politics”)
      The current political...security services

      And their Huber evidence concludes negative—democracy assistance either strengthens an already democratizing regime or assists a people in their fight to obtain more responsive governance
      Huber 2008 (Daniela, Professor of IR at Hebrew University, “Democracy Assistance in the Middle East and North Africa: A Comparison of US and EU Policies” Mediterranean Politics 13.1)
      The term democracy assistance...than electoral assistance

      Violation—the aff engages in processes of assistance NOT aimed at the consolidation of democracy within Bahrain but aimed to increase economic access in Bahrain—“political benefits” in the context of democracy assistance mean representation and accountability



10/01/11
  • Neg rd 5

    • Tournament: UK | Round: 5 | Opponent: USC Yemen Diplomacy Aff | Judge:


    • Counterplan Shell
      Plan: The United States federal government should send Secretary of State Hilary Clinton and USAID’s Raj Shah to Yemen in order to advise the Yemeni Vice President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi concerning planning the existing democratic process in modes mindful of institutional representation against Saleh’s regime and continuing the moment of democracy through fashioning transparent institutional and electoral change with respect to competitive politics. The United Stated federal government should appoint Raj Shah as a special envoy to Yemen with the express purpose of continuing the ongoing democratic moment of politics against Saleh.
      Observation One: Counterplan competes—counterplan does not adopt a transition frame nor engage in the explicit affirmation of the transition paradigm
      Observation Two: counterplan matters—policymakers must integrate critical and discursive approaches within policy decisions
      Mandaville and Mandaville 07 (Alicia and Peter, Public Policy Ph.D’s, “Introduction: Rethinking democratization and democracy assistance” Development 50.1 pp. 5-13)
      To invoke notions of democracy ...and a democratization practitioner

      Language choices lock the link: discursive practices produce political possibilities—our evidence is specific to the relation between language and transition paradigms
      Elliott 2009 (Cathy, Professor at School of Public Policy, University College London, “The Day Democracy Died” Alternatives 34.3)
      If politics are an...relating to the assasination

      Observation Three—transition paradigm reproduces institutional definitions of democracy that domesticate it and reduce it to a depoliticized and violent process
      Kartas, 2007 (Moncef, Professor at Graduate Institute for International Studies, “Post-conflict Peace-building – Is the Hegemony of the ‘Good Governance’ Discourse Depoliticising the Local?” Conference Paper)
      Based on political agency...functional system

      This depoliticization of democracy flattens out what counts as democratic participation—promotes developmental and biopolitical management
      Mandaville and Mandaville 07 (Alicia and Peter, Public Policy Ph.D’s, “Introduction: Rethinking democratization and democracy assistance” Development 50.1 pp. 5-13)
      A second feature of the debate ...of equitable participation

      SANTOS OMG BEASTMODE



10/02/11
  • JMU Info

    • Tournament: JMU | Round: 3 | Opponent: Liberty BH | Judge: Dinger


    • No New Democracy 1NC
      Democracy assistance aims at consolidating, strengthening, and entrenching already active democratic movements and trends—it does NOT produce new democracy where none exists
      Lappin 2010 (Richard , Ph.D Candidate at the Center for Peace Research, “What We Talk About When We Talk About Democracy…” http://www.cejiss.org/sites/default/files/8.pdf)
      In defining democracy assistance...democracy promotion paradigm

      And justification of including the aff under the rubric of “governance” underlimit what governance means by articulating democracy assistance to functions that are not inherently democratic
      Rakner, Menocal, and Fritz 2008 (Lisa, Aline, and Verena, of the Michelnsen Institute and the World Bank respectively, “Assessing International Democracy Assistance…” http://www.odi.org.uk/resources/download/1889.pdf)
      While democracy promotion

      decision-making process.
      Violation—the affirmative aims at facilitating and producing new democratic tendencies and trends rather than the consolidation of existing ones

      Standards
      Topic clarity—the committee and community explicitly chose to include the phrase democracy assistance rather than democracy promotion: promotion refers to the export of democracy rather the consolidation and strengthening of existing democratic tendencies. Debating assistance is key.
      Educational redundancy—many 5th year debaters and coaches already debated and coached on what was functionally a democracy promotion topic: the 2007-2008 Middle East topic. Moreover, incoming first year debaters have already debated the military and police side of democracy promotion as a result of last years high school topic.
      Ground—debates over democracy assistance are distinct from debates over exporting democracy. “Assistance” debates are about what a country looks like now and how aiding nations might further that democratic trend, whereas promotion debates are about creating/forcing democracy to exist in other countries. Assistance is already smaller in scope and more difficult to debate than promotion…no counter interpretation will exclude assistance, so we must focus on it.
      Only our interpretation guarantees debateable ground—authors in the field write evidence assuming that democracy assistance can only go to countries already engaged in certain democratization processes—if the plan can mandate a change in the democratization processes in a certain country it expands beyond the predictable literature base.
      And your interpretation results in unidirectional education—guts and hollows out the meaning of democracy assistance
      Lappin 2010 (Richard , Ph.D Candidate at the Center for Peace Research, “What We Talk About When We Talk About Democracy…” http://www.cejiss.org/sites/default/files/8.pdf)
      Problems Resulting from Definitional Uncertainty. Establishing the definitional clarity of democracy assistance is an important step towards understanding how three core problems have developed as a direct result of definitional uncertainties in democracy promotion terminology. The resultant problems concern, imprecise democracy assistance data, a neglect of the inherent limitations of democracy assistance, and the fostering of negative perceptions of democracy assistance.
      Topicality is a voting issue for reasons of ground, fairness, and education



10/08/11
  • 1NC Liberty Round 1 vs. Wake DL

    • Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge:

    • 1NC SHELL

       

      Politics

       

      Debt super-committee will succeed in status quo, but political capital is key

      Clift, 2011.  (Eleanor, contributing editor for Newsweek.  “Super Committee, Super Stakes.”  Nov. 3.  www.thedailybeast.com)

       

      Despite the widespread expectation … Republicans and independents.

       

      Increasing foreign aid is a massive drain in political capital

      Kunder, 2011.  (James, Senior Resident Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the U.S. and a Principal of the Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network.  “Foreign Aid Keeps America Safe.”  July 8.  http://dailycaller.com)

      President Barack Obama’s announcement … rebuilding effort to grind to a halt.

       

      Super committee key to prevent economic collapse and extinction

      Ornstein, 2011 (Norman J. Resident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, “Deficit Panel Could Change Economic World”, 9/14, http://www.aei.org/article/104137)

       

      Of course, the temptation to let … something remarkable. Don’t blow it.

       

      Turns case—failure would devastate national security and foreign aid

      UPI, 11 (8/16, “Pannetta: cuts would be ‘devastating”, http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2011/08/16/Panetta-Triggers-would-be-devastating/UPI-51101313521115/?spt=hs&or=tn)

       

      U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta … real needs and interests are."

       

      COUNTERPLAN

      TEXT- THE GOVERNMENT OF JAPAN SHOULD should engage in a Justice and Security Dialogue with Libya.

      Because Japan has transitioned to democracy more recently than Western countries, and has overcome barriers such as authoritarian governments and group orientated culture to mirror modern Western democracy, Japan is better suited than the USFG to act as a legitimate democratic assistance partner.

       

      Successful transition from authoritarian to … the civil society in all walks of life.

       

       

      Shells

      The Arab Spring is a political moment that functions as a point of convergence for Western assumptions about Middle Eastern politics and dominant Western politico-economic narratives—this metanarrative insists the Arab “Other” remains outside of modernity

      Daily Kos 11.  “Orientalism, Modernity and the 'Arab Spring”.  April 7, 2011.  Accessed from: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/04/07/963252/-Orientalism,-Modernitythe-Arab-Spring)

       

      If there is a single book which … made, applied and guarded" (2003: 328.)

       

      Democracy assistance puts a happy face on geoeconomic policies that attempt to mold the Other in the image of the West

      Forsythe and Rieffer 2000 (David and Barbara, PoliSci Prof. and Phd Student at UNO respectively, “US Foreign Policy and Enlarging the Democratic Community” Human Rights Quarterly 22.4)

       

      Funding for market restructuring in favor … promoting democracy is an ancillary goal." 50

       

      Actions and frames that buy into the fundamental separation between a “still developing” Eastern Other and an already competent Western whole perpetuate a regime of imperial colonization

      Said 78 (Edward, “Orientalism”, professor of comparative literature at Columbia, p 120, date accessed: 7/7/2010)

       

      But if these interconnected elements … serious attention on all those counts.

       

      Imperialism causes extinction and an unending cycle of global war

      William Eckhardt, Lentz Peace Research Laboratory of St. Louis, February 1990, Journal of Peace Research, Vol. 27, No. 1, jstor, p. 15-16

       

      Wright looked at the relation between … may depend upon our choice.

       

      Alternative: Reject the affirmative’s racist framing of the East—vote negative to endorse our criticism so that the current epistemic and ontological violence might be contested

      Bilgin 04—assistant prof, IR, Bilkent U. PhD, IR, U Wales (Pinar, Is the 'Orientalist' past the Future of Middle East Studies?, Third World Quarterly, Vol. 25, No. 2, 423-433, JSTOR, AMiles)

       

      To go back to Little's argument about … by questioning existing assumptions and

       

      Topicality

       

      Interpretation- Democracy Assistance is 4 different subcategories: rule of law, civil society, good governance, and elections, and is distinct from democracy promotion

      Lappin 2010 (Richard , Ph.D Candidate at the Center for Peace Research, “What We Talk About When We Talk About Democracy…” http://www.cejiss.org/sites/default/files/8.pdf)

       

      In defining democracy assistance, it …broader democracy promotion paradigm

       

      B. Violation - Democracy assistance is distinct from diplomacy method

      Adesnik and McFaul, 6

      [David & Michael, Spring 2006, Washington Quarterly, “Engaging Autocratic Allies to Promote Democracy”, (29:2), p. 7.

       

      The democracy-promotion toolbox … liberalization in autocratic regimes.

       

      C. Standards

       

      Limits – This opens the floodgates to things like solidarity for protestors in Syria or opening dialogue with the rulers and/or opposition groups of different countries destroying predict able limits

       

      Ground- democracy promotion is Neg CP ground, they kill any diplomacy CP’s, hurting our ground in this round

       

      D. Voter – Fairness, Education

       

       

      TERROR ADVANTAGE

       

      No risk of WMD use-no technical capability or motivation

      John Parachini, policy analyst at RAND, Fall 2003 (Washington Quarterly, l/n)

       

      The third explanation for the paucity … to eliminate Israel as a state is decidedly political.

       

      Libya has no WMDs

      Morrison, 2004.  (David, “Libya gives up its non-existent WMD.”  Labour and Trade Union Review.   January.  http://www.david-morrison.org.uk)

       

      The world is getting safer by leaps … the use of the word “potential”.

       

      LIBYAN WMDS SECURE FOR MONTHS

      AP 8/25 Herald Sun. “Libya’s WMD Stockpiles Secure.”

      http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/libyas-wmd-stockpiles-secure/story-e6frf7jx-1226121688866

       

       THE Pentagon says that Libya's … believed he was still in the country.

       

      No terrorism impact

      John Mueller, professor of political science at the University of Rochester, and Karl Mueller, assistant professor of Comparative Military Studies at the School of Advanced Airpower Studies at Maxwell Air Force Base, May/June 1999, Foreign Affairs, “Sanctions of Mass Destruction,” p. Lexis

       

      HOWEVER DRAMATIC terrorist attacks are, … destructive capabilities of terrorists to cosmic proportions.

       

      US retaliation impossible – unable to determine the attacker 

      Mark Dowle, Professor at the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California-Berkeley, Sept 2005 (“Nuclear Fallout: Berkeley Team Thinks Beyond the Unthinkable,” California Monthly, http://www.alumni.berkeley.edu/Alumni/Cal_Monthly/September_2005/COVER_STORY-_Berkeleys_Big_Bang_Project_.asp)

       

      Because terrorists tend to be … that the material had been stolen. 

       

       

      TERROR RHETORIC INCREASES TERRORISM- 4 WARRANTS

      Kapitan, 03 (Tomis Kapitan, Professor of Philosophy, Northern Illinois University, TERRORISM AND INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE, 2003, lexis)

       

      More dramatically, the ‘terrorist’ … through violence against civilians.

       

      SOLVENCY

      Too many barriers to effective democratic transition – plan can’t solve, at least until loyalists are overthrown.

      Ben Mier, 11 (Alon: professor of international relations at NYU. “Above the Fray: Elections in Libya should be deferred.” 09/09.  www.jpost.com)

       

      While the Libyan rebels have rightfully celebrated the … progressive change will begin at once.

       

      Transition to Democracy will be slow

      Cohen 2011 (citing Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, a recognized expert on political Islam and American Islamist organizations, 8/25 “What's Next For Libya?”, http://www.neontommy.com/news/2011/08/whats-next-libya)

       

      Libyan people, like the … morality necessary for a democracy.

       

      Stability will take decades to achieve

      Cordesman 2011.  (Anthony, Chair in Strategy at Center for Strategic and International Studies and acts as a national security analyst for ABC News “Next Steps in Libya (Egypt, Tunisia, and Other States with New Regimes).” 8/22, http://csis.org)

       

      We should learn from our mistakes … that are 3-4 times what they were in 1950 and will double again by 2050.

       

      Major war is obsolete – multiple factors prevent escalation and global conflict

      Michael Mandelbaum, American Foreign Policy Professor in the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins, February 25, 1999, Council on Foreign Relations Great Debate Series, “Is Major War Obsolete?” http://www.ciaonet.org/conf/cfr10/

       

      My argument says, tacitly, that … democracy, for democracies, I believe, tend to be peaceful.

       

      Economic interdependence and democratic values stop global war

      Joseph Nye, Kennedy School of Government Dean and Professor of International Relations at Harvard, 2004, Soft Power: The Means to Success in World Politics, p. 20

       

      However, in a global economy … competitive advantages against rivals.” 33

       

      Eurozone in crisis because of debt – plan doesn’t solve

      Economic Times, 2011.  (“US, Eurozone crisis making financial markets nervous: Pranab.”  September 13.  economictimes.indiatimes.com)

       

      Financial markets are getting "nervous" … seen so far is stalling," he said.

       

      The transition to multipolarity is inevitable

      Financial Times, 09 (Quentin Peel, The World in 2009, “Risks rise in shift to a Multipolar World”, January 27th, http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c76ec956-ec79-11dd-a534-0000779fd2AC.html)

       

      If the consequences of a prolonged … of transition...are fraught with risks.”

       

      No impact: there are no potential challengers to US leadership in the squo-china and india weak now

      Peter Liberman, associate professor in the Department of Political Science at Queens College of the City University of New York, Winter 2000/2001, Security Studies, “Ties That Blind,” Vol. 10, No. 2, p. 103-4

       

      With the disappearance of the Soviet Union … will engage vital U.S. interests.”




11/04/11
  • 2NC/1NR Liberty Round 1 vs. Wake DL

    • Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge:

    • 2NC/1NR

       

      Terrorism Advantage

       

      Representing China as a source of instability constructs threats and makes violence a self-fullfing prophecy

      Pan, Political Science and International Relations Professor at Australian National University, 2004

      (Chengxin, Alternatives, “The "China threat" in American self-imagination: the discursive construction of other as power politics,” 6/1/2004)

       

      I have argued above that the "China threat" … China might become possible.

       

      No nuclear terrorism – multiple obstacles

      Chapman, columnist for Chicago Tribune, 08

      (Steve, Who's Still Afraid of Osama?: Terrorists can't pull off the big one, 2/8/08,  http://reason.com/news/show/124874.html)

       

      The events required to make … that will never happen.

       

      Failsafe devices check

      Charles Ferguson, scientist-in-residence at Monterey Institute of International Studies, and William Potter, professor and director of the Center for Nonproliferation Studies at Monterey Institute of International Studies, 2004, The Four Faces of Nuclear Terrorism, p. http://www.nti.org/c_press/analysis_4faces.pdf

       

      Assuming that a terrorist group … associated with nuclear warheads.

       

      No extinction impact

      Frost, 2005

      (Robin, teaches political science at Simon Fraser University, British Colombia, “Nuclear Terrorism after 9/11,” Adelphi Papers, December)

       

      An existential threat. When applied … significant damage on a national level

       

       

      Orientalism K

       

      Western action in Libya is guided by Orientalist fears of Islamic extremists or civil unrest. Changing democracy from this standpoint ensures continued oppression and the continued support of evil dictators.

      Najla Abdurrahman 04/07/11 (a Libyan-American writer and activist, is a doctoral student in Columbia University's Department of Middle Eastern, South, Asian, and African Studies. “Libya: Making something out of Nothing”

      http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/04/2011468546350182.html)

       

      The entire Western narrative on Libya is … give them a little more credit?

       

      The label of terror instead of insurgency is used to shut out critical thought and permeate a view of Muslims as a threat. Rejecting this is key to stopping the harmful effects of Orientalism.

      Crooke ’04 [ Alastair, former British intelligence officer who worked in the Middle East, Ireland and Afghanistan. He wasthe European Union high representative,  December 10, “It is essential to talk to the ‘terrorists’”, http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/dec/10/rganizatio.comment, Downloaded July 16, 2010]

       

      The rhetoric that we in the west are … difference and a toleration of others.

       

      Orientalism depicts China as a threat for self serving purposes

      Gosset (David, Professor and Director of Academia Sinica Europaea, http://esia.asef.org/documents/eurochina.pdf date accessed: 7/8/2010)

       

      It is a paradox that despite … in her post-imperial socio-political transformations.

       

      The alternative is to reject the identity the affirmative gives the Middle-East. The goal is to create a web of intellectuals who believe in their agency to resist current social practices.

      Bilgin 05 Department of International Relations at Bilkent University [Pinar, “Regional Security in the Middle East: A Critical Perspective”]

       

      Emphasising the mutually interactive relationships … make on the subject of research.

       

      Their FW kills the debate community, default to tabula rosa

      Nancy 86 (Jean-Luc, The Inoperable Community.  Pg. xxxviii-xli)

       

      Finitude, or the infinite lack of infinite …, deprived of our finite existence.

       

      Critique is a pre-requisite for effective policymaking—challenging the rationality of the current mode of policymaking does not reject them outright—results in better policy formulation

      Pinar Bilgin 04(Department of International Relations, Bilkent University (Third World Quarterly, Vol. 25, No. 2, “Is the Orientalist past the future of Middle East studies?”)

       

      Third, policy-relevance was the keyword … academic field has made over the years.

       

      Questioning oriental thought precedes policymaking

      Said 85 [Edward W., “Orientalism Reconsidered” Race and Class http://rac.sagepub.com.turing.library.northwestern.edu/cgi/reprint/27/2/1]

       

      This is, in reality, a fact basic to … unpredictability. The enemy is instability." 2

       

      The aff falls to the siren call of the government in supporting policy options that root out any analysis of theory’s interaction in the world as per Bilgin 04

      They still perpetuate imperial wars in the name of a East/West dichotomy. This ensures continued instability and disruption in the Middle East and the world making the link a net DA to the perm.

      The alternative is a pre-requisite to any effective political action – that no alternative system of representation is offered is not what is important. Rather, it is that the alternative begins the effort to demarcate the space between Western Orientalism. Only action outside the dominant power can avoid co-option.

      ULF Schulenberg ‘4 ZAA 52.4 (2004): 379-393 Zeitschrift für Anglistik und Amerikanistik, A Quarterly of Language, Literature and Culture

       

      From The World, the Text, and the … point of reference for these fields.

       

      4. The perm still links – even if the plan rejects manifest Orientalism in all forms the inclusion of the plan ensures continuing latent Orientalism

      Edward Said ’77 Orientalism p. 206

       

      The distinction I am making is … some examples that illustrate what I mean.

       

      5.Turn:  Intellectuals must reject the convenient package deal of the perm or it only perpetuates conflict.

      Marrouchi, professor of postcolonial literature at LSU, 1998

      [Mustapha, “Counternarratives, Recoveries, Refusals,” boundary 2, vol. 25, no. 2, p. 205-257]

       

      [In spite of the accruing violence against … surgically cleanse trouble spots."]

       

      6.It is necessary to reject the reductive Orientalist logic of the Aff in favor of slow critique that embraces a slow overlapping of cultures. Combining the state with critical action dooms it.

      Edward Said ‘3 New ‘Preface’ to Orientalism. Penguin Books Edition (2003) p. xxii

       

      The point I want to conclude with … an inarguable moving target—voting issue.

       




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