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01/02/12
Security K
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Hegemony elevates security to a transcendental ideal—it creates a moral framework for violence that requires the elimination of all that is different or unpredictable. Der Derian 3 (James, Associate Professor of Political Science at University of Massachusetts Amherst, “Decoding The National Security Strategy of the United States of America, boundary, 2 30.3, 19-27)
From President Bush's opening lines of The National Security Strategy of the United States of America … Balance of power is global suzerainty, and war is peace.
Insecurity is inevitable – their ontological commitment to global order renders all life calculable and is the root cause of violent conflict. Burke 7 (Anthony Burke, Int'l Studies @ U of New South Wales, “Ontologies of War,” in Theory & Event, Vol. 10, Iss. 2)
By itself, such an account of the nationalist ontology … reduced to tools, obstacles, useful or obstinate matter.
The alternative is to refuse security – use your ballot to rip open the aporias within language. Burke 2 (Anthony, Int'l Studies @ U of New South Wales, “Aporias of Security,” in Alternatives 27, p. 18-23)
Refusing Security It is perhaps easy to become despondent… and what its shimmering possibilities might be.
01/02/12
Turkey CP
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Text: The government of the Republic of Turkey should [plan]
The counterplan solves best—the US model is bankrupt and crowds out Turkish regional leadership BAROUD 2011 (Ramzy, internationally syndicated journalist, “Arabs Should Follow Turkish Model,” Gulf News, June 22, http://gulfnews.com/opinions/columnists/arabs-should-follow-turkish-model-1.824859) The third consecutive victory of Turkey’s…specific political agendas and military ambitions.
01/02/12
Saudi DA
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Saudi DA
US-Saudi relations high now despite disagreements over Arab Springs and Palestine vote
AFP 10/1
“US-Saudi ties strong: White House” (http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jsyZQTF1lsB7wp8WLN8Dh_WvTerg?docId=CNG.744d16200e5347083eda023b63ff4507.211)
The United States and Saudi Arabia are satisfied with ... "halt the death machine... before it's too late."
Saudi Arabia will break off cooperation—turns the aff
Vali Nasr, Professor of International Politics at Tufts, “Will the Saudis Kill the Arab Spring?,” Bloomberg, May 23, 2011, http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-23/will-the-saudis-kill-the-arab-spring-.html
The kingdom has emerged as the leader of a…which qualify on neither count.
It drives Saudis to proliferate
Guzansky 8/1/11 (Yoel, research fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies at Tel Aviv University. "TEHRAN TESTS SAUDIS' NERVE ON NUKES", LEXIS)
UNTIL recently it appeared that…at a cost of more than $US300 billion.
Saudi prolif spurs regional arms race
Bowman 08 (Bradley, International Affairs Fellow at the CFR. “Chain Reaction: Avoiding a Nuclear Arms Race in the Middle East.” Report to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, February 2008. http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CPRT-110SPRT39674/html/CPRT-110SPRT39674.htm.)
A Saudi nuclear weapon might also … weapon and take steps to decrease this likelihood.
Middle East prolif escalates and goes nuclear
Edelman et al 11 (Eric S., Distinguished Fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. Andrew Krepinevich, President of the CSBA. Evan Montgomery, Research Fellow at the CSBA. “The Dangers of a Nuclear Iran: The Limits of Containment.” Foreign Affairs, January 1, 2011. http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/67162/eric-s-edelman-andrew-f-krepinevich-jr-and-evan-braden-montgomer/the-dangers-of-a-nuclear-iran.)
More important, emerging nuclear powers … potentially triggering a regional nuclear war.
