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  • China Add-On

    • Tournament: Gonzaga | Round: 2 | Opponent: Weber GO | Judge: Sam Allen



    • See UNLV EN

      Round 3 - China Add-On
      The Uighurs Will Model Egypts Violent Protests
      The Economist Feb 20th 2011 Catching a whiff of jasmine in Kashgar
      TWO fire engines stood  AND by the blackout.

      An upsurge in radicalism triggers internal fissures in Western China.
      Rotar 2004 (Igor Rotar is an expert in Central Asia, a Eurasianet correrspondent in Central Asia, and a Central Asia correspondent for Forum-18, a Norway-based news agency specializing in religious rights. He has lived in the region for six years. The Jamestown Foundation   Volume 4, Issue 8   April 15) TG
      'Chinese Chechnya'  AND violent struggle.

      Xinjiang violence escalates to disintegration of China- goes nuclear and sucks in great powers including the US and India
      Klintworth 1994 (Gary, Senior Research Fellow, Northeast Asia Project, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, Canberra, Greater China and regional security, Australian Journal of International Affairs, http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/10357719408445133) TG
      China also has many problems,  AND and global security.



09/11/11
  • Gonzaga Round 2 vs Weber GO

    • Tournament: Gonzaga | Round: 2 | Opponent: Weber GO | Judge: Sam Allen



    • The United States Federal government ought to provide funding to unregistered nongovernmental organizations operating in the country referenced in the United States Code Title 22, Chapter 49, Subchapter 1, Section 3403.
      Advantage 1 Regional Stability
      Minimal Levels of Current Assistance From Goes to Unregistered NGOs  in Egypt

      Sharp, 6-17-’11 (Jeremy- Specialist in Middle Eastern Affairs, “Egypt in transition”, CRS)

      The degree of U.S. …,   government-to-government projects. 


      Recent Changes in US Aid Policy Are Cosmetic – A Majority of Went to US Contractors and Not Civil Society Organizations

      Michael Allen Editor of Democracy Digest August 19 2011 Egypt’s military doing ‘exactly what Mubarak did’ to stifle democrats Demdigest.net

      The US announced $65 million …hould only fund government-approved NGOs.

       


      The Plan is Key to Solidify Commitment to Civil Society – Decoupling Democracy Assistance From Egyptian Politics Reaffirms Our Commitment to a Democratic Transition

      By Quinn O'Keefe Senior Associate, Human Rights Defenders August 16 2011 “U.S. Should Be Proud of Doing the Right Thing to Support Independent Civil Society in Egypt” Human Rights First

      The U.S. government is really taking it on the chin in Egypt these days. The current Egyptian government and members of the press that had previously been … organizations can register and operate without undue government interference.
      And Egypt Wont Say No Despite Public Opposition

      Gamal Essam El-Din political analyst and reporter with Al-Ahram Weekly Friday 5 Aug 2011

      US aid to Egypt's civil society: a need, a blessing and a curse

      http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/1/17749/Egypt/US-aid-to-Egypts-civil-society-a-need,-a-blessing-.aspx

      Aboul-Naga’s senior advisor, … Egypt more than $50 billion in civil assistance over 40 years.
      The Plans Unambiguous US signal is key to reestablish civil society and Would Solidify Any Current Gains in US Leadership Within the Region

      Kramer and Puddington 8/4/2011 (David J. and Arch, president of Freedom House, director of research at Freedom House, Look to the cold war to chill fresh calls for American isolationism; Several Democrats and Republicans are calling for a fresh  and dangerous  isolationism. But just as Europe needed US leadership after the cold war, so does the Arab world now., Christian Science Monitor, lexis)

      To be sure, Americans' unease with … reemerge triumphant, America will certainly count itself among the losers.
      Absent This Shift in US Strategic Thinking Decline is Inevitable

      Richard L. Armitage and Joseph S. Nye, Jr. 2007 [quals: Armitage is president of Armitage international and former Deputy Secretary of State During Bush Jr, Nye is a prof of poli sci @ Harvard] “HOW AMERICA CAN BECOME A SMARTER POWER” CSIS COMMISSION ON SMART POWER

      Our view, and the collective view of this …, and requires a new way of thinking about American power.
      Legitimacy is Key to Solve War

      Brookes, Senior Fellow for National Security Affairs at the Heritage Foundation and is a member of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, 7-20-11 (Peter, “Why the World Needs a Strong America”, http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.9986/pub_detail.asp)

      Some say American clout is waning—… that is the envy of all other armed forces.    
      Independently the Plans Signal is Key to Contain Regional Terrorism

      Zarate and Gordon, 6-’11 (Juan- a Senior Adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the former Deputy National Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism, and David- Program Manager and a Research Assistant with the CSIS Transnational Threats Project, “The Battle for Reform with Al-Qaeda”, Washington Quarterly)

      If inadequate reform leads to … disillusionment of democrats and dissidents.
      Al Qaeda in Egypt is Modeled

      Garvey, 6-11-‘11 (William- Strategic Intelligence Studies Graduate Student- American Military University, “Whither Al-Qaeda? The Future of Extremist Groups in Post-Revolutionary North Africa”)

      The results of this study may be of interest to anyone holding a stake in the future of   North Africa.  Egypt is very influential in the Arab world and … with persistent observation and close analysis,  some light may be shed on the path they will tread.
      That Causes Nuclear Terrorism and Guarantees Nuclear Retaliation and an Arms Race

      Rhodes Richard, affiliate of the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University, Former visiting scholar at Harvard and MIT, and author of “The Making of the Atomic Bomb” which won the Pulitzer Prize in Nonfiction, National Book Award, and National Book Critics Circle Award. 12-14-09“Reducing the nuclear threat: The argument for public safety” http://www.thebulletin.org/web-edition/op-eds/reducing-the-nuclear-threat-the-argument-public-safety

       

      The response was very different among … nothing to do with those attacks in the name of sending a message.


      Advantage 2 Oil
      Supporting NGOs Focused on Democratic Reform is Critical to Reinvigorating Strength Within Civil Society Organizations
      David Schenker Director of the Program on Arab Politics at The Washington Institute 2011 July 25 Egypt’s Enduring ChallengesPolicy Recommendations http://www.thecuttingedgenews.com/index.php?article=52459
      . Reallocate financing for AND the new government.

      Absent a Strong Civil Society activism will focus on street politics - that ensures fragmentation and devolution into violence
      Marc Lynch Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs" at The George Washington University August 1 2011 “Tahrir Turning Points” Foreign Policy http://mideast.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/08/01/tahrir_turning_points
      But the Brotherhood's dilemma AND return to civilian rule.

      That Spills Over to All Regional Transitions
      Michele Dunne Director of Rafik Harari Center for the Middle East, Atlantic Council et al. 2011 July “EGYPT’S DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION: FIVE IMPORTANT MYTHS ABOUT THE ECONOMY AND INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE” Legatum Institute and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
      (Authors cont’d: Jeffrey Gedmin, President and CEO, Legatum Institute; Marek Dabrowski, Center for Social and Economic Research; Uri Dadush, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Hafez Ghanem, UN Food and Agriculture Organization; Mara Revkin, Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, Atlantic Council; Dalibor Rohac, Legatum Institute; Dessy Roussanova, International Alert; Michal Safianik, Community of Democracies; Tarik Yousef, Dubai School of Government)
      If the democratic transition AND a turbulent region.

      The Regional Spread of Egypt Style Violent Protests Would Tank Investor Confidence and Cause Massive Oil Shocks
      Rick Newman Chief Business Correspondent for the US News and World Report 2011 February 20
      How Middle East Unrest Could Harm the World Economy
      http://seekingalpha.com/article/253971-how-middle-east-unrest-could-harm-the-world-economy
      Oil, however, is a different AND a game-changer.

      Middle East Instability is the Key Internal Link to Oil Shocks – This Would Cause Global Double Dip
      Nouriel Roubini professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business 2011 March 14 The Economic Consequences of the Arab Revolt http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/roubini36/English
      Political turmoil in AND and final users.

      Nuclear War
      Mead, Senior Fellow in U.S. Foreign Policy @ CFR,  09  [Walter Russell, The New Republic, “Only Makes You Stronger”, 2/4, http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=571cbbb9-2887-4d81-8542-92e83915f5f8&p=2]



      Advantage 3 is Elections
      The Muslim Brotherhood Will Win a Majority in the Parliamentary Elections Now

      Amin Saikal Professor of Political Science and Director of the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies at Australian National University August 11, 2011 Egypt must tough it out on the often rocky road to revolution

      http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/egypt-must-tough-it-out-on-the-often-rocky-road-to-revolution-20110810-1imnl.html#ixzz1UhbNfKoW

      IN EGYPT, the balance of political popularity is …Brotherhood dominance in Egyptian politics.
      The Most Frequently Cited Polls Going the Other Way Are Wrong – They Use Small Sample Sizes, Selectively Publish Data and Ignore Political Realities

      by Valentina Colombo Professor of Geopolitics of the Islamic world at the European University of Rome August 10, 2011 The Muslim Brotherhood and the Egyptian Elections

      "It seems clear that the Big Bad Brotherhood … leader of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party, as did the Japanese ambassador to Egypt.
      Strengthening Civil Society is Key to Changing the Outcome of the Elections – 2 Reasons
      First is Resources

      Reese Neader is the Roosevelt Institute Campus Network’s Policy Director. 2011 August 16 Egypt’s Future Lies in Empowering the Working Class http://www.newdeal20.org/2011/08/16/egypts-future-lies-in-empowering-the-working-class-55083/

      The Muslim Brotherhood has been providing social services …; what they don’t have is the access to resources that can properly address those issues.
      Second is Electoral Transparency

      David Schenker Director of the Program on Arab Politics at The Washington Institute 2011 July 25 Egypt’s Enduring ChallengesPolicy Recommendations http://www.thecuttingedgenews.com/index.php?article=52459

      Given the present situation, the trajectory of … that a credible process of reform is under way.
      And Absent Opportunity to Win Activists Will Boycott the Election – That Tanks Election Legitimacy

      By Marc Lynch Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs" at The George Washington University, September 6, 2011 Will Egypt's Activists Boycott the Election?

      Egyptian activist groups have called …provoke some public discussion... and, hopefully, to be proven wrong.
      Muslim Brotherhood Takeover Tanks US Power Projection and Guarantees Israeli Lash Out – Only A Democratic Victory in the Elections Can Solve

      By George Friedman Chief Executive Officer and founder of STRATFOR 2011 January 30 The Egypt Crisis in a Global Context: A Special Report STRATFOR

      For the United States, an Islamist Egypt would be … geopolitical arrangements would remain unchanged.
      Israel Deterrence Args Don’t Apply to the Brotherhood

      Paikin, 6-6-’11 (Zach- research associate at the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs, “What America’s Mid-East Foreign Policy Directive Should Look Like”, The Sentry)

      On the Arab-Israeli front, the United States … of the West’s petroleum interests as happened in 1973-1974.
      And The Brotherhood Will Nuclearize to Counter Israel – That Will Spark a Nuclear Arms Race in the Middle East and Makes War Inevitable

      Henry Sokolski Executive Director of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center 2011 February 8,  Gimme Fuel Gimme Fire The New Republic

      When the Iranian Revolution overthrew the Shah in… rejected American pleas to forswear making nuclear fuel as a condition for securing U.S. nuclear cooperation.
      Egypt Israel Conflict Goes Nuclear

      Eldar, ‘3 (Dan- adjunct research fellow at the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Tel Aviv University. He was previously senior analyst at the Israeli prime minister's office., “Egypt and Israel: A Reversible Peace, Middle East Quarterly Fall 2003, pp. 57-65)

      In addition, there is a risk that relations … with dire consequences for the entire region.



11/11/11
  • Gonzaga Round 3 vs Gonzaga DH

    • Tournament: Gonzaga | Round: 3 | Opponent: Gonzaga DH | Judge: Aaron Hardy



    • See Round 2 vs. Weber GO - Same plan and 1AC



11/11/11
  • Kentucky Round 6 vs West Georgia DF

    • Tournament: Kentucky | Round: 6 | Opponent: West Georgia DF | Judge: R. Cheek

    • Voting to Exclude Palestine From the Topic Pushes the Peace Process to the Periphery And Ignores Status Quo Foreign Policy - While It May Still Appear in Portions of Debates, In Depth Discussions of Specific Proposals is Key to Raise Public Awareness

      Arab American Institute 2011 May 16 Obama Speech to the Arab World Shouldn’t Ignore a Plan for Israeli-Palestinian Peace http://www.aaiusa.org/dr-zogby/entry/obama-speech-to-the-arab-world-shouldnt-ignore-a-plan-for-israeli-palestini/. [quals: the AAI is a non-profit, nonpartisan national leadership organization that promotes civic engagement for Arabs in the United States]

      On the one hand, AND would be a mistake.

      This Calls Into Question the Credibility of the Entire Topic  - Palestine is the TEST CASE For the Success of US Democracy Assistance in the Region

      Carlo Strenger is a professor of psychology at Tel Aviv University and serves on the Terrorism Panel of the World Federation of Scientists 2011 June 13 Palestine’s White September http://mideast.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/06/13/palestine_s_white_september

      Talk about this bidAND yet quite clear.

      Current Democracy Movements in Israel Are Demonstrative of This Exclusion – the Israeli Public Has Erased Palestinian Occupation From Reality, Making the Movement Fall Short

      Joseph Dana journalist and human rights advocate based in Jerusalem 2011 August 12 Isreali Activists Exclude Them From Protests The National

      Despite the connection AND external pressure.

      Our story begins in 1948.

      Lowrance in 2005 writes(Sherry, assistant Professor of International Affairs at the University of Georgia, “Being Palestinian in Israel: Identity, Protest, and Social Exclusion”, Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East”, Project Must)

      Zionist pioneers began AND Israeli Palestinian community.

      Funny thing is democracy doesn’t always pan out like we planned.

       

      Farred ‘8 (Grant, Cornell University, “Disorderly Democratic”, CR: The New Centennial Review”, Project Muse, Fall)

      Democracy is hated,AND unruly practice.

      The Arab Spring has reached Palestine-

       

      Ryan 6/8 (Yasim, Al Jazeera, “Palestinian Activism Energised by Arab Spring”,  http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/06/201168131013184315.html 2011)

       

       Palestinian activists are AND she said.

      It is impossible to ignore Palestine when discussing the Arab Spring

      Abdel-Moneim Said Director of Al Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies 2011 June Netanyahu and the Arab spring http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2011/1051/op1.htm

      Two regionally and AND of Arab stagnation.

      And Once Again, the United States Will Democratically Exclude Palestine

      Reuters 8/16 (“Abbas Confirms to Make U.N. Statehood Bid in September”, http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE77F37W20110816 2011)

      President Mahmoud AND block the application.

      Exclusion Places the Palestinian Body as Permanently Outside of the Sovereign – This Makes It the Permanent Site of Endless Violence and Provides a Framework for Understanding All Systems of Oppression

      Lentin ‘8 (Ronit, Lecturer in Sociology, at Trinity College in Dublin, Thinking Palestine, Pg. 37)

      Racial palestinianization AND quite physically.

      Participation of the Arab Spring on American college campuses is essential to undoing the dominant paradigm  toward the Middle East

      By Jacques Berlinerblau director of the Program for Jewish Civilization at Georgetown University  May 1, 2011, 11:46 am The ‘Arab Spring,’ Israel, and the Silence of the Academy

      The Arab world is AND another day).

      Recognition of the Palestinian narrative in the American conscience is a necessity for American policy makers if our interests are to be preserved

      Ayoob 6/11 (Mohammed, Open Democracy, “Palestine, Israel, and the United States: Reframing the Dominant Narrative”, http://www.opendemocracy.net/mohammed-ayoob/palestine-israel-and-united-states-reframing-dominant-narrative 2011)

      While it is valid to take account AND democratizing Middle East.

      Our Aff is Essential to Breaking the Misinformation Campaign of Community – The Community Has Selectively Interpreted Democracy Assistance and the Political Movements of the Arab Spring to Create a Positive Perception of the Topic

      Stephen M. Walt, Professor of International Affairs at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, July 21, 2011, “International Affairs and the Public Sphere,” online: http://publicsphere.ssrc.org/walt-international-affairs-and-the-public-sphere/

       Second, and more importantly AND it might wish.




11/11/11
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11/11/11
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    • Round 5 AFF vs. Wayne State LM

      Judge: Struth

      Changes - New Plan

      Text: The United States federal government ought to substantially increase its democracy assistance for transparent goverance to local governments in the Republic of Yemen.

      Aff: UNLV EM
      Round #3   Tournament: Wake
      vs: Georgetown CV
      Judge: Symonds

       

       

      Plan Text

      The USFG ought to substantially increase its political party assistance to Shaykhs in the Republic of Yemen.

       

      1ac Advantages

      Terrorism/AQAP (Cyber terror, nuke terror)

       

      2ac Offense

       

       

      1ar Strategy

       

       

      2ar Strategy
      Perm on K

      Aff: UNLV EM

      Round #2   Tournament: Shirley

      vs: Towson EM

      Judge:David Register

       

       

      Plan Text

      The Role of the ballot is to affirm the inclusion of Palestine within the topic.

       

       

      1ac Advantages

      Palestinization, Personal Activism

       

      2ac Offense

      Palestinization outweighs

      Palestine Demo Key

       

      1ar Strategy

      Same

       

      2ar Strategy

      Same




11/11/11
  • Yemen Aff - Doubles Wake

    • Tournament: Wake | Round: Doubles | Opponent: Northwestern BK | Judge: Cram, Harrigan, Symonds

    • AQAP recruitment now—Saleh’s declining legitimacy and opposition fragmentation

      COMBATING TERRORISM CENTER AT WEST POINT 11 (September, "A False Foundation?

      AQAP, Tribes and Ungoverned Spaces in Yemen")

      In seeking a Yemen permissive AND Afghanistan and Iraq.

       

      The Threat From AQAP is Still High Despite Awlaki’s Death

      By Frederick W. Kagan Ians Heg Bro 9/30, 2011 Targeted Killings Can’t Be Total Strategy to Defeat al Qaeda http://blog.american.com/2011/09/targeted-killings-cant-be-total-strategy-to-defeat-al-qaeda/ [real quals: scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), and a former professor of military history at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point]

      The killing of al Qaeda AND we have done yet.

       

      AQAP is Key to All of Al Qeada and is the Only  Branch Capable of a US Attack

      Frank J. Cilluffo Director of the Homeland Security Policy Institute at The George Washington University, and  Clinton Watts, Principal consultant at PA Consulting Group and a Senior Fellow at the Homeland Security Policy Institute and a former U.S. Army Officer and former Special Agent with the FBI,  2011 6/24 “Yemen & Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula: Exploiting a Window of Counterterrorism Opportunity”

      AQAP is the only AND attack from AQAP.

       

      AQAP Has the Capabilities To Strike Both Regionally and in the United States

      COMBATING TERRORISM CENTER AT WEST POINT 11 (September, "A False Foundation?  AQAP, Tribes and Ungoverned Spaces in Yemen")

      Whatever their actual motives AND antecedents in Yemen.

       

      AQAP has the ability to launch a nuclear or Radiological Attack

      Elaine M. Grossman 6/10 2011 Global Security Newswire, “Panetta: Yemeni Support for Counterterrorism Persists, Despite Instability”

      Attacks targeting the AND dangerous technologies.

       

      And even an unsuccessful nuclear attack results in retaliation, which leads to extinction

      Ayson 10 (Robert, Professor of Strategic Studies and Director of the Centre for Strategic Studies: New Zealand at the Victoria University of Wellington, “After a Terrorist Nuclear Attack: Envisaging Catalytic Effects,” Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, Volume 33, Issue 7, July, Available Online to Subscribing Institutions, InformaWorld)

      But these two nuclear AND unwilling to provide.

       

      Al-Qaeda is gearing up for cyber-attacks – they have the capability

      Faryal Leghari is Assistant Editor of Khaleej Times 2011“Hit C for cyberterrorism”, Jan 29, 2011, http://www.yobserver.com/opinions/10020698.html

      The defining word AND our defenses accordingly.

       

      That Controls the Flashpoint For Multiple Nuclear Wars

      Jason Fritz researcher for International Commission on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament, former Army officer and consultant, and has a master of international relations at Bond University 2009  Hacking Nuclear Command and Control,” July,  http://www.icnnd.org/latest/research/Jason_Fritz_Hacking_NC2.pdf

      This paper will analyse AND control centres directly.

       


      Regime Change is Inevitable – Saleh Will Either Lose in the Elections Promised by the GCC or Be Overwhelmed by the Protesters – Establishing a Counterweight is Key

      By James Gundun political scientist and counterinsurgency analyst. His blog, The Trench, covers the underreported areas of U.S. foreign policy 10/20 2011 Evading Ali Saleh's Next Trap http://www.palestinechronicle.com/view_article_details.php?id=17193

      Adhering to a historic AND the Yemeni Revolution.”

       

      Lack of Democracy Assistance is Alienating Opposition Groups – The Plan is Key to Secure Future Cooperation on AQAP

      Democracy Digest March 23 2011 “Embrace opposition to prepare for post-Saleh Yemen” http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2011/03/embrace-opposition-to-prepare-for-post-saleh-yemen/

      The crisis in AND other internal opponents.

       

      Tribal engagement is critical to defeat AQAP

      Jeb Boone is a freelance journalist and former managing editor of The Yemen Times 10/18 October 18, 2011 at 11:42 am EDT The Christian Science Monitor US must engage Yemen's real power-brokers

      Yemen’s rural tribes AND Yemen (AQAP).

       

      Now is key to work with tribes—that solves AQAP

      Daniel Green, Soref fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, focusing on Yemen, al-Qaeda, counterinsurgency, and stability operations 2011, “The American Moment in Yemen”,http://fikraforum.org/2011/04/the-american-moment-in-yemen/)

      It is becoming increasingly AND the United States.

       

      And Tribal Support is Key to Develop a Strong Intelligence Network on the Ground

      Peter Knoetgen, Central European Journal of International and Security Studies, 2011 5/16/11, “Chaos and Terrorism: How to Fight al-Qaeda in Yemen Amid Political Turmoil” http://www.cejiss.org/columns/chaos-and-terrorism-how-fight-al-qaeda-yemen-amid-political-turmoil

      For security forces AND without reciprocal assistance.

       

      Drone strikes on AQAP are inevitable but will fail and produce blowback because of lack of local knowledge – plan is key

      Gude and Sofer 11 (Ken and Ken, Managing Director of the National Security and Internal Policy Program and Special Assistant, "Misfiring at Al Qaeda in Yemen," Center for American Progress, July 14, http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2011/06/yemen_drones)

      The Wall Street Journal AND serious problem worse.

       

      Mutually assured destruction has made interstate war obsolete, nuclear terrorism is the only scenario that triggers nuclear escalation by states

      Caplow, ‘7 (Theodore- commonwealth professor of sociology emeritus at the univ. of virginia, Forbidden Wars, University Press of America, p.97-98)

      Nuclear weapons, which AND a nuclear response.

       

      Nuclear terrorist attack would be so psychologically damaging that it would cause irrational retaliation—destroying deterrence

      Bostrom, Ackerman and Potter, ‘8 (Nick-Director of the future of humanity institute at oxford university, specializes in probability theory, scientific method, and risk analysis- former expert consultant for european commission in Brussels and the CIA, Gary- research director of the national consortium for START and Director of the center for terrorism and intelligence studies, and William- Institute professor and director of the center for nonproliferation studies on numerous committees of the national academy of science, “Global Catastrophic Risks”, Oxford University Press, p.430-31)

      Unlike the more AND as we know it.

       

      There is an almost zero probability for great power shoot out- our evidence indicts all of the negatives impact scenarios

      Fettweis, ‘8 (Christopher J.- PoliSci Proff @ Tulan University and Former Proff of U.S. foreign policy and Grand strategy @ naval war college, “Losing Hurts Twice as Bad”, W.W. Norton & Company, p.190-94)

      One can be fairly AND future situation appears.

      There is a bias against rationality in the literature- your epistemology is flawed

      Goldstein, ’11 (Joshua- - professor emeritus of international relations at American University,  “Winning the War on War: The Decline of Armed Conflict Worldwide”, Dutton Adult, p.242, September)

      Harvard psychologist AND keep getting better."




11/13/11
  • Yemen Aff- Coast

    • Tournament: USC-CSUF | Round: | Opponent: | Judge:

    • Plan: The United States federal government ought to substantially increase its local governance assistance for democratic capacity-building to Shaykhs and the Yemeni Youth Movement in the Republic of Yemen.

       

      Contention 1: The Transition-

       

      Saleh is stepping down – focus on Yemeni youth is key to preventing them going radical

      Entrikin et al., ‘11 (Devin- Master's Candidate in International Affairs at the New School University, “The Arab Spring in the Arabian Peninsula”, Fall 2011- December 2011)

      The GCC deal was AND involved will gain.

      We must act now to ensure the transition succeeds

      Craig, 12-28-11 (Iona- journalist based in Sana'a, Yemen and the London Times Yemen Correspondent., “We have known nothing but war”, The National)

      Yemen's upheaval was AND said Mr Al Iryani.

      The Advantage Is Terrorism-

       

      AQAP recruitment is up now—because of power vacuum caused by Saleh’s decline AND fragmented opposition

      From THE COMBATING TERRORISM CENTER AT WEST POINT 11 (September, "A False Foundation? AQAP, Tribes and Ungoverned Spaces in Yemen")

      In seeking a Yemen AND Afghanistan and Iraq.

      AND, Selectively Killing Just AQAP Leaders will Never Solve, we must refocus our efforts against the core of AQAP—Empirics prove.

      By Frederick W. Kagan Ians Heg Bro 9/30, 2011 Targeted Killings Can’t Be Total Strategy to Defeat al Qaeda http://blog.american.com/2011/09/targeted-killings-cant-be-total-strategy-to-defeat-al-qaeda/ [real quals: scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), and a former professor of military history at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point]

      The killing of AND have done yet.

      AND Generic Al-Qaeda defense doesn’t apply AQAP is the key to global Al-Qaeda

      Frank J. Cilluffo Director of the Homeland Security Policy Institute at The George Washington University, and  Clinton Watts, Principal consultant at PA Consulting Group and a Senior Fellow at the Homeland Security Policy Institute and a former U.S. Army Officer and former Special Agent with the FBI,  2011 6/24 “Yemen & Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula: Exploiting a Window of Counterterrorism Opportunity”

      AQAP is the AND attack from AQAP.

      Scenario 1 is Nuclear Terrorism-

      It’s inevitable now

      Us Russia Joint Threat Assessment, 5-‘11  ABOUT THE U.S.-RUSSIA JOINT THREAT ASSESSMENT ON NUCLEAR TERRORISM The U.S.-Russia Joint Threat Assessment on Nuclear Terrorism is a collaborative project of Harvard University’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and the U.S.A. and Canada AND nuclear terrorism occurs.

      AQAP purchased uranium to attack the U.S.

      Elaine M. Grossman 6/10 2011 Global Security Newswire, “Panetta: Yemeni Support for Counterterrorism Persists, Despite Instability”

      Attacks targeting the AND dangerous technologies

      Even if unsuccessful it causes retaliation and extinction

      Ayson 10 (Robert, Professor of Strategic Studies and Director of the Centre for Strategic Studies: New Zealand at the Victoria University of Wellington, “After a Terrorist Nuclear Attack: Envisaging Catalytic Effects,” Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, Volume 33, Issue 7, July, Available Online to Subscribing Institutions, InformaWorld)

      But these two nuclear worlds AND unwilling to provide.

      SCENARIO 2 IS BIO-TERRORISM

       

      First, Risk of an AQAP Bioterror Attack is High – We’ve Created Super Bugs and Terrorists Can Easily Replicate Them

      Laurie Garrett senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations, recipient of the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for her coverage of the Ebola epidemic in what was then Zaire 12/15 2011 The Bioterrorist Next Door ForeignPolicy.com

      In September, AND of legitimate research.

      AND, Release of these Super-Bugs Causes Extinction

      Daily Mail UK 11/28 2011 'Anthrax isn't scary at all compared to this': Man-made flu virus with potential to wipe out many millions if it ever escaped is created in research lab

      A group of AND as this one

      None of Your Defense Applies – Lack of a Global Distribution Mechanisms Means Viral Mutations Would Be Inevitable – Vaccinations Would Be Irrelevant

      By Laurie Garrett was one of three scientific consultants on the Warner Bros. film "Contagion." She is a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations. Warner Bros. is owned by Time Warner Inc. 2011 9/13 Special to CNN updated 9:00 PM EST, Tue September 13, 2011 “'Contagion' is part reality, part fantasy, totally possible” http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/13/opinion/garrett-contagion-virus/

      Steven Soderbergh's AND financially and politically.

      SCENARIO 3—NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

       

      Now is the KEY TIME, post-Fukushima AQAP will attack nuclear power plants across the globe – causes meltdowns

      Kimery 11 – Homeland Security Today's senior reporter and online editor (Anthony, W. Scott Malone, multiple Emmy and Peabody award-winning investigative journalist and former senior editor of NavySEALs.com. He runs the website's counterterrorism newsletter spin-off, “BlackNET Intelligence Channel,” 05/12, “Al Qaeda Could Try to Replicate Fukushima-type Meltdowns,” http://www.hstoday.us/blogs/the-kimery-report/blog/al-qaeda-could-try-to-replicate-fukushima-type-meltdowns/aa96292934d83bb8c9f97fd9d685f32b.html)

       

      A May 5 AND matter of hours

      Meltdowns cause extinction

      Lendman 11 – Research Associate of the Centre for Research on Globalization (Stephen, 03/ 13, “Nuclear Meltdown in Japan,” http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/TPV3/Voices.php/2011/03/13/nuclear-meltdown-in-japan)

       

      Reuters said the AND outside East Asia.

      CONTENTION 2 IS SOLVENCY

       

      Must support BOTH The Youth Movement And Tribes—Youth has the enthusiasm and Tribes have the power, Their coop is Key to a Successful Transition.

      Boone, 2011

      Jeb Boone is a freelance journalist and former managing editor of The Yemen Times 10/18 October 18, 2011 at 11:42 am EDT The Christian Science Monitor US must engage Yemen's real power-brokers

      Yemen’s rural tribes AND or countering AQAP.

      Political party support key to effective organization and ensures the success of the Yemeni Youth movement

      Al-Akhali, 6-30- ‘11 (Rafat- Youth Activist and Co-founder of Resonate! Yemen initiative - Youth initiative that aims to bring the voices and ideas of Young Yemenis to Yemen's public policy discourse and support youth action initiatives, "Youth in Post-Revolution Yemen: A View from the ground," Muftah)

      Given these realities AND of these elections.

      And, The plan is key to engage the tribes and to solve.

      Democracy and Governance Assessment of Yemen, 4

      ("Democracy and Governance Assessment of Yemen," Work Conducted Under Core Task Order No. 1 Under USAID Contract, February, pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNACX728.pdf This Democracy and Governance (DG) Assessment of Yemen resulted from collaboration among USAID’s Bureau of Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance/Office of Democracy and Governance (DCHA/DG), the USAID Bureau for Asia and the Near East (ANE), USAID/Yemen, the U.S. Embassy in Sana’a, and the Department of State’s Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Middle East Partnership Initiative (NEA/PI/MEPI). The Assessment Team that visited Yemen included Dr. Rhys Payne (ARD), Dr. Ezzedine Moudoud (ARD), Mr. Oliver Wilcox (ANE), and Ms. Tanya Stasiuk (NEA/MEPI). The assessment methodology was developed by the Strategies and Field Support Team of the Center for Democracy and Governance. The Assessment Team wishes to acknowledge the considerable logistical and substantive assistance provided by Post in Yemen. We would like to thank Garret Harries, Abdelkader Mohsen, and Shaif Al Hamdany for their excellent support and insights during the team’s fieldwork in Yemen in September and October 2003. The team also wishes to acknowledge the extensive assistance and input of the Political and Economic Sections of the Embassy, especially that of Cathy Westley, Jill Hutchings, and Mary Brett Rogers, during our fieldwork and afterwards. The assessment benefited from many insights, clarifications, and queries offered by Post. The authors are also grateful to Ambassador Edmund Hull for his observations during the oral outbriefing, as well as to Deputy Chief of Mission Alan Misenheimer and USAID/Yemen Mission Representative Dr. Douglas Heisler for their guidance during the team’s oral inbriefings. In addition, the Assessment Team would like to thank Joshua Kaufman of the Center for Democracy and Governance and Ricki Gold of the ANE Bureau for their technical guidance throughout the process.)

      4.3.2 Local Governance AND of the people.

      Drone strikes on AQAP are inevitable but will fail and produce blowback because of lack of local knowledge – plan is key

      Gude and Sofer 11 (Ken and Ken, Managing Director of the National Security and Internal Policy Program and Special Assistant, "Misfiring at Al Qaeda in Yemen," Center for American Progress, July 14, http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2011/06/yemen_drones)

      The Wall Street Journal AND serious problem worse.

      Observation 3- Our impacts are true—yours aren’t.

       

      Mutually assured destruction has made interstate war obsolete, nuclear terrorism is the only scenario that triggers nuclear escalation by states

      Caplow, ‘7 (Theodore- commonwealth professor of sociology emeritus at the univ. of virginia, Forbidden Wars, University Press of America, p.97-98)

      Nuclear weapons, which AND a nuclear response.

      Nuclear terrorist attack would be so psychologically damaging that it would cause irrational retaliation—destroying deterrence

      Bostrom, Ackerman and Potter, ‘8 (Nick-Director of the future of humanity institute at oxford university, specializes in probability theory, scientific method, and risk analysis- former expert consultant for european commission in Brussels and the CIA, Gary- research director of the national consortium for START and Director of the center for terrorism and intelligence studies, and William- Institute professor and director of the center for nonproliferation studies on numerous committees of the national academy of science, “Global Catastrophic Risks”, Oxford University Press, p.430-31)

      Unlike the more AND as we know it.




11/15/11
  • Egypt Aff- Coast

    • Tournament: CSUF | Round: 6 | Opponent: Wake BC | Judge: Sam Allen

    • Advantage 1 is the Transition

      Despite Current Levels of Violence the SCAF Has Kept the Protests Fragmented – SCAF Must Maintain Perceptions of Credibility to Ensure a Complete Transition

      Daily News Egypt 12/23/2011 (ANALYSIS: Violent protests may extend Egypt army's predominance, lexis)

      Street politics against the military cause Egyptian instability and kill the economy

      Daily News Egypt 12/23/2011 (ANALYSIS: Violent protests may extend Egypt army's predominance, lexis)

      Violent unrest by AND of the people

      Absent Rule of Law This Cycle is Inevitable

      Aziz, 11 (Sahar, Associate Professor at Texas Wesleyan School of Law, a legal fellow at the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding, “Rule Of Law, Not Rule By Law for Egypt”, 11/26/11, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sahar-aziz/rule-of-law-not-rule-by-l_b_1113644.html) WP

      Like past dictators, AND to that end.

      That Makes a Second Revolution Likely

      Jordan Times12/27/2011 Egypt- Anger in Tahrir as Islamists abandon protest movement http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093467229&src=MOEN

      (MENAFN - Jordan Times) AND Hussein said

      Scenario 1 is Terrorism

      Continued Instability Makes Egypt a Hotbed for Terrorism

      Ilan Berman vice president of the American Foreign Policy Council. December 29 2011

      Al-Qaeda's Newest Outpost http://www.forbes.com/sites/ilanberman/2011/12/29/al-qaedas-newest-outpost/

      But, as U.S. and AND and Israeli security

      And Egypt is Key

      Garvey, 6-11-‘11 (William- Strategic Intelligence Studies Graduate Student- American Military University, “Whither Al-Qaeda? The Future of Extremist Groups in Post-Revolutionary North Africa”)

      The results of AND they will tread.

      Nuclear Terror is Likely

      Us Russia Joint Threat Assessment, 5-‘11 http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/files/Joint-Threat-Assessment%20ENG%2027%20May%202011.pdf  ABOUT THE U.S.-RUSSIA JOINT THREAT ASSESSMENT ON NUCLEAR TERRORISM The U.S.-Russia Joint Threat Assessment on Nuclear Terrorism is a AND nuclear terrorism occurs.

      but when, where, and on what scale the first   act of nuclear terrorism occurs.

      That Causes Nuclear Terrorism and Guarantees Nuclear Retaliation and an Arms Race

      Rhodes Richard, affiliate of the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University, Former visiting scholar at Harvard and MIT, and author of “The Making of the Atomic Bomb” which won the Pulitzer Prize in Nonfiction, National Book Award, and National Book Critics Circle Award. 12-14-09“Reducing the nuclear threat: The argument for public safety” http://www.thebulletin.org/web-edition/op-eds/reducing-the-nuclear-threat-the-argument-public-safety

       

      The response was AND sending a message

      Scenario 2 is Israel

      Failure of democracy in Egypt leads to scapegoating; leaders will deflect anti- regime sentiments into anti- Israel sentiments escalating conflict

      Byman in 11 Daniel Byman, Professor in the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University, Research Director of the Saban Center tor Middle East Policy at Brookings, “Israel’s pessimistic view of the Arab Spring” http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0163660X.2011.588139

      Israel’s fears are much AND spiral into disaster

      That Causes Egypt Israel War

      Amr Yossef is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Taub Center for Israel Studies at New York University 9/28 2011 Foreign Affairs Securing the Sinai

      Instability in Sinai [1] AND neither side wants.

      And Israeli Perceptions of Border Threats Makes War Likely

      Saleh Al-Naami a Gaza-based journalist, an expert on Israeli affairs and correspondent for the London-based pan-Arab newspaper, Al-Sharq Al-Awsat.  9/21 Israeli alarm over elections in Egypt http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2011/1064/eg01.htm

      Amos Yadlin, former AND the past decades.

      They Will Use Nukes

      Taylor Rose International Relations and Strategic Intelligence – Liberty University, 2011 “The Islamic Revolution Part II”, Youth for Western Civilization, 2-1, http://www.westernyouth.org/articles/the-islamic-revolution-part-ii/

      Another source AND of her enemies

      Extinction

      Herbert I. London, President of the Hudson Institute, a New York University based political think tank, and professor of Humanities at New York University, Hudson New York, 6/28/10, http://www.hudson-ny.org/1387/coming-crisis-in-the-middle-east

      The coming storm AND with imperial exhilaration

      Advantage 2 is Judicial Independence

      Most recent pushes for reform are still held back by internal disagreement- judicial reform is key to independence

      Egypt News 11 (12/30, "A year in review-Unfinished business", http://news.egypt.com/english/permalink/75314.html

      Judicial independence. AND put in place.

      Egypts Transition Will Be Modeled – Failure to Institute Rule of Law Collapses Into Regional Authoritarianism

      Mohamed Ani Salem Director – Development Works and Coordinator – UN Working Group in the Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs 2011  “Return of the Egyptian model?”, 3/10, http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2011/1038/op201.htm

      Taken together, AND predictions abound.

      The New Diamond—Impact is global security

      Halperin 11 (Morton H., Senior Advisor – Open Society Institute and Senior Vice President of the Center for American Progress, “Unconventional Wisdom – Democracy is Still Worth Fighting For”, Foreign Policy, January / February, http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/01/02/unconventional_wisdom?page=0,11

      As the United States AND if they succeed

      U.S. constitutional influence declining now – Rule of Law Assistance Through Judicial Assistance Programs Like the Plan Are Critical to Realign US Influence

      Law and Versteeg 11 [David S. Law, professor of law and political science at Washington University in St. Louis, and Mila Versteeg, associate professor at the University of Virginia School of Law, “The Declining Influence of the United States Constitution”, NYU Law Review Vol. 87, 2012]

      In 1987, to mark AND anecdotal impression

      Plan solves the key internal link to influence on Jurisprudence

      Ryan Suto, President of the Syracuse chapter of the American Constitution Society and will graduate with degrees in law, post-conflict reconstruction, international relations and public relations 7-15-2011, “Judicial Diplomacy: The International Impact of the Supreme Court”, Jurist Legal News & Research, http://jurist.org/dateline/2011/07/ryan-suto-judicial-diplomacy.php

      To enhance American AND in recent sessions.

      Unconditional Rule of Law Assistance is Key to Credibility

      Levine 11 (Mark, 12/15, professor of history at UC Irvine, "Q&A: Have human rights been left behind in Egypt?", http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/12/20111213115244470203.html)

      There are clearly mixed AND other things.

      Independently the Plans Pressure on the SCAF Solves Credibility

      By Neil Hicks International Policy Advisor 12-21-2011 Egypt: The SCAF Throws Down the Gauntlet http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/2011/12/21/egypt-the-scaf-throws-down-the-gauntlet/

      Whether it likes AND civil society activists

      EXTINCTION

      Khalilzad, former U.S. ambassador, 11

      (Zalmay, United States ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq, and the United Nations during the presidency of George W. Bush and the director of policy planning at the Defense Department from 1990 to 1992, 2-8-11, National Review Online, “The Economy and National Security,” http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/259024/economy-and-national-security-zalmay-khalilzad, accessed 2-8-11)

      We face this AND their regions.

      Contention 2 is Solvency

      The Plan Solves

      Human Rights First, ‘11

      How to Seize the Moment in Egypt Blueprint for Congress and the Obama Administration Released April 2011 http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/wp-content/uploads/pdf/Egypt-Blueprint-Seize-the-Moment.pdf Human Rights First is a non-profit, nonpartisan international human rights organization based in New York and Washington D.C. To maintain our independence, we accept no government funding.

      Potential Vectors of AND vision it demands

      Rule of Law Assistance Stabilizes the Transition

      Human Rights First, ‘11

      How to Seize the Moment in Egypt Blueprint for Congress and the Obama Administration Released April 2011 http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/wp-content/uploads/pdf/Egypt-Blueprint-Seize-the-Moment.pdf Human Rights First is a non-profit, nonpartisan international human rights organization based in New York and Washington D.C. To maintain our independence, we accept no government funding.

      Speculation aside, AND gains strength

      SCAF says yes- recent meetings prove commitment to rule of law reform

      AllAfrica 11 (12/21, "Egypt: SCAF, Advisory Council Recommends Stemming Bloodshed, Condemning Violations", http://allafrica.com/stories/201112220623.html)

      The joint meeting held by the AND of the republic

      Judicial Independence is Key to Maintaining the Transition – That’s Critical to Alleviating Key Concerns of the Protesters

      Michael Wahid Hanna fellow and program officer at The Century Foundation. He focuses on issues of international security, human rights, post-conflict justice and U.S. foreign policy in the broader Middle East. 2011 July 26 Special Report: Why the Past is Crucial to Egypt’s Future http://www.aucegypt.edu/gapp/cairoreview/pages/articleDetails.aspx?aid=78#

      As Egypt’s AND Egypt's transition




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