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504,577 | Embargo prevents access to tech and medicine | CNN 2009 | CNN 9/02/2009 “Report: U.S. sanctions put Cubans' health at risk” http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/09/01/amnesty.cuba.health/
LONDON, England (CNN) -- The U.S. trade embargo on Cuba is endangering the health of millions by limiting Cubans' access to medicines and medical technology, human rights group Amnesty Interna... | The embargo restricts the export of medicines and medical equipment from the U.S. and from any U.S.-owned company abroad
the embargo has a sweeping effect on Cuban healthcare
"Doctors in Cuba always worry that an international supplier will be bought out by a U.S. company, leaving medical equipment without replacement ... | null | An Amnesty report examines the effects of the sanctions, which have been in place since 1962. Amnesty International Secretary-General Irene Khan called the U.S. embargo immoral and said it should be lifted.
"It's preventing millions of Cubans from benefiting from vital medicines and medical equipment essential for thei... | 2689 | <h4>Embargo prevents access to tech and medicine </h4><p><strong>CNN</strong> 9/02/<strong>2009</strong> “Report: U.S. sanctions put Cubans' health at risk” http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/09/01/amnesty.cuba.health/ </p><p>LONDON, England (CNN) -- <u><strong>The U.S. trade embargo on Cuba is endangering the health o... | Cuba Aff | AT: Health Care Disad | AT: Health Care DA – Link Turn Ext | 275142 | 6 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,578 | Extend 2AC Yates- Chinese influence in Cuba is low due to resentment of their actions after the collapse of the Soviet Union and Cuba is trying to play China off against Taiwan- takes out Uniqueness to the DA- | null | null | null | null | null | null | <h4>Extend 2AC Yates- Chinese influence in Cuba is low due to resentment of their actions after the collapse of the Soviet Union and Cuba is trying to play China off against Taiwan- takes out Uniqueness to the DA-</h4> | Top-Shelf Aff Answers | Kritik Case Turns- | 1AR | 313314 | 1 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,579 | Climate change results in multiple scenarios for extinction – it’s try or die | Sawin, 12 | Sawin, 12 | As early as 1988 scientists cautioned that human tinkering with the Earth's climate amounted to uncontrolled globally pervasive experiment whose consequences could be second only to a global nuclear war." hundreds of scientific studies have documented ever-mounting evidence that human activities are altering the climat... | As early as 1988, scientists cautioned that tinkering with the Earth's climate amounted to uncontrolled consequences second only to a global nuclear war scientific studies have documented that human activities are altering the climate Climate change will likely trigger severe disruptions with ever-widening consequences... | Senior Director of the Energy and Climate Change Program at the WorldWatch Institute Aug. ’12
(Janet, “Climate Change Poses Greater Security Threat than Terrorism,” http://www.worldwatch.org/node/77, accessed 9/30/12,WYO/JF
As early as 1988, scientists cautioned that human tinkering with the Earth's climate amounted to... | 5534 | <h4><strong>Climate change results in multiple scenarios for extinction – it’s try or die </h4><p>Sawin, 12</p><p></strong>Senior Director of the Energy and Climate Change Program at the WorldWatch Institute Aug. ’12 </p><p>(Janet, “Climate Change Poses Greater Security Threat than Terrorism,” http://www.worldwatch.org... | Impacts- Generic | Trade Good | Warming | 271372 | 16 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,580 | Embargo restricts health care – equipment & chemicals | Amnesty International 2009 | Amnesty International 2009 “ The US Embargo Against Cuba: Its Impact on Economic and Social Rights” http://www.amnestyusa.org/pdfs/amr250072009eng.pdf | health care has also suffered from the limitations and restrictions imposed by the embargo on the procurement of basic and specialized medical equipment and chemical components needed for the production of generic medicines | null | The provision of health care has also suffered from the limitations and restrictions imposed by the embargo on the procurement of basic and specialized medical equipment and chemical components needed for the production of generic medicines. | 241 | <h4>Embargo restricts health care – equipment & chemicals </h4><p><strong>Amnesty International 2009</strong> “ The US Embargo Against Cuba: Its Impact on Economic and Social Rights” http://www.amnestyusa.org/pdfs/amr250072009eng.pdf</p><p>The provision of <u><strong>health care has also suffered from the limitations a... | Cuba Aff | AT: Health Care Disad | AT: Health Care DA – Link Turn Ext | 275145 | 2 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,581 | Free trade solves disease: makes medicines affordable and increases accessibility of medicine- Africa proves | Jason 10 | Jason 10 | Consider another argument for free trade given by presidents of Uganda and Tanzania Malaria is a vicious disease that is common in Africa. Over 200 million people suffer from it, and it kills 800,000 a year, disproportionately children. During the past decade, new diagnostic tests, drugs, and mosquitoproof netting have... | null | (Gary, teaches in the Department of Philosophy, California State University, Liberty, “The Case for Free Trade,” December 2010, accessed via ProQuest//wyo-mm)
Consider another argument for free trade, one recently given by the presidents of Uganda and Tanzania (see Yoweri Museveni and Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, "Free Trade... | 1036 | <h4><strong>Free trade solves disease: makes medicines affordable and increases accessibility of medicine- Africa proves </h4><p>Jason 10</p><p></strong>(Gary, teaches in the Department of Philosophy, California State University, Liberty, “The Case for Free Trade,” December 2010, accessed via ProQuest//wyo-mm)</p><p><u... | Impacts- Generic | Trade Good | Disease | 313316 | 1 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,582 | And, China will never be respected by Cuba- | McClintock 07 | McClintock 07 | Latin American leaders are disappointed trends in their economic relationships with China there is growing concern that China’s cheap manufactures will hurt Latin America China’s investment in Latin America remains below the hemisphere’s expectations.20 | null | (Cynthia, George Washington University, “Third Dialogue on US-China Relations in a Global Context,” March 13, 2007, http://www.iberoasia.org/articulos/McClintock_US_LA_Cn.pdf) /wyo-mm
However, at the moment, many Latin American leaders are disappointed with the trends in their economic relationships with China. First, ... | 1076 | <h4><strong>And, China will never be respected by Cuba- </h4><p>McClintock 07</p><p></strong>(Cynthia, George Washington University, “Third Dialogue on US-China Relations in a Global Context,” March 13, 2007, http://www.iberoasia.org/articulos/McClintock_US_LA_Cn.pdf) /wyo-mm</p><p>However, at the moment, many<u><stron... | Top-Shelf Aff Answers | Kritik Case Turns- | 1AR | 313318 | 2 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,583 | Embargo hurts health care – hampers UN programs | Amnesty International 2009 | Amnesty International 2009 “ The US Embargo Against Cuba: Its Impact on Economic and Social Rights” http://www.amnestyusa.org/pdfs/amr250072009eng.pdf | increase in the costs for purchasing the necessary medicine or medical materials is hampering the implementation of UN development projects and programmes. beneficiaries of these programmes, face long delays before having access to adequate medicine or treatment. | null | The increase in the costs for purchasing the necessary medicine or medical materials is hampering the implementation of UN development projects and programmes. The repercussions of these difficulties are ultimately felt by the intended beneficiaries of these programmes, who face long delays before having access to adeq... | 347 | <h4>Embargo hurts health care – hampers UN programs </h4><p><strong>Amnesty International 2009</strong> “ The US Embargo Against Cuba: Its Impact on Economic and Social Rights” http://www.amnestyusa.org/pdfs/amr250072009eng.pdf</p><p>The <u><strong>increase in the costs for purchasing the necessary medicine or medical ... | Cuba Aff | AT: Health Care Disad | AT: Health Care DA – Link Turn Ext | 275148 | 2 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,584 | Stopping disease key to prevent extinction | Steinbruner 98 | Steinbruner 98 | changing conditions have enhanced the potential for widespread contagion The threat of infectious pathogens is not just an issue of public health, but a fundamental security problem for the species as a whole | changing conditions have enhanced the potential for widespread contagion. The threat of infectious pathogens is not just an issue of public health, but a fundamental security problem for the species as a whole. | (John D., Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution, “Biological Weapons: A Plague Upon All Houses,” FOREIGN POLICY n. 109, Winter 1997/1998, pp. 85-96, ASP.)
It is a considerable comfort and undoubtedly a key to our survival that, so far, the main lines of defense against this threat have not depended on explicit policies ... | 1853 | <h4><strong>Stopping disease key to prevent extinction</h4><p>Steinbruner 98</p><p></strong>(John D., Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution, “Biological Weapons: A Plague Upon All Houses,” FOREIGN POLICY n. 109, Winter 1997/1998, pp. 85-96, ASP.)</p><p>It is a considerable comfort and undoubtedly a key to our survival t... | Impacts- Generic | Trade Good | Disease | 129716 | 38 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,585 | Extend 2AC Cerna- China and US both have a growing presence in Cuba in different economic sectors proving that relations aren’t zero sum- takes out the link | null | null | null | null | null | null | <h4>Extend 2AC Cerna- China and US both have a growing presence in Cuba in different economic sectors proving that relations aren’t zero sum- takes out the link</h4> | Top-Shelf Aff Answers | Kritik Case Turns- | 1AR | 313317 | 1 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,586 | Embargo hurts health care – infrastructure | Amnesty International 2009 | Amnesty International 2009 “ The US Embargo Against Cuba: Its Impact on Economic and Social Rights” http://www.amnestyusa.org/pdfs/amr250072009eng.pdf | The impact of economic sanctions on health and health services is not limited to difficulties in the supply of medicine. Health and health services depend on functioning water and sanitation infrastructure, on electricity and other functioning equipment The financial burden and commercial barriers have led to shortages... | null | The impact of economic sanctions on health and health services is not limited to difficulties in the supply of medicine. Health and health services depend on functioning water and sanitation infrastructure, on electricity and other functioning equipment such as X-ray facilities or refrigerators to store vaccines. The f... | 552 | <h4>Embargo hurts health care – infrastructure </h4><p><strong>Amnesty International 2009</strong> “ The US Embargo Against Cuba: Its Impact on Economic and Social Rights” http://www.amnestyusa.org/pdfs/amr250072009eng.pdf</p><p><u><strong>The impact of economic sanctions on health and health services is not limited to... | Cuba Aff | AT: Health Care Disad | AT: Health Care DA – Link Turn Ext | 275150 | 5 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,587 | More ev, | Feinberg 11 | Feinberg 11 | economics is not a zero-sum game In trade, the expanding Chinese economy is creating gains for Latin America: as China sucks in mass quantities of raw materials gains from rising price of natural resources demand from China bolsters the U.S. economy, which can purchase more Latin American products at higher prices | null | (Richard, Graduate School of International Relations and Pacifi c Studies University of California, San Diego, Review Essays, “China, Latin America, and the United States: Congruent Interests or Tectonic Turbulence?,” 2011, http://lasa-2.univ.pitt.edu/LARR/prot/fulltext/vol46no2/Feinberg_215-224_46-2.pdf) /wyo-mm
In Ch... | 1570 | <h4><strong>More ev,</h4><p>Feinberg 11</p><p></strong>(Richard, Graduate School of International Relations and Pacifi c Studies University of California, San Diego, Review Essays, “China, Latin America, and the United States: Congruent Interests or Tectonic Turbulence?,” 2011, http://lasa-2.univ.pitt.edu/LARR/prot/ful... | Top-Shelf Aff Answers | Kritik Case Turns- | 1AR | 280049 | 6 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,588 | No water wars – best studies | Allouche 11 | Allouche 11, research Fellow – water supply and sanitation @ Institute for Development Studies, frmr professor – MIT, | debates on whether scarcity of food or water will lead to conflict comes from the Malthusian belief that there is an imbalance between resources and population growth most empirical studies do not support these arguments. Tech and capital have dramatically increased productivity the neo-Malthusian view has suffered bec... | empirical studies do not support these arguments Tech and capital have increased productivity humankind has breached resource barriers that seemed unchallengeable. alarmist scenarios linked water and food insecurity with wars. In the Mid East foreign ministers used this rhetoric. None of the various and extensive datab... | (Jeremy, “The sustainability and resilience of global water and food systems: Political analysis of the interplay between security, resource scarcity, political systems and global trade,” Food Policy, Vol. 36 Supplement 1, p. S3-S8, January)
The question of resource scarcity has led to many debates on whether scarcity ... | 6492 | <h4><strong>No water wars – best studies</h4><p>Allouche 11</strong>, research Fellow – water supply and sanitation @ Institute for Development Studies, frmr professor – MIT, </p><p>(Jeremy, “The sustainability and resilience of global water and food systems: Political analysis of the interplay between security, resour... | Impacts- Generic | Trade Good | AT Water Wars | 28932 | 766 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,589 | Extend 2AC Nolte- China will be careful not to arouse suspicion in the Cuban region and sees Cuba included in US sphere of influence- takes out the internal link- | null | null | null | null | null | null | <h4>Extend 2AC Nolte- China will be careful not to arouse suspicion in the Cuban region and sees Cuba included in US sphere of influence- takes out the internal link- </h4> | Top-Shelf Aff Answers | Kritik Case Turns- | 1AR | 313319 | 1 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,590 | Alt cause to water wars (political allocation), and trade would solve the impact | Allouche 11 | Allouche 11, research Fellow – water supply and sanitation @ Institute for Development Studies, frmr professor – MIT (Jeremy, “The sustainability and resilience of global water and food systems: Political analysis of the interplay between security, resource scarcity, political systems and global trade,” Food Policy, Vo... | Although resource scarcity has been linked to international wars, the current data shows that most conflict over water and food are much more local But there again, although resource scarcity can be linked to malnutrition, hunger and water insecurity water and food insecurity are rarely about competition over resources... | current data shows that most conflict over water are local water insecurity rarely about competition over resources but rather reflect the politics of allocation and inequality food security has considerably improved and provides the means to address these insecurities Trade can be seen as a way to address access for c... | This article has provided an overview of the current and future challenges in terms of global food and water systems. The major focus of the argument has been on how resource scarcity is a contested and subjective concept which cannot fully explain conflict, political instability or food insecurity. The politics of ine... | 1973 | <h4><strong>Alt cause to water wars (political allocation), and trade would solve the impact</h4><p><u>Allouche 11</u></strong>, research Fellow – water supply and sanitation @ Institute for Development Studies, frmr professor – MIT (Jeremy, “The sustainability and resilience of global water and food systems: Political... | Impacts- Generic | Trade Good | AT Water Wars | 112940 | 25 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,591 | No impact to terrorism – too hard to pull off post 9/11, not enough personnel to carry out an attack, too much pressure because of security restrictions | Schneier 10 | Schneier 10 | http://www.aolnews.com/opinion/article/opinion-why-arent-there-more-times-square-style-terrorist-attacks/19463843)
Terrorism sounds easy Putting together the people, the plot and the materials is hard. It's hard to sneak terrorists into the U.S. It's hard to grow your own inside the U.S. It's hard to operate; the gener... | Putting together the people, the plot and the materials is hard. It's hard to sneak terrorists into the U.S Even 9/11, which was planned before the climate of fear that event engendered, just barely succeeded even more important than the difficulty of executing a terrorist attack, there aren't a lot of terrorists out t... | (Bruce, a security technologist and author of "Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World.", “Opinion: Where Are All the Terrorist Attacks?”, March 2010, http://www.aolnews.com/opinion/article/opinion-why-arent-there-more-times-square-style-terrorist-attacks/19463843)
Hard to Pull Off Terrorism... | 2060 | <h4><strong>No impact to terrorism – too hard to pull off post 9/11, not enough personnel to carry out an attack, too much pressure because of security restrictions </h4><p>Schneier 10</p><p></strong>(Bruce, a security technologist and author of "Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World.", “O... | Impacts- Generic | Trade Good | AT Terrorism | 243335 | 4 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,592 | US-China too closely linked to raise tensions | Walt 11 | Walt 11 | the Chinese and American economies are too tightly linked to permit a serious military rivalry both are likely to hedge against the possibility of future trouble they will worry about their relative power and geopolitical position | null | (Stephen M., Foreign Policy, “Explaining Obama’s Asia Policy,” November 18, 2011, http://walt.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/11/18/explaining_obamas_asia_policy) /wyo-mm
Or one could argue, as some have done in the past, that the Chinese and American economies are too tightly linked to one another to permit a serious mil... | 1131 | <h4><strong>US-China too closely linked to raise tensions</h4><p>Walt 11</p><p></strong>(Stephen M., Foreign Policy, “Explaining Obama’s Asia Policy,” November 18, 2011, http://walt.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/11/18/explaining_obamas_asia_policy) /wyo-mm</p><p>Or one could argue, as some have done in the past, that <u... | Top-Shelf Aff Answers | Kritik Case Turns- | 1AR | 313320 | 2 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,593 | Asymmetry from economic interdependence fosters multiple scenarios for war. | Hung 9 | Hung 9 | asymmetries occasioned by making alliance enhances the eventuality of war get the asymmetries enhancing warfare, we have several scenarios we may have an alliance of 3 countries against one country. After war bursts, either the alliance wins and countries share the prize, or the country in isolation wins, and the game ... | null | (N.M., University of Laval, Quebec, DEPOCEN, “War and Peace: an Economic Liberalist Assessment,” 2009,http://depocenwp.org/upload/pubs/NguyenManhHung_Canada/War%20and%20Peace%20an%20Economic%20Liberalist_DEPOCENWP.pdf//wyo-mm)
The possibility of forming alliances affects naturally the matter of war and peace. Consider ... | 2532 | <h4><strong>Asymmetry from economic interdependence fosters multiple scenarios for war.</h4><p>Hung 9</p><p></strong>(N.M., University of Laval, Quebec, DEPOCEN, “War and Peace: an Economic Liberalist Assessment,” 2009,http://depocenwp.org/upload/pubs/NguyenManhHung_Canada/War%20and%20Peace%20an%20Economic%20Liberalist... | Impacts- Generic | Trade Bad | War | 313321 | 1 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,594 | Chinese influence in Cuba down now- Cuban resentment | Yates 12 | Yates 12 | it could be difficult sledding for China in Cuba. There is still resentment that China did little to help the island nation after the collapse of the Soviet Union the reduction of support from The Kremlin. there is competition among Latin American nations to play China off against Taiwan as each vie for greater influe... | null | (Jonathan, The Motley Fool, “ The Castros of Cuba are the Kardashians of the Caribbean,” July 21, 2012, http://beta.fool.com/jonathanyates13/2012/07/21/castros-cuba-are-kardashians-caribbean/7303/?ticker=KO) /wyo-mm
Last year, China National Petroleum Corp signed a $4.5 billion agreement with Cuba to upgrade the Cienfu... | 719 | <h4><strong>Chinese influence in Cuba down now- Cuban resentment</h4><p>Yates 12</p><p></strong>(Jonathan, The Motley Fool, “ The Castros of Cuba are the Kardashians of the Caribbean,” July 21, 2012, http://beta.fool.com/jonathanyates13/2012/07/21/castros-cuba-are-kardashians-caribbean/7303/?ticker=KO) /wyo-mm</p><p>La... | Uniqueness Answers | Kritik Case Turns- | Influence low | 313309 | 2 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,595 | Trade incentivizes conflicts-history proves | Pyun and Lee 11 | Pyun and Lee 11
(Ju Hyun and Jong-Wha, UC Davis, Korea University, UC Davis Department of Economics Working Paper Series, “Does Trade Integration Contribute to Peace?” September 27, 2011, http://economics.ucdavis.edu/working_papers/11-7.pdf//wyo-mm) | asymmetric economic interdependence could lead to negative consequences in a country such as exploited concession and threatened national autonomy creating interstate tensions and conflicts Many conflicts in the mercantilist era evolved out of trade disputes | null | While the ―liberal peace‖ view is convincing, there are numerous counter-arguments. For instance, the dependency theorists (Wallerstein, 1974) and neo-Marxists (Emmanuel, 1972), argue that asymmetric economic interdependence could lead to negative consequences in a country—such as exploited concession and threatened na... | 504 | <h4><strong>Trade incentivizes conflicts-history proves</h4><p>Pyun and Lee 11</p><p></strong>(Ju Hyun and Jong-Wha, UC Davis, Korea University, UC Davis Department of Economics Working Paper Series, “Does Trade Integration Contribute to Peace?” September 27, 2011, http://economics.ucdavis.edu/working_papers/11-7.pdf//... | Impacts- Generic | Trade Bad | War | 313322 | 1 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,596 | Chinese influence low and not respected by Latin American countries | McClintock 07 | McClintock 07 | many Latin American leaders are disappointed with the trends in their economic relationships with China although trade between China and Latin America has increased dramatically, it still comprises only about 5% of Latin America’s total trade there is growing concern that China’s cheap manufactures will hurt Latin Amer... | null | (Cynthia, George Washington University, “Third Dialogue on US-China Relations in a Global Context,” March 13, 2007, http://www.iberoasia.org/articulos/McClintock_US_LA_Cn.pdf) /wyo-mm
However, at the moment, many Latin American leaders are disappointed with the trends in their economic relationships with China. First, ... | 1076 | <h4><strong>Chinese influence low and not respected by Latin American countries</h4><p>McClintock 07</p><p></strong>(Cynthia, George Washington University, “Third Dialogue on US-China Relations in a Global Context,” March 13, 2007, http://www.iberoasia.org/articulos/McClintock_US_LA_Cn.pdf) /wyo-mm</p><p>However, at th... | Uniqueness Answers | Kritik Case Turns- | Influence low | 313318 | 2 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,597 | Trade increases GHG emissions and is killing the climate due to the transport sector’s overuse of fossil-fuels | Korves et al 10 | Korves et al 10 | trade liberalization has consequences on the emission of GHGs, which affect climate change. Trade increase global production and consumption of goods and services, generate increases in countries’ incomes, and fuel economic growth. Higher trade volumes are correlated with increased transport activities and demand for ... | null | (Nicolas, Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso, and Anca Monika Voicu, University of Goettingen, University Jaume I, Rollins College Florida, Climate Change-Socioeconomic Effects, InTech, “Is Free Trade Good or Bad for the Environment? New Empirical Evidence,” http://cdn.intechweb.org/pdfs/19627.pdf//wyo-mm)
The literature pres... | 1842 | <h4><strong>Trade increases GHG emissions and is killing the climate due to the transport sector’s overuse of fossil-fuels</h4><p>Korves et al 10</p><p></strong>(Nicolas, Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso, and Anca Monika Voicu, University of Goettingen, University Jaume I, Rollins College Florida, Climate Change-Socioeconom... | Impacts- Generic | Trade Bad | Warming | 313323 | 5 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,598 | Chinese influence inevitable- US accepts it and will work to prevent hostilities | People’s Daily 12 | People’s Daily 12
(People’s Daily Online, article based on speech on "China-Latin America-US relations" at Tsinghua University by Gonzalo Sebastian Paz, a professor at Elliot School of International Affairs of George Washington University, “China wary of stepping into US backyard,” July 4, 2012, http://english.peopleda... | US policymakers realized it is impossible to stop China's growing influence in Latin America. Therefore, it chooses to shape Chinese policy in the region. In 2006, China and the US held their first ever dialogue over Latin America affairs and this year they held their fifth This could ensure China and the US jointly pl... | null | US policymakers have already realized that it is impossible to stop China's growing influence in Latin America. Therefore, it chooses to instead shape Chinese policy in the region. In 2006, China and the US held their first ever dialogue over Latin America affairs and this year they held their fifth one. This kind of d... | 464 | <h4><strong>Chinese influence inevitable- US accepts it and will work to prevent hostilities</h4><p>People’s Daily 12</p><p></strong>(People’s Daily Online, article based on speech on "China-Latin America-US relations" at Tsinghua University by Gonzalo Sebastian Paz, a professor at Elliot School of International Affair... | Uniqueness Answers | Kritik Case Turns- | Influence inevitable | 285008 | 3 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,599 | the environment is at the tipping point- Collapse will be fast and catastrophic | AFP, 12 | AFP, 12 | The paper by 22 top researchers said a “tipping point” by which the biosphere goes into swift and irreversible change, with cataclysmic impacts for humans, could occur as early as this century. The study appears ahead of the June 20-22 UN Conference on Sustainable Development, The factors in today’s equation include a ... | 22 top researchers said a “tipping point” by which the biosphere goes into swift and irreversible change, with cataclysmic impacts for humans could occur this century. The factors in today’s equation include a world population that is set to rise and global warming that will outstrip the UN target of two degrees Celsiu... | (Agence France-Presse, citing UN study, “Environmental collapse now a serious threat: scientists,” Raw Story, http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/06/06/environmental-collapse-now-a-serious-threat-scientists/)
The paper by 22 top researchers said a “tipping point” by which the biosphere goes into swift and irreversible chan... | 1540 | <h4><strong>the environment is at the tipping point- Collapse will be fast and catastrophic</h4><p>AFP, 12</p><p></strong>(Agence France-Presse, citing UN study, “Environmental collapse now a serious threat: scientists,” Raw Story, http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/06/06/environmental-collapse-now-a-serious-threat-scient... | Impacts- Generic | Trade Bad | Warming | 210806 | 9 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,600 | Uniqueness overwhelms the link- new relations between US-China defying zero-sum logic | China Daily 13 | China Daily 13
(The China Daily, “Better China-US ties need difference management,” April 14, 2013, http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-04/12/content_16396453.htm) /wyo-mm | the China-US relationship is currently at a new crossroads with the recent completion of government reshuffles in both countries. China's newly-elected President and Obama both adopted the idea of seeking a new type of relationship that defies the traditional zero-sum theory, which holds that an emerging power is desti... | null | With China completing its once-in-a-decade leadership transition and the Obama administration officially kicking off its second term, the China-US relationship is currently at a new crossroads with the recent completion of government reshuffles in both countries. China's newly-elected President Xi Jinping and his US co... | 1144 | <h4><strong>Uniqueness overwhelms the link- new relations between US-China defying zero-sum logic</h4><p>China Daily 13</p><p></strong>(The China Daily, “Better China-US ties need difference management,” April 14, 2013, http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-04/12/content_16396453.htm) /wyo-mm</p><p>With China complet... | Uniqueness Answers | Kritik Case Turns- | UQ overwhelms Link | 313324 | 1 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,601 | Climate change results in multiple scenarios for extinction – it’s try or die | Sawin, 12 | Sawin, 12 | As early as 1988 scientists cautioned that human tinkering with the Earth's climate amounted to uncontrolled globally pervasive experiment whose consequences could be second only to a global nuclear war." hundreds of scientific studies have documented ever-mounting evidence that human activities are altering the climat... | As early as 1988, scientists cautioned that tinkering with the Earth's climate amounted to uncontrolled consequences second only to a global nuclear war scientific studies have documented that human activities are altering the climate Climate change will likely trigger severe disruptions with ever-widening consequences... | Senior Director of the Energy and Climate Change Program at the WorldWatch Institute Aug. ’12
(Janet, “Climate Change Poses Greater Security Threat than Terrorism,” http://www.worldwatch.org/node/77, accessed 9/30/12,WYO/JF
As early as 1988, scientists cautioned that human tinkering with the Earth's climate amounted to... | 5534 | <h4><strong>Climate change results in multiple scenarios for extinction – it’s try or die </h4><p>Sawin, 12</p><p></strong>Senior Director of the Energy and Climate Change Program at the WorldWatch Institute Aug. ’12 </p><p>(Janet, “Climate Change Poses Greater Security Threat than Terrorism,” http://www.worldwatch.org... | Impacts- Generic | Trade Bad | Warming | 271372 | 16 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,602 | No link- relations not zero-sum | Cerna 11 | Cerna 11 | With both the U.S. and China making gains in the region in different sectors, there is room for each side to grow; which implies that trade with Latin America is not a zero-sum game. China presents an alternative to the U S but that is not bad The U.S more diversified than China and does not need to enter into direct c... | null | (Michael, China Research Center, “China’s Growing Presence in Latin-America: Implications for U.S. and Chinese Presence in the Region,” April 15, 2011, http://www.chinacenter.net/chinas-growing-presence-in-latin-america-implications-for-u-s-and-chinese-presence-in-the-region/) /wyo-mm
With both the U.S. and China makin... | 1261 | <h4><strong>No link- relations not zero-sum</h4><p>Cerna 11</p><p></strong>(Michael, China Research Center, “China’s Growing Presence in Latin-America: Implications for U.S. and Chinese Presence in the Region,” April 15, 2011, http://www.chinacenter.net/chinas-growing-presence-in-latin-america-implications-for-u-s-and-... | Link Answers | Kritik Case Turns- | Relations not zero-sum | 25219 | 36 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,603 | Relations over Latin-America not zero-sum | Feinberg 11 | Feinberg 11 | In contrast to security realists economics is not a zero-sum game In the arena of trade, the expanding Chinese economy is creating both direct and indirect gains for Latin America: direct gains as China sucks in massive quantities of raw materials and indirect gains from the rising price of natural resources ( demand ... | null | (Richard, Graduate School of International Relations and Pacifi c Studies University of California, San Diego, Review Essays, “China, Latin America, and the United States: Congruent Interests or Tectonic Turbulence?,” 2011, http://lasa-2.univ.pitt.edu/LARR/prot/fulltext/vol46no2/Feinberg_215-224_46-2.pdf) /wyo-mm
In Ch... | 1570 | <h4><strong>Relations over Latin-America not zero-sum</h4><p>Feinberg 11</p><p></strong>(Richard, Graduate School of International Relations and Pacifi c Studies University of California, San Diego, Review Essays, “China, Latin America, and the United States: Congruent Interests or Tectonic Turbulence?,” 2011, http://l... | Link Answers | Kritik Case Turns- | Trade bolsters cooperation | 280049 | 6 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,604 | Trade policies negatively impact access to water supplies causes water scarcity and long-term ecological damage- high-yield crop technology, chemicals, and intensive pesticides. | Barlow 10 | Barlow 10 | -mm)
trade policies negatively impact not only local water supplies, but access to clean water by local populations A good example is the Green Revolution of the 50s which increased food production in India and elsewhere using mechanized high-yield crop technology, intensive pesticides and chemical fertilizers, and exp... | null | (Maude, head of the Council of Canadians and co-founder of the Blue Planet Project, The Brown Journal of World Affairs, “The Growing Movement to Protect the Global Water Commons,” Fall 2010, accessed via ProQuest//wyo-mm)
Faced with this bleak portrait of global water resources, many affected communities, water justice... | 1480 | <h4><strong>Trade policies negatively impact access to water supplies causes water scarcity and long-term ecological damage- high-yield crop technology, chemicals, and intensive pesticides.</h4><p>Barlow 10</p><p></strong>(Maude, head of the Council of Canadians and co-founder of the Blue Planet Project, The Brown Jour... | Impacts- Generic | Trade Bad | Water Wars | 313326 | 1 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,605 | Water wars go nuclear | Weiner 90 | Weiner 90 | in a world as interlinked as ours, one explosion may lead to the other. Already in the Middle East, tram North Africa to the Persian Gulf and from the Nile to the Euphrates, tensions over dwindling water supplies and rising populations are reaching what many experts describe as a flashpoint A that single battle-scarred... | null | Prof. Princeton, The Next 100 Years p.270
If we do not destroy ourselves with the A-bomb and the H-bomb, then we may destroy ourselves with the C-bomb, the Change Bomb. And in a world as interlinked as ours, one explosion may lead to the other. Already in the Middle East, tram North Africa to the Persian Gulf and from ... | 647 | <h4><strong>Water wars go nuclear</h4><p>Weiner 90</p><p></strong>Prof. Princeton,<strong> </strong>The Next 100 Years p.270</p><p>If we do not destroy ourselves with the A-bomb and the H-bomb, then we may destroy ourselves with the C-bomb, the Change Bomb. And <u>in a world as interlinked as ours, one explosion may le... | Impacts- Generic | Trade Bad | Water Wars | 48171 | 16 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,606 | No link- China perceives Latin America as in the US sphere of influence | Mack et al 12 | Mack et al 12 | In terms of China’s growing economic clout in Latin America, it hardly constitutes a threat to U.S. interests, which are both deep and extensive Chinese economic activities, concentrated mostly in imports of commodities and exports of consumer goods do not compete directly against U.S which specialize in other sectors ... | null | (Connie, Don Hanna, Luis Fleischman, and Minxin Pei, America’s Quarterly, “Ask The Experts: China's Global Rise,” 2012, http://www.americasquarterly.org/node/3254) /wyo-,,
In terms of China’s growing economic clout in Latin America, it hardly constitutes a threat to U.S. interests, which are both deep and extensive in ... | 1400 | <h4><strong>No link- China perceives Latin America as in the US sphere of influence</h4><p>Mack et al 12</p><p></strong>(Connie, Don Hanna, Luis Fleischman, and Minxin Pei, America’s Quarterly, “Ask The Experts: China's Global Rise,” 2012, http://www.americasquarterly.org/node/3254) /wyo-,,</p><p><u><strong>In terms of... | Link Answers | Kritik Case Turns- | No influence trade-off | 275061 | 3 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,607 | Trade fuels terrorist networks by spurring economically based anti-American sentiment that close off non-violent alternatives to terrorism. | Gries and Meierrieks 11 | Gries and Meierrieks 11
(Thomas and Daniel, University of Paderborn [Department of Economics], University of Paderborn [Department of Economics], “Forces of Good and Evil: U.S. Economic and Politico‐Military Power, | We find increases in U.S. exports and a larger U.S. share of global trade results in more anti‐American terrorism expansion of American economic and cultural influence results in anti‐American terrorism unfavorable economic effects make it easier for terrorist organizations to find support unfavorable socioeconomic out... | null | Globalization, and Anti‐American Terrorism,” September 2011, http://www.pubchoicesoc.org/papers_2012/Meierrieks_Gries.pdf//wyo-mm)
¶ By and large, these findings tend to support H3a and H4a. We find that increases in U.S. exports and a larger U.S. share of global trade results in more anti‐American terrorism. Also, mor... | 1618 | <h4><strong>Trade fuels terrorist networks by spurring economically based anti-American sentiment that close off non-violent alternatives to terrorism.</h4><p>Gries and Meierrieks 11</p><p></strong>(Thomas and Daniel, University of Paderborn [Department of Economics], University of Paderborn [Department of Economics], ... | Impacts- Generic | Trade Bad | Terrorism | 313327 | 1 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,608 | Trade opens up possibilities for trilateral cooperation | McClintock 07 | McClintock 07 | Washington frets that China is supportive of the two Latin American nations, Cuba Yet, if one stands back and considers hemispheric relations in a non-zero-sum perspective, a possibility for a synergy of U.S.-Chinese interests emerges. China’s Recent Economic Role in Latin America For both Washington and Beijing, Latin... | null | (Cynthia, George Washington University, “Third Dialogue on US-China Relations in a Global Context,” March 13, 2007, http://www.iberoasia.org/articulos/McClintock_US_LA_Cn.pdf) /wyo-mm
At the moment, the outlook for cooperation between the eagle and the dragon in Latin America is bleak. U.S. and Latin American hopes tha... | 1774 | <h4><strong>Trade opens up possibilities for trilateral cooperation</h4><p>McClintock 07</p><p></strong>(Cynthia, George Washington University, “Third Dialogue on US-China Relations in a Global Context,” March 13, 2007, http://www.iberoasia.org/articulos/McClintock_US_LA_Cn.pdf) /wyo-mm</p><p>At the moment, the outlook... | Link Answers | Kritik Case Turns- | Trilateral Cooperation | 313328 | 1 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,609 | Terrorism risks extinction | Alexander 2k | Alexander 2k | Perhaps the most significant dangers that evolve from modern day terrorism are those relating to the safety, welfare, and rights of ordinary people; the stability of the state system; the health of economic [* development; the expansion of democracy; and possibly the survival of civilization itself. | Perhaps the most significant dangers that evolve from modern day terrorism are those relating to the safety, welfare, and rights of ordinary people; the stability of the state system; the health of economic development; the expansion of democracy; and possibly the survival of civilization itself. | (Yonah, Professor and Director, Inter-University Center for Terrorism, “Terrorism in the Twenty-First Century: Threats and Responses,” DEPAUL BUSINESS LAW JOURNAL v. 12, Fall 1999/Spring 2000, p. 66-67.)
¶ More specifically, present-day terrorists have introduced into contemporary life a new scale of terror violence in... | 822 | <h4><strong>Terrorism risks extinction</h4><p>Alexander 2k</p><p></strong>(Yonah, Professor and Director, Inter-University Center for Terrorism, “Terrorism in the Twenty-First Century: Threats and Responses,” DEPAUL BUSINESS LAW JOURNAL v. 12, Fall 1999/Spring 2000, p. 66-67.)</p><p>¶ More specifically, present-day ter... | Impacts- Generic | Trade Bad | Terrorism | 221517 | 2 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,610 | No internal link- China sees Latin America as US territory and will cooperate | Nolte 13 | Nolte 13 | While the U S tries to shape the behavior of China, the behavior of the US government also infl uences China’s perceptions of the U S China recognizes Latin America as a US sphere of infl uence and is keen not to produce suspicion in the U S with regard to Chinese motives and intentions. Both governments are interested i... | null | (Detlef, German Institute of Global and Area Studies, “The Dragon in the Backyard: US
Visions of ChinaMay 2013, http://www.giga-hamburg.de/dl/download.php?d=/content/publikationen/pdf/gf_international_1305.pdf) /wyo-mm
While the United States tries to shape the behavior of China, the behavior of the US government also ... | 1338 | <h4>No internal link- <strong>China sees Latin America as US territory and will cooperate</h4><p>Nolte 13</p><p></strong>(Detlef, German Institute of Global and Area Studies, “The Dragon in the Backyard: US </p><p>Visions of ChinaMay 2013, http://www.giga-hamburg.de/dl/download.php?d=/content/publikationen/pdf/gf_inter... | Scenario/Impact Answers | AT: US-China Cooperation | I/L Takeout- | 283410 | 4 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,611 | Intervening actors check disease impact | Zakaria 9— | Zakaria 9—Editor of Newsweek, BA from Yale, PhD in pol sci, Harvard. He serves on the board of Yale University, The Council on Foreign Relations, The Trilateral Commission, and Shakespeare and Company. Named "one of the 21 most important people of the 21st Century" (Fareed, “The Capitalist Manifesto: Greed Is Good,” 1... | After bracing ourselves for a global pandemic, we've suffered the usual seasonal influenza Senior officials prophesied that millions could be infected But as of last week, the WHO had confirmed only 4,800 cases Why did predictions of a pandemic turn out to be so exaggerated there is a mistake in the way we look at the ... | predictions turn out exaggerated we rarely anticipate human response to crisis swine flu was met by vigorous response at its epicenter The Mexican government brought transmission to a halt the world looks nothing like 1918 health-care systems are better | Note—Laurie Garrett=science and health writer, winner of the Pulitzer, Polk, and Peabody Prize
It certainly looks like another example of crying wolf. After bracing ourselves for a global pandemic, we've suffered something more like the usual seasonal influenza. Three weeks ago the World Health Organization declared a ... | 2888 | <h4><strong>Intervening actors check disease impact </h4><p>Zakaria 9—</strong>Editor of Newsweek, BA from Yale, PhD in pol sci, Harvard. He serves on the board of Yale University, The Council on Foreign Relations, The Trilateral Commission, and Shakespeare and Company. Named "one of the 21 most important people of the... | Impacts- Generic | Trade Bad | AT Disease | 49494 | 151 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,612 | China won’t risk US relations over Cuba- Venezuela proves | Lasseter 09 | Lasseter 09 | As much as Beijing has advanced in Cuba it won't pursue matters there at the risk of its far more lucrative economic ties with the U S That approach mirrors China's dealings in places such as Venezuela, where Chavez regularly hurls invective at Washington. "They will seek as much political and economic advantage as the... | null | (Tom, McClatchy Newspapers, “'Old friends' Cuba, China strengthen ties,” September 16, 2009, http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2009/09/16/75560/old-friends-cuba-china-strengthen.html#.UcD9F_mThSQ) /wyo-mm
As much as Beijing has advanced in Cuba, though, it won't pursue matters there at the risk of its far more lucrative econo... | 713 | <h4><strong>China won’t risk US relations over Cuba- Venezuela proves</h4><p>Lasseter 09</p><p></strong>(Tom, McClatchy Newspapers, “'Old friends' Cuba, China strengthen ties,” September 16, 2009, http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2009/09/16/75560/old-friends-cuba-china-strengthen.html#.UcD9F_mThSQ) /wyo-mm</p><p><u><strong>A... | Scenario/Impact Answers | AT: US-China Cooperation | I/L Takeout- | 313284 | 3 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,613 | Alt Causes to Disease Spread | Bower & Chalk, ‘3 | Bower & Chalk, ‘3
[Jennifer Brower and Peter Chalk, Jennifer Brower is a science and technology policy analyst. Peter Chalk is a political scientist, “Vectors Without Borders The Spread of Global Pathogens Can Imperil Us All,” RAND, Summer 2003, http://www.rand.org/publications/randreview/issues/summer2003/vectors.html... | In the latter half of the 20th century, almost 30 new human diseases were identified. The spread of several of them has been expedited by the growth of drug resistance. Globalization, modern medical practices, urbanization, climate change, sexual promiscuity, intravenous drug use, and bioterrorism further increase the ... | In the latter half of the 20th century, almost 30 new human diseases were identified. The spread of several of them has been expedited by the growth of drug resistance. Globalization, modern medical practices, urbanization, climate change, sexual promiscuity, intravenous drug use, and bioterrorism further increase the ... | In the latter half of the 20th century, almost 30 new human diseases were identified. The spread of several of them has been expedited by the growth of antibiotic and drug resistance. Globalization, modern medical practices, urbanization, climate change, sexual promiscuity, intravenous drug use, and acts of bioterroris... | 421 | <h4><strong>Alt Causes to Disease Spread</h4><p>Bower & Chalk, ‘3</p><p><u></strong>[Jennifer Brower and Peter Chalk, Jennifer Brower is a science and technology policy analyst. Peter Chalk is a political scientist, “Vectors Without Borders The Spread of Global Pathogens Can Imperil Us All,” RAND, Summer 2003, http://w... | Impacts- Generic | Trade Bad | AT Disease | 197860 | 13 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,614 | US-China too closely linked to raise tensions | Walt 11 | Walt 11 | the Chinese and American economies are too tightly linked to one another to permit a serious military rivalry to emerge economics is not the only thing that matters and neither Washington nor Beijing can be sure that prudence and cool heads will always prevail this means that both are likely to hedge against the possib... | null | (Stephen M., Foreign Policy, “Explaining Obama’s Asia Policy,” November 18, 2011, http://walt.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/11/18/explaining_obamas_asia_policy) /wyo-mm
Or one could argue, as some have done in the past, that the Chinese and American economies are too tightly linked to one another to permit a serious mil... | 1086 | <h4><strong>US-China too closely linked to raise tensions</h4><p>Walt 11</p><p></strong>(Stephen M., Foreign Policy, “Explaining Obama’s Asia Policy,” November 18, 2011, http://walt.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/11/18/explaining_obamas_asia_policy) /wyo-mm</p><p>Or one could argue, as some have done in the past, that <u... | Scenario/Impact Answers | AT: US-China Cooperation | I/L Takeout- | 313320 | 2 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,615 | No mutation to a more virulent strain – more likely to develop into a less dangerous strain | Avian Flu Diary 11 | Avian Flu Diary 11, 1/10/11, “Egyptian MOH:`No Mutation’ Of Flu”, <http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2011/01/egyptian-mohno-mutation-of-flu.html> | when a new or novel influenza virus makes an appearance on the world stage, the concern is that over time it will mutate to a more formidable viral foe. Mutating is, what viruses do despite the stigma attached to the word`mutation’, viruses can also mutate into less dangerous strains. we are seeing public reassurances ... | when a virus makes an appearance concern is it will mutate viruses mutate into less dangerous strains | Invariably, when a new or novel influenza virus makes an appearance on the world stage, the concern is that over time it will mutate to a more formidable viral foe. Mutating is, after all, what viruses do. And influenza viruses are particularly adept at acquiring changes – either through small incremental changes (ca... | 1539 | <h4><strong>No mutation to a more virulent strain – more likely to develop into a less dangerous strain</h4><p>Avian Flu Diary 11</strong>, 1/10/11, “Egyptian MOH:`No<u> Mutation’ Of Flu”, <http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2011/01/egyptian-mohno-mutation-of-flu.html></p><p></u>Invariably, <u><mark>when a</mark> new or nov... | Impacts- Generic | Trade Bad | AT Disease | 226396 | 2 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,616 | No impact to Warming- Mitigation and adaptation will solve | Mendelsohn 9 | Robert O. Mendelsohn 9, the Edwin Weyerhaeuser Davis Professor, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, June 2009, “Climate Change and Economic Growth,” online: http://www.growthcommission.org/storage/cgdev/documents/gcwp060web.pdf | These statements are alarmist and misleading society’s immediate behavior has an extremely low probability of leading to catastrophic consequences science and economics is quite clear that emissions over the next few decades will lead to only mild consequences severe impacts require a century (or two of no mitigation p... | These statements are alarmist and misleading science and economics is quite clear that emissions will lead to mild consequences severe impacts require a century (or two the more severe impacts will take more than a millennium to unfold and these ” impacts will never occur because people will adapt. It is not apparent ... | These statements are largely alarmist and misleading. Although climate change is a serious problem that deserves attention, society’s immediate behavior has an extremely low probability of leading to catastrophic consequences. The science and economics of climate change is quite clear that emissions over the next few d... | 989 | <h4>No impact to Warming- Mitigation and adaptation will solve </h4><p>Robert O. <strong>Mendelsohn 9</strong>, the Edwin Weyerhaeuser Davis Professor, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, June 2009, “Climate Change and Economic Growth,” online: http://www.growthcommission.org/storage/cgd... | Scenario/Impact Answers | AT: US-China Cooperation | Warming =/= Extinction | 45412 | 381 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,617 | Advances in Technology Will Solve Diseases | Dingchao, 2008 | Dingchao, 2008
[Han Dingchao, writer, “Can We Cure All Diseases In The Future?”, http://www.handingchao.com/can-we-cure-all-diseases-in-the-future/] | can we cure all diseases in the future? as long as we don’t stop researching and we have fair eyes on everything, we will have ability to cure most diseases in the future now we have ability to expand the great results of stem cell research, we will use them perfectly in the coming years, believe we will have enough ab... | as long as we don’t stop researching and we have fair eyes on everything, we will have ability to cure most diseases in the future now we have ability to expand the great results of stem cell research, we will use them perfectly in the coming years we will have ability to cure all disease in the future. | Now let’s be back to the title, can we cure all diseases in the future? This is a complicated question, it is difficult to make an definite answer for it, but one thing is sure, as long as we don’t stop researching and we have fair eyes on everything, we will have ability to cure most diseases in the future. And now we... | 581 | <h4><strong>Advances in Technology Will Solve Diseases</h4><p>Dingchao, 2008</p><p></strong>[Han Dingchao, writer, “Can We Cure All Diseases In The Future?”,<u><strong> http://www.handingchao.com/can-we-cure-all-diseases-in-the-future/]</p><p></u></strong>Now let’s be back to the title, <u><strong>can we cure all disea... | Impacts- Generic | Trade Bad | AT Disease | 313331 | 2 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,618 | Extend 2AC Mendelsohn- warming impacts are just alarmist fear mongering. No global disasters will happen because people can adapt and at best there could only be mild consequences | null | null | null | null | null | null | <h4>Extend 2AC Mendelsohn- warming impacts are just alarmist fear mongering. No global disasters will happen because people can adapt and at best there could only be mild consequences</h4> | Scenario/Impact Answers | AT: US-China Cooperation | 1AR Ext: Warming =/= Extinction | 313329 | 1 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,619 | Energy security disruptions won’t destabilize the econ= causes diplomatic tensions at best | Lee 12 | Lee 12 | China’s energy policies are not significant enough to cause significant disruptions in global energy markets. The greatest casualty of Chinese energy policies is that they provide diplomatic protection to countries such as Iran, and diplomatic problems for the U S energy policy and competition over resources is just on... | null | (John, The Washington Quarterly, “China’s Geostrategic Search for Oil,” Summer 2012, http://csis.org/files/publication/twq12SummerLee.pdf) /wyo-mm
Nevertheless, China’s energy policies are not significant enough to cause significant disruptions in global energy markets. The greatest casualty of Chinese energy policies ... | 790 | <h4><strong>Energy security disruptions won’t destabilize the econ= causes diplomatic tensions at best</h4><p>Lee 12</p><p></strong>(John, The Washington Quarterly, “China’s Geostrategic Search for Oil,” Summer 2012, http://csis.org/files/publication/twq12SummerLee.pdf) /wyo-mm</p><p>Nevertheless, <u><strong>China’s en... | Scenario/Impact Answers | AT: Energy Security | I/L Take-out | 313330 | 1 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,620 | Economic decline doesn’t cause war- empirics | Ferguson 6 | Ferguson 6 | Nor can economic crises explain bloodshed Germany started war after its economy recovered Not all countries affected by the Depression were taken over by fascist regimes, nor did all start wars no relationship between economics and conflict is discernible for the century as a whole Some wars came after growth, others w... | Nor can economic crises explain bloodshed Germany started war after its economy recovered Not all countries affected by the Depression were taken over by fascist regimes nor start wars no relationship between economics and conflict is discernible Some wars came after growth others were causes rather than the consequenc... | (Niall, Professor of History – Harvard University, Foreign Affairs, 85(5), September / October, Lexis)
Nor can economic crises explain the bloodshed. What may be the most familiar causal chain in modern historiography links the Great Depression to the rise of fascism and the outbreak of World War II. But that simple st... | 846 | <h4>Economic decline doesn’t cause war<strong>- empirics</h4><p>Ferguson 6</p><p></strong>(Niall, Professor of History – Harvard University, Foreign Affairs, 85(5), September / October, Lexis)</p><p><u><mark>Nor can economic crises explain</u></mark> the <u><mark>bloodshed</u></mark>. What may be the most familiar caus... | Scenario/Impact Answers | AT: Econ | Collapse =/= War | 75905 | 92 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,621 | Studies prove | Miller 2K | Miller 2K | Do wars spring from economic crisis According to a study there would not appear to be any merit in this hypothesis After studying ninety-three episodes of economic crisis they concluded that the conventional wisdom may be wrong The severity of economic crisis bore no relationship to an outbreak of violence | Do wars spring from economic crisis there would not appear to be any merit in this hypothesis After studying they concluded that conventional wisdom may be wrong economic crisis bore no relationship to violence | (Morris, Economist, Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Administration – University of Ottawa, Former Executive Director and Senior Economist – World Bank, “Poverty as a Cause of Wars?”, Interdisciplinary Science Reviews, Winter, p. 273)
The question may be reformulated. Do wars spring from a popular reaction to a sudd... | 1709 | <h4>Studies prove</h4><p><strong>Miller 2K</p><p></strong>(Morris, Economist, Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Administration – University of Ottawa, Former Executive Director and Senior Economist – World Bank, “Poverty as a Cause of Wars?”, Interdisciplinary Science Reviews, Winter, p. 273)</p><p>The question may b... | Scenario/Impact Answers | AT: Econ | Collapse =/= War | 97449 | 112 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,622 | No impact- global economy’s resilient | Behravesh 06 | Behravesh 06 | (Nariman, most accurate economist tracked by USA Today and chief global economist and executive vice president for Global Insight, Newsweek, “The Great Shock Absorber; Good macroeconomic policies and improved microeconomic flexibility have strengthened the global economy's 'immune system.'” 10-15-2006, www.newsweek.com... | The global economies were able to withstand blows tsunamis hurricanes and highest energy prices without missing a beat the global economy's "immune system" is now strong enough to absorb shocks What explains this resistance good macroeconomic policies and microeconomic flexibility the Fed has been adept at crisis manag... | (Nariman, most accurate economist tracked by USA Today and chief global economist and executive vice president for Global Insight, Newsweek, “The Great Shock Absorber; Good macroeconomic policies and improved microeconomic flexibility have strengthened the global economy's 'immune system.'” 10-15-2006, www.newsweek.com... | 3867 | <h4>No impact- global economy’s<strong> resilient</h4><p>Behravesh 06</p><p><u></strong>(Nariman, most accurate economist tracked by USA Today and chief global economist and executive vice president for Global Insight, Newsweek, “The Great Shock Absorber; Good macroeconomic policies and improved microeconomic flexibili... | Scenario/Impact Answers | AT: Econ | Econ Resilient | 225564 | 19 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,623 | Economy resilient- empirics | Main Wire 8 | Main Wire 8 | During the past 25 years, the economy has been resilient in the face of adverse shocks economists attribute stability to less regulation competition in labor and product markets and effective monetary policy the economy has become flexible, able to respond to shocks because prices can adjust quickly the economy has cop... | During the past 25 years, the economy has been resilient in the face of shocks economists attribute stability to less regulation competition and monetary policy the economy has become flexible because prices adjust quickly the economy has coped with the past year well | (Reporting the Congressional Budget Office Summer Report on Economic Assessments, “FOMC Seen Hiking FFR Through '09,'10”, 9-9, Lexis)
However, the economic outlook could also improve sooner than CBO is currently forecasting. During the past 25 years, the economy has been resilient in the face of adverse shocks; since 1... | 2232 | <h4>Economy resilient<strong>- empirics</h4><p>Main Wire 8 </p><p></strong>(Reporting the Congressional Budget Office Summer Report on Economic Assessments, “FOMC Seen Hiking FFR Through '09,'10”, 9-9, Lexis)</p><p>However, the economic outlook could also improve sooner than CBO is currently forecasting. <u><mark>Durin... | Scenario/Impact Answers | AT: Econ | Econ Resilient | 278876 | 4 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,624 | Extend 2AC Ferguson- empirically proven economic decline doesn’t cause war and that some wars have come after periods of growth | null | null | null | null | null | null | <h4>Extend 2AC Ferguson- empirically proven economic decline doesn’t cause war and that some wars have come after periods of growth</h4> | Scenario/Impact Answers | AT: Econ | 1AR Ext- Econ Collapse =/= War | 313332 | 1 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,625 | No resources | Duedney 91 | Duedney 91 | declining living standards cause war this scenario has major flaws it is based on unsound economic theory economic decline does not produce conflict as people get poorer, they become less willing to spend scarce resources for military forces The predisposing factors to military aggression are full bellies, not empty on... | declining living standards cause this scenario has major flaws. it is based on unsound economic theory economic decline does not produce conflict as people get poorer, they become less willing to spend scarce resources for military forces The predisposing factors to military aggression are full bellies, not empty ones ... | (Daniel, Hewlett Fellow in Science, Technology, and Society – Princeton University, “Environment and Security: Muddled Thinking?”, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, April)
Poverty wars. In a second scenario, declining living standards first cause internal turmoil, then war. If groups at all levels of affluence protec... | 2344 | <h4>No resources</h4><p><strong>Duedney 91</strong> </p><p>(Daniel, Hewlett Fellow in Science, Technology, and Society – Princeton University, “Environment and Security: Muddled Thinking?”, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, April)</p><p>Poverty wars. In a second scenario, <u><mark>declining living standards</u> </mar... | Scenario/Impact Answers | AT: Econ | 1AR Ext- Econ Collapse =/= War | 142783 | 8 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,626 | Taiwan war unlikely – economic ties and improving relations | Weede , 2010 | Weede, Former Professor of Sociology at the University of Bonn, 2010
(Erich, retired in 2004, current member of the Mont Pelerin Society, “The Capitalist Peace and the Rise of China: Establishing Global Harmony by Economic Interdependence”, International Interactions 36:2, 206-213, 5/18/10, accessed 6/20/11) JDB | , all of East Asia has recently become a Chinese sphere of influence. China is the most important destination of Japanese, South Korean, and Taiwanese exports—ahead of the United States. Although Taiwanese politicians rejected the idea of reunification , and although some of them were attracted to the idea of declaring... | Although Taiwanese politicians rejected reunification economic and social ties across the Taiwan Strait grew vigorously economic interdependence between China and Taiwan contributes to peace. Recently, political relations between China and Taiwan have improved | From an international trade perspective, all of East Asia has recently become a Chinese sphere of influence. China is the most important destination of Japanese, South Korean, and Taiwanese exports—ahead of the United States. Although Taiwanese politicians around the turn of the millennium rejected the idea of reunific... | 1428 | <h4><u><strong>Taiwan war unlikely – economic ties and improving relations</h4><p></u><mark>Weede</strong></mark>, Former Professor of Sociology at the University of Bonn<u><strong>, </u>20<mark>10</p><p></strong></mark>(Erich, retired in 2004, current member of the Mont Pelerin Society, “The Capitalist Peace and the R... | Scenario/Impact Answers | AT: Taiwan Independence | No War | 313333 | 1 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,627 | No nuclear escalation and outside powers will stay out | Cliff, Shlapak 7 | Roger Cliff, Ph.D. in international relations, Princeton, M.A. in history (Chinese studies), University of California, San Diego, Assistant for Strategy Development, Office of the Secretary of Defense, and David A. Shlapak, Ph.D., senior international policy analyst, RAND Project Air Force Report, 2007 | if China attempted to use force to achieve unification, the United States intervened Analysis at RAND has found that a conflict between the United States and China over Taiwan would likely be confined to the use of conventional weapons, even though both the United States and China possess nuclear weapons, and that it w... | Taiwan would be confined to the use of conventional weapons and it would not likely escalate countries in Asia regard relations with Beijing as outweighing concerns about China having used force This logic would apply strongly to countries outside the region | This situation would occur if China attempted to use force to achieve unification, the United States intervened, and China’s efforts were defeated, but Beijing refused to accept Taiwan’s independence.10 Analysis at RAND has found that a conflict between the United States and China over Taiwan would likely be confined t... | 2289 | <h4><u><strong>No nuclear escalation and outside powers will stay out</h4><p></u></strong>Roger <u><strong>Cliff,</u></strong> Ph.D. in international relations, Princeton, M.A. in history (Chinese studies), University of California, San Diego, Assistant for Strategy Development, Office of the Secretary of Defense, and ... | Scenario/Impact Answers | AT: Taiwan Independence | Won’t Escalate | 128746 | 6 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,628 | Extend 2AC Weede- economic interdependence between China and Taiwan is improving relations and prevents conflict- | null | null | null | null | null | null | <h4>Extend 2AC Weede- economic interdependence between China and Taiwan is improving relations and prevents conflict-</h4> | Scenario/Impact Answers | AT: Taiwan Independence | 1AR Ext- No Taiwan war | 313334 | 1 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,629 | And, war in the Taiwan Strait won’t escalate | Niou 03 | Niou 03
[Emerson Niou, Department of Political Science Duke University, July 21 2003.”Nuclear Deterrence over Taiwan” http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:_Tud2BeFPUQJ:www.duke.edu/~niou/teaching/Nuclear%2520Deterrence%2520Over%2520Taiwan.pdf+taiwan+conflict+won%27t+escalate&hl=en] | US security commitment to Taiwan is ambiguous and hard to predict, it is safe to say that the greater the potential cost of intervention to the US, the less likely the US will be to intervene first, China believes it is more resolved than the US in a conflict over the status of Taiwan second once China builds nuclea... | China believes it is more resolved than the US in a conflict over the status of Taiwan US will be reluctant to intervene or escalate | Whether the US will help defend Taiwan is the key question to the study of security issues in the Taiwan Strait. Although the US security commitment to Taiwan is ambiguous and hard to predict, it is safe to say that the greater the potential cost of intervention to the US, the less likely the US will be to intervene... | 1525 | <h4>And, w<strong>ar in the Taiwan Strait won’t escalate</h4><p>Niou 03</p><p></strong>[Emerson Niou, Department of Political Science Duke University, July 21 2003.”Nuclear Deterrence over Taiwan” <u>http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:_Tud2BeFPUQJ:www.duke.edu/~niou/teaching/Nuclear%2520Deterrence%2520Over%2520Taiwan... | Scenario/Impact Answers | AT: Taiwan Independence | 1AR Ext- No Taiwan war | 313335 | 1 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,630 | Turn- expanding China influence kills US-trade agreements and democracy | Brandt et al. 12 | Brandt et al. 12 | China’s growing economic presence in the Americas provides Latin American and Caribbean nations with additional trade and investment options that reduce US leverage to promote open market, democratic values. US efforts to promote labor and environmental reforms through trade agreements are undermined when other nations... | null | (Jon, Nicole Adams, Christina Dinh, Devin Kleinfield-Hayes Wanlin Ren
Andrew Tuck, Derek Hottle, Nav Aujla, and Kirsten Kaufman, American University School of International Service, December 2012, http://www.american.edu/sis/usfp/upload/Chinese-Engagement-in-LAC-AU_US-Congress-FINAL.pdf) /wyo-mm)
A trade agenda also ha... | 1182 | <h4>Turn- expanding China influence <strong>kills US-trade agreements and democracy</h4><p>Brandt et al. 12</p><p></strong>(Jon, Nicole Adams, Christina Dinh, Devin Kleinfield-Hayes Wanlin Ren</p><p>Andrew Tuck, Derek Hottle, Nav Aujla, and Kirsten Kaufman, American University School of International Service, December ... | **2AC Turns | AT: Taiwan Independence | Democracy | 280027 | 3 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,631 | And loss of democracy causes extinction- | Diamond 95 | Diamond 95 | Promoting Democracy in the 1990s
in the coming years and decades nationalist aggression could easily spread powerful international crime syndicates have made common cause with authoritarian regimes Nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons continue to proliferate The very source of life on Earth, the global ecosystem, ... | null | (Larry; senior fellow Hoover Institute) Promoting Democracy in the 1990s p. 6 http://wwics.si.edu/subsites/ccpdc/pubs/di/1.htm
This hardly exhausts the lists of threats to our security and well-being in the coming years and decades. In the former Yugoslavia nationalist aggression tears at the stability of Europe and co... | 938 | <h4><strong>And loss of democracy causes extinction- </h4><p>Diamond 95</p><p></strong>(Larry; senior fellow Hoover Institute) <u>Promoting Democracy in the 1990s</u> p. 6 http://wwics.si.edu/subsites/ccpdc/pubs/di/1.htm</p><p>This hardly exhausts the lists of threats to our security and well-being <u><strong>in the co... | **2AC Turns | AT: Taiwan Independence | Democracy | 51527 | 242 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,632 | Turn- expanding China economic influence causes Latin American dutch disease that collapses the global trade- | null | (Jon, Nicole Adams, Christina Dinh, Devin Kleinfield-Hayes Wanlin Ren | the long-term projection of this commodity trading is risky. Latin American countries are dependent on sustained commodity prices to uphold an economy that has yet to develop into a more modern, dynamic level. If Latin American countries are lulled into ‘Dutch disease’, they run the risk of not advancing socio-economic... | null | Andrew Tuck, Derek Hottle, Nav Aujla, and Kirsten Kaufman, American University School of International Service, December 2012, http://www.american.edu/sis/usfp/upload/Chinese-Engagement-in-LAC-AU_US-Congress-FINAL.pdf) /wyo-mm)
However, the long-term projection of this commodity trading is risky. Latin American countri... | 1480 | <h4>Turn- expanding China economic influence causes Latin American dutch disease that collapses the global trade- </h4><p>(Jon, Nicole Adams, Christina Dinh, Devin Kleinfield-Hayes Wanlin Ren</p><p>Andrew Tuck, Derek Hottle, Nav Aujla, and Kirsten Kaufman, American University School of International Service, December 2... | **2AC Turns | AT: Taiwan Independence | Trade | 274989 | 3 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,633 | Global trade key to check war | Weede 10 | Weede 10 | Although war in the nuclear age threatens to be much worse than any previous world war, fear of nuclear war itself might exert some pacifying impact Such fear need not be our only protection against future wars. Economic interdependence itself makes war less likely One finding of quantitative research is that military ... | null | (Erich, University of Bonn, International Interactions, “The Capitalist Peace and the Rise of China:
Establishing Global Harmony by Economic Interdependence,” April 1, 2010, accesed via Academic Search Premiere//wyo-mm)
Although war in the nuclear age threatens to be much worse than any previous world war, fear of nucl... | 1160 | <h4><strong>Global trade key to check war</h4><p>Weede 10</p><p></strong>(Erich, University of Bonn, International Interactions, “The Capitalist Peace and the Rise of China: </p><p>Establishing Global Harmony by Economic Interdependence,” April 1, 2010, accesed via Academic Search Premiere//wyo-mm) </p><p><u><strong>Al... | **2AC Turns | AT: Taiwan Independence | Trade | 185780 | 24 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,634 | Strong China-Cuba relations undermines US Heg- | He 08 | He 08 | The burgeoning Chinese involvement in Latin America, the backyard of the U S aroused new concerns in the U.S. policy circles. This development could challenge American primacy in the Western Hemisphere. Beijing’s engagement with “problematic regimes,” such as Cuba directly opposed the policies of the U S and has put Be... | null | (LI, EAI Background Brief, “China’s Growing Influence in Latin America: Challenges and Opportunities,” October 30, 2008, http://www.eai.nus.edu.sg/BB411.pdf) /wyo-mm
The burgeoning Chinese involvement in Latin America, the backyard of the United States, has aroused new concerns in the U.S. policy circles. This developm... | 689 | <h4><strong>Strong China-Cuba relations undermines US Heg-</h4><p>He 08</p><p></strong>(LI, EAI Background Brief, “China’s Growing Influence in Latin America: Challenges and Opportunities,” October 30, 2008, http://www.eai.nus.edu.sg/BB411.pdf) /wyo-mm </p><p><u><strong>The burgeoning Chinese involvement in Latin Ameri... | **2AC Turns | AT: Taiwan Independence | Heg | 313336 | 1 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,635 | Collapse of US heg causes extinction | Brooks, Ikenberry, and Wohlforth ’13 | Brooks, Ikenberry, and Wohlforth ’13 (Stephen, Associate Professor of Government at Dartmouth College, John Ikenberry is the Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University in the Department of Politics and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, William ... | deep engagement prevents the emergence of a far more dangerous global security environment For one thing the U S overseas presence gives it the leverage to restrain partners from taking provocative action its core alliance commitments deter states with aspirations to regional hegemony from contemplating expansion and m... | deep engagement prevents the emergence of a far more dangerous global security environment the U S overseas presence gives it the leverage to restrain partners from taking provocative action its core alliance commitments deter states from expansion and make its partners more secure reducing incentive to adopt solutions... | A core premise of deep engagement is that it prevents the emergence of a far more dangerous global security environment. For one thing, as noted above, the United States’ overseas presence gives it the leverage to restrain partners from taking provocative action. Perhaps more important, its core alliance commitments al... | 13067 | <h4>Collapse of US heg causes extinction</h4><p><strong>Brooks, Ikenberry, and Wohlforth ’13</strong> (Stephen, Associate Professor of Government at Dartmouth College, John Ikenberry is the Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University in the Department of Politics and the Wo... | **2AC Turns | AT: Taiwan Independence | Heg | 2521 | 421 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,636 | US-involvement creates a trilateral cooperation on renewable energy that solves global warming | Brandt et al 12 | Brandt et al 12 | One area of trilateral cooperation is in renewable energy investment the U S has led the way in renewable energy investment, but China has made remarkable advances with investment and technology China is looking to expand its markets for renewable energy Latin America provides an attractive market for Asia in the renew... | null | (Jon, Nicole Adams, Christina Dinh, Devin Kleinfield-Hayes Wanlin Ren
Andrew Tuck, Derek Hottle, Nav Aujla, and Kirsten Kaufman, American University School of International Service, December 2012, http://www.american.edu/sis/usfp/upload/Chinese-Engagement-in-LAC-AU_US-Congress-FINAL.pdf) /wyo-mm)
One area of potential ... | 3300 | <h4><strong>US-involvement creates a trilateral cooperation on renewable energy that solves global warming</h4><p>Brandt et al 12</p><p></strong>(Jon, Nicole Adams, Christina Dinh, Devin Kleinfield-Hayes Wanlin Ren</p><p>Andrew Tuck, Derek Hottle, Nav Aujla, and Kirsten Kaufman, American University School of Internatio... | **2AC Turns | AT: Taiwan Independence | Warming | 313339 | 6 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
504,637 | Warming results in multiple scenarios for extinction – it’s try or die | Sawin 8/12 | Sawin 8/12 | As early as 1988 scientists cautioned that human tinkering with the Earth's climate amounted to uncontrolled globally pervasive experiment whose consequences could be second only to a global nuclear war." hundreds of scientific studies have documented ever-mounting evidence that human activities are altering the climat... | As early as 1988, scientists cautioned that tinkering with the Earth's climate amounted to uncontrolled consequences second only to a global nuclear war scientific studies have documented that human activities are altering the climate Climate change will likely trigger severe disruptions with ever-widening consequences... | Senior Director of the Energy and Climate Change Program at the WorldWatch Institute Aug. ’12
(Janet, “Climate Change Poses Greater Security Threat than Terrorism,” http://www.worldwatch.org/node/77, accessed 9/30/12,WYO/JF
As early as 1988, scientists cautioned that human tinkering with the Earth's climate amounted to... | 5534 | <h4><strong>Warming results in multiple scenarios for extinction – it’s try or die </h4><p>Sawin 8/12</p><p></strong>Senior Director of the Energy and Climate Change Program at the WorldWatch Institute Aug. ’12 </p><p>(Janet, “Climate Change Poses Greater Security Threat than Terrorism,” http://www.worldwatch.org/node/... | **2AC Turns | AT: Taiwan Independence | Warming | 271372 | 16 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |