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Table of Contents Table of Contents..................................................................................................................................................................1 Affirmative............................................................................................................................................................................2 Advantage 1 is Naval Nationalism....................................................................................................................................2 Advantage 2 is Regional Alliances....................................................................................................................................4 Subpoint A is China.......................................................................................................................................................4 Subpoint B is Asian Security.........................................................................................................................................4 Negative................................................................................................................................................................................6 1NC – SNC Counterplan...................................................................................................................................................6 1NC Korea Grand Strategy Disad.....................................................................................................................................7 2NC South Korea Hegemony Cards..................................................................................................................................8 2NC South Korea Troops Key...........................................................................................................................................9 2NC AT Hegemony Collapse Inevitable.........................................................................................................................10 Edgemont Debate Cites – 14............................................................................................................................................1 Norm...............................................................................................................................................................................11 Okinawa Grand Strategy.................................................................................................................................................13 2NC Okinawa Grand Strategy Cards...............................................................................................................................14 Africa Grand Strategy DA...............................................................................................................................................14
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Affirmative Advantage 1 is Naval Nationalism China’s is rising peacefully now, but US containment efforts change that Kreg S. Stonestreet, 5-21-2010, Supervisory Special Agent, FBI, “Power and Stability: Promises and Perils of an Economically Strong China,” School of Advanced Military Studies, United States Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, KS, http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf&AD=ADA523211 These were prescient …shakers of history.”247
That causes naval nationalism in response to US presence Kaplan, 10 (Robert, national correspondent for The Atlantic and a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, “The Geog ra phy of Chi nese Power,” Foreign Affairs, NJ) GETTING SEA LEGS … still immature one.
And, naval nationalism drives modernization and kills relations – only reducing presence solves Ross, 9 (Robert S, Professor of Political Science at Boston College, Associate of the John King Fairbank Center for East Asian Research at Harvard University, “China’s Naval Nationalism,” International Security, Vol 34, Number 2, Fall 09, Project Muse, NJ) Nearly all Chinese …“cares most about.”
And, a strong relationship is key to prevent conflict Roy, 3 (J. Stapleton, Managing Director at Kissinger Associates, “U.S-China Relations in the Twenty-first Century”, pg 106, NJ) At the moment, …as I see it.
And, naval nationalism gives China the means to go to war Ross, 9 (Robert S, Professor of Political Science at Boston College, Associate of the John King Fairbank Center for East Asian Research at Harvard University, “China’s Naval Nationalism,” International Security, Vol 34, Number 2, Fall 09, Project Muse, NJ) Despite post–Cold War … post–Cold War era.
And, it gives them the motive to go to war Kaplan, 10 (Robert, national correspondent for The Atlantic and a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, “The Geog ra phy of Chi nese Power,” Foreign Affairs, NJ) There is, however, …track capabilities instead.
And, multiple incidents at sea put us as the brink of miscalc Gertz, 9 (Bill, Defense and national security reporter for The Washington Times, wrote a bunch of books about IR, “Blair: China Gets ‘More Aggressive’ Against U.S. Ships,” Washington Times, http://www.studentnewsdaily.com/daily-news-article/blair-china-gets-more-aggressive-against-us-ships/, NJ) Director of National … Pentagon official said.
And, miscalc raises the risk of conflict Kaplan, 10 (Robert, national correspondent for The Atlantic and a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, “The Geog ra phy of Chi nese Power,” Foreign Affairs, NJ) This is why … has only continued since.
And, that conflict necessarily goes nuclear Jones, 8 (Rodney, President of Policy Architects International, “Nuclear http://www.stimson.org/southasia/pdf/ESCCONTROLCHAPTER2.pdf, NJ) The all-out conventional …to the existing arsenals.8
And, that means extinction
Stability
and
Escalation
Control
in
South
Asia:
Structural
Factors,”
Stimson,
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Straits Times, 2k (6-25-2000, “No One Gains in War Over Taiwan,” p L/N, NJ) Conflict on such …above everything else.
And, containment strategies only ensure conflict Barron, 2 (Michael J, Legislative Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, “China's Strategic Modernization: The Russian Connection,” US Army War College, http://www.carlisle.army.mil/USAWC/Parameters/Articles/01winter/barron.htm, NJ) Today China is, …policy of engagement.
This makes all global conflicts more likely Henry C K Liu, 8-20-2005, chair of a New York-based
private
investment
group,
“Trade
wars
can
lead
to
shooting
wars,”
Asia
Times,
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/global_economy/GH20Dj01.html A China forced …country's superpower status.
And, containment forces other countries into tough diplomatic positions Shambaugh, 10 (David, September 2010, professor at George Washington University and a non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, former Fulbright senior research scholar at the Institute of World Economics and Politics, a part of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, “A New China Requires a New US Strategy,” Current History Vol 109 Iss 728, p. 222) For most Asian …military in particular.
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Advantage 2 is Regional Alliances Reducing presence allows for regional alliances with China involved Kaplan, 10 (Robert, national correspondent for The Atlantic and a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, “The Geog ra phy of Chi nese Power,” Foreign Affairs, NJ) A Greater China …drama of the age.
These alliances are effective Doug Bandow, Spring/Summer 2010, Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute, frmr Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan, “Promoting Long-Term Economic Growth: America and East Asia Working Together” International journal of Korean Studies, http://www.cato.org/pubs/articles/doug-bandow-ijks-xiv.pdf The best means … together to preserve it.
Subpoint A is China These alliances are uniquely key to prevent and check Chinese naval nationalism and Cyber warfare Bandow, 9 (Doug, Robert A. Taft Fellow at the American Conservative Defense Alliance, former special assistant to President Reagan, senior fellow at the Cato Institute, “First Among Equals,” The National Interest, http://nationalinterest.org/article/first-among-equals-2968, NJ) That doesn't mean … in everyone's interest.
Cyber war causes accidental launch Cimbala, 99 (Stephen, professor of political science at the Pennsylvania State University Delaware County Campus, Summer 1999, Armed Forces & Society: An Interdisciplinary Journal, NJ) The nuclear shadow … have unfortunate byproducts.
Global nuclear war Forrow, 98 (Lachlan Forrow, M.D. et al, 4-30-1998, “Accidental Nuclear War — A Post–Cold War Assessment,” New England Journal of Medicine, http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/338/18/1326a) Even though both …indirect casualties worldwide.4
Subpoint B is Asian Security Alliances promote cooperation, solving conflict Vogel, 10 (Ezra, Henry Ford II Emeritus Professor of Social Sciences at Harvard University, “Regionalism in Asia: Why we should stick with existing structures,” East Asia Forum, http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2010/03/30/regionalism-in-asia-why-we-should-stick-with-existing-structures/, NJ) An important key to … an important contribution.
And, reduction is key to prevent these escalatory conflicts Doug Bandow, Spring/Summer 2010, Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute, frmr Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan, “Promoting Long-Term Economic Growth: America and East Asia Working Together” International journal of Korean Studies, http://www.cato.org/pubs/articles/doug-bandow-ijks-xiv.pdf Economic cooperation has .. cooperation as well.
And, those conflicts go nuclear Landay, 2k (Jonathon S, national security and intelligence correspondent, “Top administration officials warn stakes for U.S. are high in Asian conflicts”, Knight Ridder) Few if any experts … for potential disaster."
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Solvency Plan: The Department of Defense should substantially reduce its naval presence in Japan.
That solves naval nationalism Kaplan, 10 (Robert, national correspondent for The Atlantic and a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, “The Geog ra phy of Chi nese Power,” Foreign Affairs, NJ) So can the
United … South Korea, and the Philippines.
And, that reduction strengthens our alliances in East Asia Thon, 4 Scott R. Thon, 5-3-2004, Commander, Supply Corps, US Navy, “U.S. Military Overseas Presence in the Northeast Asia-Pacific Region,” US Army War College, http://www.dtic.mil/cgibin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf&AD=ADA423938
These factors do …Congress and the President. And, Alliances reduce coercion, providing stability Doug Bandow, Spring/Summer 2010, Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute, frmr Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan, “Promoting Long-Term Economic Growth: America and East Asia Working Together” International journal of Korean Studies, http://www.cato.org/pubs/articles/doug-bandow-ijks-xiv.pdf Maintaining peaceful relations … economic cooperation and growth.
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Negative 1NC – SNC Counterplan The United States federal government should establish a trilateral security and negotiation commission with the United States, North Korea and South Korea A trilateral peace commission will be accepted by North Korea and spill over into a broader regional negotiation forum Selig Harrison ‘3 [Director of the Asia Program at the Center for International Policy, is a senior scholar of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and director of the Century Foundation’s Project on the United States and the Future of Korea. He has specialized in South Asia and East Asia for fifty years, “Korean Endgame: A Strategy for Reunification and U.S. Disengagement”, p. xxi-xxii] In answering the tension-reduction
and arms-control measures.
And, The mechanism spills over General (RET.) LEE SANGHEE ‘7 [Nonresident Senior Fellow Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies The Brookings Institution Former Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Republic of Korea, “CHANGES IN PERCEPTIONS OF THE ROK-US ALLIANCE AND THE WAY AHEAD TO ACHIEVE COMMON INTERESTS”,
http://www.brookings.edu/fp/cnaps/events/20070711.pdf]
B. The Stable Management of north … achieve national interests of both countries in global sense.
That solves their internal links better and maintains US credibility and deterrence Colonel Gary S. Kinne ‘4 [Colonel US Army and Training and Doctrine Command Systems Manager , peer-reviewed by Dr. Clayton Chun, prof of National security ay U.S. Army War College , “U.S. STRATEGY TOWARDS NORTH KOREA”, http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf&AD=ADA423691] The United States, …that compromise follows.
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1NC Korea Grand Strategy Disad Withdrawal obliterates US credibility in Asia and sparks arms races turning case Robert E Kelly ‘9 [Assistant Professor Department of Political Science & Diplomacy Pusan National University, “Should the US Pull Out of South Korea (2): No,” Foreign Policy, Korea (South), United States, http://asiansecurityblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/18/should-the-us-pull-out-of-south-korea-2-no/] US SecDef Gates …regional competition.
And, Asian credibility key to global primacy Goh ‘8 [Lecturer in International Relations in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford, Evelyn, International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, “Hierarchy and the role of the United States in the East Asian security order,” 2008 8(3):353-377, Oxford Journals Database] The centrality of these … appear to be much worse.
Global nuclear omnicide Bradley Thayer, Professor, Security Studies, Missouri State University, 11/06, The National Interest, “In Defense of Primacy.” Those arguing for a grand strategy …, American primacy remains humanity's only practical hope of solving the world's ills.
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2NC South Korea Hegemony Cards Longest period of peace in human history – Even if some conflict happen, they stay local Lewis, 9 - James Lewis, Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies, 2009, “The
blessings
of
Pax
Americana,”
http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/09/the_blessings_of_pax_americana.html The American Non ... war, or tyranny.
And, turns miscalc Jackson ‘95 - United States Air Force, Director of Operations 5th Reconnaissance Squadron Osan AB, Republic of Korea [Major Richard S. Air & Space Power Journal, “Security of the Korean Peninsula: U.S. Continuing Commitment,” http://www.airpower.au.af.mil/airchronicles/cc/jackson.html] Conclusion South Korea ... without conflict.(21)
Presence key to regionalism Snyder ’9 – [Senior Adjunct Fellow for Korean Studies, Council on Foreign Relations, Director, Center for U.S.-Korea Polciy, the Asia Foundation, “From Nuclear Talks to Regional Institutions: Challenges and Prospects for Security Multilateralism in Northeast Asia,” http://asiafoundation.org/in-asia/2009/06/24/from-nuclear-talks-to-regional-institutions-challenges-and-prospects-forsecurity-multilateralism-in-northeast-asia/] A second issue ... cooperation to successfully manage.
US/China war Morris & Glaser, 9 [Lyle, Research Intern in the Freeman Chair in China Studies at CSIS and is currently pursuing a Masters degree from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, Bonnie, Senior Fellow in the Freeman Chair for China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, “Chinese Perceptions of U.S. Decline and Power,” 7-9, http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=35241&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=13&cHash=021157f86c] Chinese perceptions of ... United States invaded Iraq.
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2NC South Korea Troops Key And, withdrawing troops sets a unique precedent collapsing credibility Todd B. Henricks ‘5 [Lieutenant Commander, Civil Engineer Corps, United States Navy , “Adverse Effects of Prospective U.S. Forces Korea Troop Realignments,” http://www.dtic.mil/cgibin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA463965&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf,] USFK Force Realignments ... focusing on USFK.”15
Key to the nuclear guarantee Payne, et. al, 10 – Professor in Defense and Strategic Studies at Missouri State University (March 2010, Dr. Keith Payne, Study Director Thomas Scheber Kurt Guthe, “U.S. Extended Deterrence and Assurance for Allies in Northeast Asia,” http://www.nipp.org/National%20Institute%20Press/Current%20Publications/PDF/US%20Extend-Deter-for%20print.pdf) Forward Deployments
The forward presence ... to regional stability.57 Physically, Psychologically, and Symbolically overwhelm all other factors – independently key to win a Korean war Singh and Il-Young, 3 [senior research fellow at the Institute for Far Eastern Studies in Seoul and president of the Indo-Korean Policy Forum, 2003, Lakhvinder Singh and Il-Young Kim , “Time to Keep Going: The Role and Structure of U.S. Forces in a Unified Korea,” Pacific Focus, Volume 18 Issue 1, Pages 65 – 87, Center for International Studies, Inha University] Such intelligence capabilities ... this point into account.
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2NC AT Hegemony Collapse Inevitable Actual hegemony is untouchable – but security commitments are key to deter aggression Twining ‘10 – Daniel, Senior Fellow for Asia at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, Oxford Scholar, “Cheer up, America: You're still on top of the world,” Foreign Policy, http://shadow.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/01/05/cheer_up_america_youre_still_on_top_of_the_world The United States ... . / Happy
2010.
Even if collapse is inevitable – accelerating decline crushes the transition to multipolarity Dale C Walton ‘7 [Lecturer in International Relations and Strategic Studies at the University of Reading in Reading, England, 07, “geopolitics and the great powers in the twenty-first century”, http://books.google.com/books?id=AQLTD1R-47AC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_navlinks_s#v=onepage&q=&f=false] Although international political ... a great power war.
And, resulting apolarity causes extinction Niall Ferguson, Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History, Harvard University; Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, 4, “When Empires Wane.
Yet universal claims ... wish for.face. And challenger wars go nuclear Khalilzad ’95 [Zalmay (Dep. Secretary of Defense) Spring 1995 The Washington Quarterly] A world in ... a global nuclear exchange.
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Norm A. The Prewritten Script. The aff’s “should” draws us into normative thought. Pierre Schlag, Professor of Law @ the University of Colorado, 1991, “Normativity and the Politics of Form,” Lexis-Nexis Against this backdrop ... explicit, they collapse.
B. Negative Portable Impact. This desensitizes us to real-world suffering as people outside of debate. Richard Delgado, Professor of Law @ the University of Colorado, 1991, “Norms and Normal Science,” Lexis-Nexis But what is ... faced with subsistence claims.
C. Vote negative as an educator to refuse normativity. Pierre Schlag, Professor of Law @ the University of Colorado, 1990, “Normative and Nowhere to Go,” Lexis-Nexis All of this ... bureaucratic logic of institutions.
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2NC Norm Cards Turns case Majid Rahnema, Professor @ Fitter College, 1997, The Post-Development Reader, p. 392-3 A first condition ... journey into the unknown.
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Okinawa Grand Strategy Plan signals weak US regional commitment GAO 98 (“Issues Involved in Reducing the Impact of the US Military Presence on Okinawa” pg online @ [http://www.gao.gov/archive/1998/ns98066.pdf]//) The Department of ... based Marine Corps forces.
That obliterates primacy and causes regional conflict Goh ‘8 [Lecturer in International Relations in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford, Evelyn, International Relations of the AsiaPacific, “Hierarchy and the role of the United States in the East Asian security order,” 2008 8(3):353-377, Oxford Journals Database] The centrality of ... to be much worse.
Global nuclear omnicide Bradley Thayer, Professor, Security Studies, Missouri State University, 11/06, The National Interest, “In Defense of Primacy.” Those arguing for ...
solving the world's ills.
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2NC Okinawa Grand Strategy Cards Collapse ensures conflict - 500 years flow neg Joseph Nye, 1990, fmr
Dean of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, Bound to Lead, p. 17
Perceptions of change ... know it may end.
And, regional conflicts races go nuclear Landay 2K [Jonathon S. Landay, national security and intelligence correspondent for Knight Ridder, has written about foreign affairs and U.S. defense, intelligence and foreign policies, “Top administration officials warn stakes for U.S. are high in Asian conflicts”, 3-11, L/N] Few if any ... elements for potential disaster."
And, these are uniquely fast – no impact turns apply Aaron Friedburg ‘94 [Frmr deputy assistant for national-security affairs and director of policy planning. for the Vice president, PhD in Politics from Harvard, He has served as Director of Princeton's Research Program in International Security at the Woodrow Wilson School,. Frmr fellow at Smithsonian Institution’s Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the Norwegian Nobel Institute, and Harvard University’s Center for International Affairs, and Chairman of the Board of Counselors for the National Bureau of Asian Research's Pyle Center for Northeast Asian Studies., “International Security”, Winter, p. 8, p. asp//wfi-tjc] Most of the ... become vicious downward ones.
Africa Grand Strategy DA Withdrawal exacerbates regional instability and obliterates primacy Stephens, 9 [Bret, foreign-affairs columnist of the Wall Street Journal and deputy editorial page editor, responsible for the editorial pages of the Journal's European and Asian editions, was editor-in-chief of the Jerusalem Post in 2002-2004, “The Afghan Stakes,” 9-7, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203440104574398442481337048.html#articleTabs%3Darticle] So George Will ... 9/11 anniversary.
Global nuclear omnicide Bradley Thayer, Professor, Security Studies, Missouri State University, 11/06, The National Interest, “In Defense of Primacy.” Those arguing for ... solving
the world's ills.
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Table of Contents Table of Contents..................................................................................................................................................................1 Affirmative............................................................................................................................................................................2 Advantage 1 is Naval Nationalism....................................................................................................................................2 Advantage 2 is Regional Alliances....................................................................................................................................4 Subpoint A is China.......................................................................................................................................................4 Subpoint B is Asian Security.........................................................................................................................................4 Negative................................................................................................................................................................................6 1NC – SNC Counterplan...................................................................................................................................................6 1NC Korea Grand Strategy Disad.....................................................................................................................................7 2NC South Korea Hegemony Cards..................................................................................................................................8 2NC South Korea Troops Key...........................................................................................................................................9 2NC AT Hegemony Collapse Inevitable.........................................................................................................................10 Edgemont Debate Cites – 14............................................................................................................................................1 Norm...............................................................................................................................................................................11 Okinawa Grand Strategy.................................................................................................................................................13 2NC Okinawa Grand Strategy Cards...............................................................................................................................14 Africa Grand Strategy DA...............................................................................................................................................14
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Affirmative Advantage 1 is Naval Nationalism China’s is rising peacefully now, but US containment efforts change that Kreg S. Stonestreet, 5-21-2010, Supervisory Special Agent, FBI, “Power and Stability: Promises and Perils of an Economically Strong China,” School of Advanced Military Studies, United States Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, KS, http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf&AD=ADA523211 These were prescient …shakers of history.”247
That causes naval nationalism in response to US presence Kaplan, 10 (Robert, national correspondent for The Atlantic and a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, “The Geog ra phy of Chi nese Power,” Foreign Affairs, NJ) GETTING SEA LEGS … still immature one.
And, naval nationalism drives modernization and kills relations – only reducing presence solves Ross, 9 (Robert S, Professor of Political Science at Boston College, Associate of the John King Fairbank Center for East Asian Research at Harvard University, “China’s Naval Nationalism,” International Security, Vol 34, Number 2, Fall 09, Project Muse, NJ) Nearly all Chinese …“cares most about.”
And, a strong relationship is key to prevent conflict Roy, 3 (J. Stapleton, Managing Director at Kissinger Associates, “U.S-China Relations in the Twenty-first Century”, pg 106, NJ) At the moment, …as I see it.
And, naval nationalism gives China the means to go to war Ross, 9 (Robert S, Professor of Political Science at Boston College, Associate of the John King Fairbank Center for East Asian Research at Harvard University, “China’s Naval Nationalism,” International Security, Vol 34, Number 2, Fall 09, Project Muse, NJ) Despite post–Cold War … post–Cold War era.
And, it gives them the motive to go to war Kaplan, 10 (Robert, national correspondent for The Atlantic and a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, “The Geog ra phy of Chi nese Power,” Foreign Affairs, NJ) There is, however, …track capabilities instead.
And, multiple incidents at sea put us as the brink of miscalc Gertz, 9 (Bill, Defense and national security reporter for The Washington Times, wrote a bunch of books about IR, “Blair: China Gets ‘More Aggressive’ Against U.S. Ships,” Washington Times, http://www.studentnewsdaily.com/daily-news-article/blair-china-gets-more-aggressive-against-us-ships/, NJ) Director of National … Pentagon official said.
And, miscalc raises the risk of conflict Kaplan, 10 (Robert, national correspondent for The Atlantic and a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, “The Geog ra phy of Chi nese Power,” Foreign Affairs, NJ) This is why … has only continued since.
And, that conflict necessarily goes nuclear Jones, 8 (Rodney, President of Policy Architects International, “Nuclear http://www.stimson.org/southasia/pdf/ESCCONTROLCHAPTER2.pdf, NJ) The all-out conventional …to the existing arsenals.8
And, that means extinction
Stability
and
Escalation
Control
in
South
Asia:
Structural
Factors,”
Stimson,
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Straits Times, 2k (6-25-2000, “No One Gains in War Over Taiwan,” p L/N, NJ) Conflict on such …above everything else.
And, containment strategies only ensure conflict Barron, 2 (Michael J, Legislative Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, “China's Strategic Modernization: The Russian Connection,” US Army War College, http://www.carlisle.army.mil/USAWC/Parameters/Articles/01winter/barron.htm, NJ) Today China is, …policy of engagement.
This makes all global conflicts more likely Henry C K Liu, 8-20-2005, chair of a New York-based
private
investment
group,
“Trade
wars
can
lead
to
shooting
wars,”
Asia
Times,
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/global_economy/GH20Dj01.html A China forced …country's superpower status.
And, containment forces other countries into tough diplomatic positions Shambaugh, 10 (David, September 2010, professor at George Washington University and a non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, former Fulbright senior research scholar at the Institute of World Economics and Politics, a part of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, “A New China Requires a New US Strategy,” Current History Vol 109 Iss 728, p. 222) For most Asian …military in particular.
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Advantage 2 is Regional Alliances Reducing presence allows for regional alliances with China involved Kaplan, 10 (Robert, national correspondent for The Atlantic and a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, “The Geog ra phy of Chi nese Power,” Foreign Affairs, NJ) A Greater China …drama of the age.
These alliances are effective Doug Bandow, Spring/Summer 2010, Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute, frmr Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan, “Promoting Long-Term Economic Growth: America and East Asia Working Together” International journal of Korean Studies, http://www.cato.org/pubs/articles/doug-bandow-ijks-xiv.pdf The best means … together to preserve it.
Subpoint A is China These alliances are uniquely key to prevent and check Chinese naval nationalism and Cyber warfare Bandow, 9 (Doug, Robert A. Taft Fellow at the American Conservative Defense Alliance, former special assistant to President Reagan, senior fellow at the Cato Institute, “First Among Equals,” The National Interest, http://nationalinterest.org/article/first-among-equals-2968, NJ) That doesn't mean … in everyone's interest.
Cyber war causes accidental launch Cimbala, 99 (Stephen, professor of political science at the Pennsylvania State University Delaware County Campus, Summer 1999, Armed Forces & Society: An Interdisciplinary Journal, NJ) The nuclear shadow … have unfortunate byproducts.
Global nuclear war Forrow, 98 (Lachlan Forrow, M.D. et al, 4-30-1998, “Accidental Nuclear War — A Post–Cold War Assessment,” New England Journal of Medicine, http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/338/18/1326a) Even though both …indirect casualties worldwide.4
Subpoint B is Asian Security Alliances promote cooperation, solving conflict Vogel, 10 (Ezra, Henry Ford II Emeritus Professor of Social Sciences at Harvard University, “Regionalism in Asia: Why we should stick with existing structures,” East Asia Forum, http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2010/03/30/regionalism-in-asia-why-we-should-stick-with-existing-structures/, NJ) An important key to … an important contribution.
And, reduction is key to prevent these escalatory conflicts Doug Bandow, Spring/Summer 2010, Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute, frmr Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan, “Promoting Long-Term Economic Growth: America and East Asia Working Together” International journal of Korean Studies, http://www.cato.org/pubs/articles/doug-bandow-ijks-xiv.pdf Economic cooperation has .. cooperation as well.
And, those conflicts go nuclear Landay, 2k (Jonathon S, national security and intelligence correspondent, “Top administration officials warn stakes for U.S. are high in Asian conflicts”, Knight Ridder) Few if any experts … for potential disaster."
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Solvency Plan: The Department of Defense should substantially reduce its naval presence in Japan.
That solves naval nationalism Kaplan, 10 (Robert, national correspondent for The Atlantic and a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, “The Geog ra phy of Chi nese Power,” Foreign Affairs, NJ) So can the
United … South Korea, and the Philippines.
And, that reduction strengthens our alliances in East Asia Thon, 4 Scott R. Thon, 5-3-2004, Commander, Supply Corps, US Navy, “U.S. Military Overseas Presence in the Northeast Asia-Pacific Region,” US Army War College, http://www.dtic.mil/cgibin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf&AD=ADA423938
These factors do …Congress and the President. And, Alliances reduce coercion, providing stability Doug Bandow, Spring/Summer 2010, Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute, frmr Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan, “Promoting Long-Term Economic Growth: America and East Asia Working Together” International journal of Korean Studies, http://www.cato.org/pubs/articles/doug-bandow-ijks-xiv.pdf Maintaining peaceful relations … economic cooperation and growth.
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Negative 1NC – SNC Counterplan The United States federal government should establish a trilateral security and negotiation commission with the United States, North Korea and South Korea A trilateral peace commission will be accepted by North Korea and spill over into a broader regional negotiation forum Selig Harrison ‘3 [Director of the Asia Program at the Center for International Policy, is a senior scholar of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and director of the Century Foundation’s Project on the United States and the Future of Korea. He has specialized in South Asia and East Asia for fifty years, “Korean Endgame: A Strategy for Reunification and U.S. Disengagement”, p. xxi-xxii] In answering the tension-reduction
and arms-control measures.
And, The mechanism spills over General (RET.) LEE SANGHEE ‘7 [Nonresident Senior Fellow Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies The Brookings Institution Former Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Republic of Korea, “CHANGES IN PERCEPTIONS OF THE ROK-US ALLIANCE AND THE WAY AHEAD TO ACHIEVE COMMON INTERESTS”,
http://www.brookings.edu/fp/cnaps/events/20070711.pdf]
B. The Stable Management of north … achieve national interests of both countries in global sense.
That solves their internal links better and maintains US credibility and deterrence Colonel Gary S. Kinne ‘4 [Colonel US Army and Training and Doctrine Command Systems Manager , peer-reviewed by Dr. Clayton Chun, prof of National security ay U.S. Army War College , “U.S. STRATEGY TOWARDS NORTH KOREA”, http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf&AD=ADA423691] The United States, …that compromise follows.
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1NC Korea Grand Strategy Disad Withdrawal obliterates US credibility in Asia and sparks arms races turning case Robert E Kelly ‘9 [Assistant Professor Department of Political Science & Diplomacy Pusan National University, “Should the US Pull Out of South Korea (2): No,” Foreign Policy, Korea (South), United States, http://asiansecurityblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/18/should-the-us-pull-out-of-south-korea-2-no/] US SecDef Gates …regional competition.
And, Asian credibility key to global primacy Goh ‘8 [Lecturer in International Relations in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford, Evelyn, International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, “Hierarchy and the role of the United States in the East Asian security order,” 2008 8(3):353-377, Oxford Journals Database] The centrality of these … appear to be much worse.
Global nuclear omnicide Bradley Thayer, Professor, Security Studies, Missouri State University, 11/06, The National Interest, “In Defense of Primacy.” Those arguing for a grand strategy …, American primacy remains humanity's only practical hope of solving the world's ills.
Edgemont Debate
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2NC South Korea Hegemony Cards Longest period of peace in human history – Even if some conflict happen, they stay local Lewis, 9 - James Lewis, Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies, 2009, “The
blessings
of
Pax
Americana,”
http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/09/the_blessings_of_pax_americana.html The American Non ... war, or tyranny.
And, turns miscalc Jackson ‘95 - United States Air Force, Director of Operations 5th Reconnaissance Squadron Osan AB, Republic of Korea [Major Richard S. Air & Space Power Journal, “Security of the Korean Peninsula: U.S. Continuing Commitment,” http://www.airpower.au.af.mil/airchronicles/cc/jackson.html] Conclusion South Korea ... without conflict.(21)
Presence key to regionalism Snyder ’9 – [Senior Adjunct Fellow for Korean Studies, Council on Foreign Relations, Director, Center for U.S.-Korea Polciy, the Asia Foundation, “From Nuclear Talks to Regional Institutions: Challenges and Prospects for Security Multilateralism in Northeast Asia,” http://asiafoundation.org/in-asia/2009/06/24/from-nuclear-talks-to-regional-institutions-challenges-and-prospects-forsecurity-multilateralism-in-northeast-asia/] A second issue ... cooperation to successfully manage.
US/China war Morris & Glaser, 9 [Lyle, Research Intern in the Freeman Chair in China Studies at CSIS and is currently pursuing a Masters degree from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, Bonnie, Senior Fellow in the Freeman Chair for China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, “Chinese Perceptions of U.S. Decline and Power,” 7-9, http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=35241&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=13&cHash=021157f86c] Chinese perceptions of ... United States invaded Iraq.
Edgemont Debate
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2NC South Korea Troops Key And, withdrawing troops sets a unique precedent collapsing credibility Todd B. Henricks ‘5 [Lieutenant Commander, Civil Engineer Corps, United States Navy , “Adverse Effects of Prospective U.S. Forces Korea Troop Realignments,” http://www.dtic.mil/cgibin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA463965&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf,] USFK Force Realignments ... focusing on USFK.”15
Key to the nuclear guarantee Payne, et. al, 10 – Professor in Defense and Strategic Studies at Missouri State University (March 2010, Dr. Keith Payne, Study Director Thomas Scheber Kurt Guthe, “U.S. Extended Deterrence and Assurance for Allies in Northeast Asia,” http://www.nipp.org/National%20Institute%20Press/Current%20Publications/PDF/US%20Extend-Deter-for%20print.pdf) Forward Deployments
The forward presence ... to regional stability.57 Physically, Psychologically, and Symbolically overwhelm all other factors – independently key to win a Korean war Singh and Il-Young, 3 [senior research fellow at the Institute for Far Eastern Studies in Seoul and president of the Indo-Korean Policy Forum, 2003, Lakhvinder Singh and Il-Young Kim , “Time to Keep Going: The Role and Structure of U.S. Forces in a Unified Korea,” Pacific Focus, Volume 18 Issue 1, Pages 65 – 87, Center for International Studies, Inha University] Such intelligence capabilities ... this point into account.
Edgemont Debate
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2NC AT Hegemony Collapse Inevitable Actual hegemony is untouchable – but security commitments are key to deter aggression Twining ‘10 – Daniel, Senior Fellow for Asia at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, Oxford Scholar, “Cheer up, America: You're still on top of the world,” Foreign Policy, http://shadow.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/01/05/cheer_up_america_youre_still_on_top_of_the_world The United States ... . / Happy
2010.
Even if collapse is inevitable – accelerating decline crushes the transition to multipolarity Dale C Walton ‘7 [Lecturer in International Relations and Strategic Studies at the University of Reading in Reading, England, 07, “geopolitics and the great powers in the twenty-first century”, http://books.google.com/books?id=AQLTD1R-47AC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_navlinks_s#v=onepage&q=&f=false] Although international political ... a great power war.
And, resulting apolarity causes extinction Niall Ferguson, Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History, Harvard University; Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, 4, “When Empires Wane.
Yet universal claims ... wish for.face. And challenger wars go nuclear Khalilzad ’95 [Zalmay (Dep. Secretary of Defense) Spring 1995 The Washington Quarterly] A world in ... a global nuclear exchange.
Edgemont Debate
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Norm A. The Prewritten Script. The aff’s “should” draws us into normative thought. Pierre Schlag, Professor of Law @ the University of Colorado, 1991, “Normativity and the Politics of Form,” Lexis-Nexis Against this backdrop ... explicit, they collapse.
B. Negative Portable Impact. This desensitizes us to real-world suffering as people outside of debate. Richard Delgado, Professor of Law @ the University of Colorado, 1991, “Norms and Normal Science,” Lexis-Nexis But what is ... faced with subsistence claims.
C. Vote negative as an educator to refuse normativity. Pierre Schlag, Professor of Law @ the University of Colorado, 1990, “Normative and Nowhere to Go,” Lexis-Nexis All of this ... bureaucratic logic of institutions.
Edgemont Debate
2NC Norm Cards Turns case Majid Rahnema, Professor @ Fitter College, 1997, The Post-Development Reader, p. 392-3 A first condition ... journey into the unknown.
Cites – 12
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Okinawa Grand Strategy Plan signals weak US regional commitment GAO 98 (“Issues Involved in Reducing the Impact of the US Military Presence on Okinawa” pg online @ [http://www.gao.gov/archive/1998/ns98066.pdf]//) The Department of ... based Marine Corps forces.
That obliterates primacy and causes regional conflict Goh ‘8 [Lecturer in International Relations in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford, Evelyn, International Relations of the AsiaPacific, “Hierarchy and the role of the United States in the East Asian security order,” 2008 8(3):353-377, Oxford Journals Database] The centrality of ... to be much worse.
Global nuclear omnicide Bradley Thayer, Professor, Security Studies, Missouri State University, 11/06, The National Interest, “In Defense of Primacy.” Those arguing for ...
solving the world's ills.
Edgemont Debate
Cites – 14
2NC Okinawa Grand Strategy Cards Collapse ensures conflict - 500 years flow neg Joseph Nye, 1990, fmr
Dean of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, Bound to Lead, p. 17
Perceptions of change ... know it may end.
And, regional conflicts races go nuclear Landay 2K [Jonathon S. Landay, national security and intelligence correspondent for Knight Ridder, has written about foreign affairs and U.S. defense, intelligence and foreign policies, “Top administration officials warn stakes for U.S. are high in Asian conflicts”, 3-11, L/N] Few if any ... elements for potential disaster."
And, these are uniquely fast – no impact turns apply Aaron Friedburg ‘94 [Frmr deputy assistant for national-security affairs and director of policy planning. for the Vice president, PhD in Politics from Harvard, He has served as Director of Princeton's Research Program in International Security at the Woodrow Wilson School,. Frmr fellow at Smithsonian Institution’s Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the Norwegian Nobel Institute, and Harvard University’s Center for International Affairs, and Chairman of the Board of Counselors for the National Bureau of Asian Research's Pyle Center for Northeast Asian Studies., “International Security”, Winter, p. 8, p. asp//wfi-tjc] Most of the ... become vicious downward ones.
Africa Grand Strategy DA Withdrawal exacerbates regional instability and obliterates primacy Stephens, 9 [Bret, foreign-affairs columnist of the Wall Street Journal and deputy editorial page editor, responsible for the editorial pages of the Journal's European and Asian editions, was editor-in-chief of the Jerusalem Post in 2002-2004, “The Afghan Stakes,” 9-7, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203440104574398442481337048.html#articleTabs%3Darticle] So George Will ... 9/11 anniversary.
Global nuclear omnicide Bradley Thayer, Professor, Security Studies, Missouri State University, 11/06, The National Interest, “In Defense of Primacy.” Those arguing for ... solving
the world's ills.
