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3,784,045 | Trump’s tax reform is coming together, he is pushing, and it is key to economic growth | Mason 2/2 | Mason 2/2 (John M. Mason, 2-2-2017, Tax Reform On The Way: The Hope Of The New Administration," Seeking Alpha, http://seekingalpha.com/article/4042088-tax-reform-way-hope-new-administration, Accessed: 2-3-2017, /Kent Denver-MB) | Trump is trying to deliver on the promises he made while campaigning and tax reform is a major issue he promised to address It seems as if the political forces are forming to achieve this tax reform as House Speaker Paul Ryan and Trump advisor Jared Kushner meet for dinner. Investors remain optimistic that tax reform w... | Trump is trying to deliver on tax reform political forces are forming to achieve reform Investors remain optimistic tax reform will be achieved in the near term Trump will be able to spur the US economy on to faster rates of growth optimism seems to be offsetting uncertainty created Trump Ryan will not require an exten... | Summary As in other areas, President Trump is trying to deliver on the promises he made while campaigning and tax reform is a major issue he promised to address. It seems as if the political forces are forming to achieve this tax reform as House Speaker Paul Ryan and Trump advisor Jared Kushner meet for dinner. Investo... | 2,798 | <h4>Trump’s tax reform is coming together, he is pushing, and it is key to economic growth</h4><p><strong>Mason 2/2</strong> (John M. Mason, 2-2-2017, Tax Reform On The Way: The Hope Of The New Administration," Seeking Alpha, http://seekingalpha.com/article/4042088-tax-reform-way-hope-new-administration, Accessed: 2-3-... | 1NC | DA | 1NC Tax Reform | 1,542,905 | 10 | 126,162 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/KrKi/Kent%20Denver-Krauss-Kim-Neg-Golden%20Desert-Round6.docx | 660,692 | N | Golden Desert | 6 | Damien MP | Joel Lemuel | 1AC - AIIB
1NC - Xi Politics DA Agenda Politics DA Commission CP T QPQ Dollar Heg Turn On Case Appeasement Turn On Case
2NC - T QPQ Politics DA
1NR - Commission CP
2NR Commission CP Politics DA | hspolicy16/KentDenver/KrKi/Kent%20Denver-Krauss-Kim-Neg-Golden%20Desert-Round6.docx | null | 56,019 | KrKi | Kent Denver KrKi | null | Ni..... | Kr..... | Ja..... | Ki..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,046 | Next – is our long Chandler card, it: | null | null | null | null | null | null | <h4>Next – is our long Chandler card, it:</h4> | null | K – Legal Reformism | 1NC | 1,561,079 | 1 | 126,168 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/HaRo/Kent%20Denver-Hamilton-Rolls-Neg-Berkeley-Round5.docx | 660,775 | N | Berkeley | 5 | McDonogh JN | Anastasia Kazteridis | 1AC - Fugitivity
1NC - Framework Legalism K
2NC - Framework
1NR - Legalism
2NR - Framework K but kicked the alt | hspolicy16/KentDenver/HaRo/Kent%20Denver-Hamilton-Rolls-Neg-Berkeley-Round5.docx | null | 56,031 | HaRo | Kent Denver HaRo | null | Tu..... | Ha..... | Ia..... | Ro..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,047 | Warming causes extinction | Mccoy 14 | Mccoy 14 (Dr. David McCoy et al., MD, Centre for International Health and Development, University College London, “Climate Change and Human Survival,” BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL v. 348, 4—2—14, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g2510) | the IPCC’s new report should leave no doubt about the scale and immediacy of the threat to human survival, it is “virtually certain that human influence has warmed the climate system and it is “extremely likely that more than half of the increase in temperature is anthropogenic Its report outlines the threats of warmin... | the IPCC’s new report should leave no doubt about the scale and immediacy of the threat to human survival it is “virtually certain that increase in temperature is anthropogenic the threats of warming scarcity of food and water rise in sea level; loss of biodiversity and mass migration, conflict and violence The IPCC wa... | The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has just published its report on the impacts of global warming. Building on its recent update of the physical science of global warming [1], the IPCC’s new report should leave the world in no doubt about the scale and immediacy of the threat to human survival, health... | 2,661 | <h4>Warming causes extinction</h4><p><strong>Mccoy 14 </strong>(Dr. David McCoy et al., MD, Centre for International Health and Development, University College London, “Climate Change and Human Survival,” BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL v. 348, 4—2—14, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g2510)</p><p>The Intergovernmental Pane... | null | 1AC | Advantage 2 is the Liberal Order | 47,595 | 469 | 126,164 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/KrKi/Kent%20Denver-Krauss-Kim-Aff-Golden%20Desert-Round4.docx | 660,652 | A | Golden Desert | 4 | Notre Dame MP | Jack Lassiter | 1AC - Taiwan (Sorta New You Should Check it Out)
1NC - Security K T-Reznick
2NR - K | hspolicy16/KentDenver/KrKi/Kent%20Denver-Krauss-Kim-Aff-Golden%20Desert-Round4.docx | null | 56,019 | KrKi | Kent Denver KrKi | null | Ni..... | Kr..... | Ja..... | Ki..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,048 | Defensive realism is true and shapes China’s rise – resolving the security dilemma makes China feel secure and satisfied | null | The security dilemma proves – this only occurs between defensive realist states – since its aggression due to violations of security | null | null | China has shifted from an offensive realist to defensive realist state – Raditio cites that after Mischief Reef China China sought to adopt the strategy of engagement in the SCS
Second, China doesn’t mean
Raditio 14 (Klaus Heinrich, PhD student at the Department of Government and International Relations of the Universi... | 604 | <h4>Defensive realism is true and shapes China’s rise – resolving the security dilemma makes China feel secure and satisfied</h4><p>The security dilemma proves – this only occurs between defensive realist states – since its aggression due to violations of security </p><p>China has shifted from an offensive realist to d... | 1AC | 1AC | Solvency | 1,561,082 | 5 | 126,106 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/HsTa/Kent%20Denver-Hsia-Tamkin-Aff-Berkeley-Round2.docx | 660,755 | A | Berkeley | 2 | Classical TS | Anastasia Kazteridis | 1AC-Taiwan
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Solvency | hspolicy16/KentDenver/HsTa/Kent%20Denver-Hsia-Tamkin-Aff-Berkeley-Round2.docx | null | 56,025 | HsTa | Kent Denver HsTa | null | Al..... | Hs..... | Da..... | Ta..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,049 | 2. Ends the security dilemma, squo is trapped in cycle of expansion of military posture that is inescapable | null | null | null | null | null | null | <h4><strong>2. Ends the security dilemma, squo is trapped in cycle of expansion of military posture that is inescapable </h4></strong> | 2AC/1AR (LD) | Flashpoints/Taiwan | 2AC Solvency | 1,561,080 | 1 | 126,088 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/HoWo/Kent%20Denver-Ho-Woodard-Aff-UC%20Berkeley%20Invitational-Round5.docx | 660,779 | A | UC Berkeley Invitational | 5 | Davis WK | Hanna Wilson | 1AC
- FlashpointsTaiwan
- Relations
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1NC
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- Discussion Counter Plan
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- Relations | hspolicy16/KentDenver/HoWo/Kent%20Denver-Ho-Woodard-Aff-UC%20Berkeley%20Invitational-Round5.docx | null | 56,032 | HoWo | Kent Denver HoWo | null | Gr..... | Ho..... | Ai..... | Wo..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,050 | All feminist epistemologists have criticized traditional Western epistemology, by which is meant Cartesian Epistemology, or the Enlightenment or modernist epistemology that has been dominant in modern and contemporary science. Traditional Western epistemology focuses on the individual epistemic agent and holds that the... | null | null | null | null | null | null | <h4><u><strong><mark>All feminist epistemologists have criticized traditional Western epistemology</u></strong></mark>, by which is meant Cartesian Epistemology, or the Enlightenment or modernist epistemology <u><strong>that has been dominant in modern and contemporary science. Traditional Western epistemology focuses ... | 2NC/NR | 1 K | Framework | 1,561,081 | 1 | 126,103 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/HoRo/Kent%20Denver-Ho-Rolls-Aff-Mile%20High%20Classic-Round6.docx | 660,743 | A | Mile High Classic | 6 | Reyna Esquibel and Owen Schalk | John Mckiernan | Taiwan Aff
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o Solvency | hspolicy16/KentDenver/HoRo/Kent%20Denver-Ho-Rolls-Aff-Mile%20High%20Classic-Round6.docx | null | 56,024 | HoRo | Kent Denver HoRo | null | Gr..... | Ho..... | Ia..... | Ro..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,051 | The AIIB is a lightning rod – republicans hate the economic costs | Zhang 15 | Zhang 15 (Xunchao Zhang, University of Chicago, Committee on International Relations Department, 9-21-2015, "AIIB: a Test of Sino-US Relations," Australian Institute of International Affairs, http://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australian_outlook/aiib-a-test-of-sino-us-relations/, Accessed: 2-1-2017 /Kent Denver-NK) | why did Washington not join the AIIB answer lies in US domestic politics Such an option was constrained by Republican control over Congress. r the US to join the AIIB, it has to make billions of dollars of capital contribution; such funding would never be approved by the Republican-dominated Congress there was less pol... | why did Washington not join the AIIB answer lies in US domestic politics constrained by Republican control over Congress For the US to join the AIIB, it has to make billions of dollars of capital contribution would never be approved by the Republican-dominated Congress there was less political capital to spare for the ... | But why did Washington not join the AIIB after all? The answer lies in US domestic politics. Such an option was constrained by Republican control over Congress. For the US to join the AIIB, it has to make billions of dollars of capital contribution; such funding would never be approved by the Republican-dominated Congr... | 810 | <h4>The AIIB is a lightning rod – republicans hate the economic costs</h4><p><strong>Zhang 15</strong> (Xunchao Zhang, University of Chicago, Committee on International Relations Department, 9-21-2015, "AIIB: a Test of Sino-US Relations," Australian Institute of International Affairs, <u>http://www.internationalaffairs... | 1NC | DA | 1NC Tax Reform | 1,559,185 | 6 | 126,162 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/KrKi/Kent%20Denver-Krauss-Kim-Neg-Golden%20Desert-Round6.docx | 660,692 | N | Golden Desert | 6 | Damien MP | Joel Lemuel | 1AC - AIIB
1NC - Xi Politics DA Agenda Politics DA Commission CP T QPQ Dollar Heg Turn On Case Appeasement Turn On Case
2NC - T QPQ Politics DA
1NR - Commission CP
2NR Commission CP Politics DA | hspolicy16/KentDenver/KrKi/Kent%20Denver-Krauss-Kim-Neg-Golden%20Desert-Round6.docx | null | 56,019 | KrKi | Kent Denver KrKi | null | Ni..... | Kr..... | Ja..... | Ki..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,052 | Cyber attacks go nuclear | The Guardian 2009 | The Guardian 2009
[The Guardian, 7-28-2009, “New Study: Hacking terrorists could trigger Armageddon” http://dvice.com/archives/2009/07/new-study-hacki.php] | If terrorists can get in touch with the right hackers, they could start a gigantic nuclear war, and the chances of this happening are growing ICNND) asserts in its latest research, saying that if terrorists could just break into some key computer systems, worldwide nuclear conflagration could result. But this is not so... | If terrorists can get in touch with hackers they could start a gigantic nuclear war if terrorists could just break into key systems nuclear conflagration could result suddenly ICBMs are flying around the world | If terrorists can get in touch with the right hackers, they could start a gigantic nuclear war, and the chances of this happening are growing more likely every day. At least that's what the International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament (ICNND) asserts in its latest research, saying that if terro... | 882 | <h4><strong>Cyber attacks go nuclear</h4><p>The Guardian 2009</p><p><u>[The Guardian, 7-28-2009, “New Study: Hacking terrorists could trigger Armageddon” http://dvice.com/archives/2009/07/new-study-hacki.php]</p><p><mark>If terrorists can get in touch</mark> <mark>with</mark> the right <mark>hackers</mark>, <mark>they ... | null | 1AC | Advantage 2 is the Liberal Order | 1,561,083 | 1 | 126,164 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/KrKi/Kent%20Denver-Krauss-Kim-Aff-Golden%20Desert-Round4.docx | 660,652 | A | Golden Desert | 4 | Notre Dame MP | Jack Lassiter | 1AC - Taiwan (Sorta New You Should Check it Out)
1NC - Security K T-Reznick
2NR - K | hspolicy16/KentDenver/KrKi/Kent%20Denver-Krauss-Kim-Aff-Golden%20Desert-Round4.docx | null | 56,019 | KrKi | Kent Denver KrKi | null | Ni..... | Kr..... | Ja..... | Ki..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,053 | Proves trade-offs between forms of “politics” | null | null | null | null | null | null | <h4>Proves trade-offs between forms of “politics”</h4> | null | K – Legal Reformism | 1NC | 1,561,084 | 1 | 126,168 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/HaRo/Kent%20Denver-Hamilton-Rolls-Neg-Berkeley-Round5.docx | 660,775 | N | Berkeley | 5 | McDonogh JN | Anastasia Kazteridis | 1AC - Fugitivity
1NC - Framework Legalism K
2NC - Framework
1NR - Legalism
2NR - Framework K but kicked the alt | hspolicy16/KentDenver/HaRo/Kent%20Denver-Hamilton-Rolls-Neg-Berkeley-Round5.docx | null | 56,031 | HaRo | Kent Denver HaRo | null | Tu..... | Ha..... | Ia..... | Ro..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,054 | 3. Signals restraint and moderates China, both know each other’s intentions | null | null | null | null | null | null | <h4><strong>3. Signals restraint and moderates China, both know each other’s intentions</h4></strong> | 2AC/1AR (LD) | Flashpoints/Taiwan | 2AC Solvency | 1,561,085 | 1 | 126,088 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/HoWo/Kent%20Denver-Ho-Woodard-Aff-UC%20Berkeley%20Invitational-Round5.docx | 660,779 | A | UC Berkeley Invitational | 5 | Davis WK | Hanna Wilson | 1AC
- FlashpointsTaiwan
- Relations
- Grand Bargain Solvency
1NC
- Topicality (Military)
- Discussion Counter Plan
- Japan DA
- Taiwan
- Relations | hspolicy16/KentDenver/HoWo/Kent%20Denver-Ho-Woodard-Aff-UC%20Berkeley%20Invitational-Round5.docx | null | 56,032 | HoWo | Kent Denver HoWo | null | Gr..... | Ho..... | Ai..... | Wo..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,055 | Feminism provides a space to deal with issues that affect all people, not just men. | null | null | null | null | null | null | <h4><u>Feminism provides a space to deal with issues that affect all people, not just men.</h4></u> | 2NC/NR | 1 K | Framework | 1,561,086 | 1 | 126,103 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/HoRo/Kent%20Denver-Ho-Rolls-Aff-Mile%20High%20Classic-Round6.docx | 660,743 | A | Mile High Classic | 6 | Reyna Esquibel and Owen Schalk | John Mckiernan | Taiwan Aff
- Taiwan
- Relations
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1NC
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2NC
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1NR
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o Solvency | hspolicy16/KentDenver/HoRo/Kent%20Denver-Ho-Rolls-Aff-Mile%20High%20Classic-Round6.docx | null | 56,024 | HoRo | Kent Denver HoRo | null | Gr..... | Ho..... | Ia..... | Ro..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,056 | China is a defensive realist state It is necessary to identify the nature of the states involved to discover whether a security dilemma applies in the SCS, because security dilemmas only take place between defensive realist states. Although Tang mentions security dilemmas between two states, this paper argues that it c... | Glaser 16 | Glaser 16 — Charles L. Glaser, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs and Director of the Institute for Security and Conflict Studies at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University, Fellow in the Kissinger Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholar... | The probability that China would accept the grand bargain might be low, but neither the history that Kim reviews nor current Chinese thinking make this a certainty the grand bargain would provide China with a major achievement at arguably little cost. Current Chinese nationalist claims have blown the importance of the ... | the grand bargain would provide China with a major achievement at little cost. Chinese nationalist claims have blown disputes out of proportion China’s leaders might be able to deflate nationalist claims the grand bargain would provide large benefits to China, and a reduction in the security threat posed by the U S the... | The probability that China would accept the grand bargain might be low, but neither the history that Kim reviews nor current Chinese thinking make this a certainty. As I [End Page 188] note in my article, there are reasons for doubting that China would make the required concessions: China’s positions on its long-standi... | 1,732 | <h4><u><mark>China is</mark> <strong>a <mark>defensive realist</mark> state</strong> It is necessary to identify the nature of the states involved to discover whether a security dilemma applies</u> in the SCS, <u>because <strong><mark>security dilemmas only take place between defensive realist states</u></strong></mark... | 1AC | 1AC | Solvency | 176,679 | 166 | 126,106 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/HsTa/Kent%20Denver-Hsia-Tamkin-Aff-Berkeley-Round2.docx | 660,755 | A | Berkeley | 2 | Classical TS | Anastasia Kazteridis | 1AC-Taiwan
Adv 1-Taiwan
Adv 2-Relations
Solvency | hspolicy16/KentDenver/HsTa/Kent%20Denver-Hsia-Tamkin-Aff-Berkeley-Round2.docx | null | 56,025 | HsTa | Kent Denver HsTa | null | Al..... | Hs..... | Da..... | Ta..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,057 | The United States federal government should condition cooperating with the People’s Republic of China over China’s nuclear energy on tangible improvements on human rights in the People’s Republic of China. | null | null | null | null | null | null | <h4>The United States federal government should condition cooperating with the People’s Republic of China over China’s nuclear energy on tangible improvements on human rights in the People’s Republic of China.</h4> | 1NC | 1 | null | 1,561,087 | 1 | 125,736 | ./documents/hspolicy16/Calhoun/KuBe/Calhoun-Ku-Bearden-Neg-St%20Marks-Round3.docx | 655,094 | N | St Marks | 3 | Harker JW | Viveth K | 1AC Nuclear cooperation
1NC Inherency Green Tech Bubble DA T-Engagement HR Condition CP
2NR Inherency | hspolicy16/Calhoun/KuBe/Calhoun-Ku-Bearden-Neg-St%20Marks-Round3.docx | null | 55,502 | KuBe | Calhoun KuBe | null | Ha..... | Ku..... | Ch..... | Be..... | 20,057 | Calhoun | Calhoun | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,058 | The plan poisons the well for Tax reform – causes Republican overreach | Sherman and Bresnahan 1/3 | Sherman and Bresnahan 1/3 (JAKE SHERMAN and JOHN BRESNAHAN, 1-3-2017, What we’ve learned from the GOP’s ethics fiasco," POLITICO, http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/gop-ethics-office-takeaways-233127, Accessed: 1-5-2017, /Kent Denver-MB) | Republicans aren’t immune to overreach when Republicans lost power in 2006, it was because they abused their authority by overreaching Big pricey bills. Ethics and earmark scandals. Political tin ear One of the biggest fears at the highest rungs of GOP leadership is that the party will misread its mandate and try to do... | Republicans aren’t immune to overreach Republicans lost power because they abused their authority by overreaching One of the biggest fears is that the party will misread its mandate and try to do too much too quickly Republicans need to maintain their political capital They want to quickly complete a massive rewrite of... | Republicans aren’t immune to overreach When Republicans took the majority in 2010, then Speaker John Boehner made pretty clear that he was aware that, when Republicans lost power in 2006, it was because they abused their authority by overreaching. Big pricey bills. Ethics and earmark scandals. Political tin ear. One of... | 710 | <h4>The plan poisons the well for Tax reform – causes Republican overreach</h4><p><strong>Sherman and Bresnahan 1/3</strong> (JAKE SHERMAN and JOHN BRESNAHAN, 1-3-2017, What we’ve learned from the GOP’s ethics fiasco," POLITICO, http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/gop-ethics-office-takeaways-233127, Accessed: 1-5-201... | 1NC | DA | 1NC Tax Reform | 1,555,378 | 10 | 126,162 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/KrKi/Kent%20Denver-Krauss-Kim-Neg-Golden%20Desert-Round6.docx | 660,692 | N | Golden Desert | 6 | Damien MP | Joel Lemuel | 1AC - AIIB
1NC - Xi Politics DA Agenda Politics DA Commission CP T QPQ Dollar Heg Turn On Case Appeasement Turn On Case
2NC - T QPQ Politics DA
1NR - Commission CP
2NR Commission CP Politics DA | hspolicy16/KentDenver/KrKi/Kent%20Denver-Krauss-Kim-Neg-Golden%20Desert-Round6.docx | null | 56,019 | KrKi | Kent Denver KrKi | null | Ni..... | Kr..... | Ja..... | Ki..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,059 | The United States federal government should negotiate a phased grand bargain with the People’s Republic of China by offering to end the commitment of the United States to defend Taiwan in exchange for a commitment by the People’s Republic of China to peacefully resolve its maritime and land disputes in the South China ... | null | null | null | null | null | null | <h4><u><strong>The United States federal government should negotiate a phased grand bargain with the People’s Republic of China by offering to end the commitment of the United States to defend Taiwan in exchange for a commitment by the People’s Republic of China to peacefully resolve its maritime and land disputes in t... | null | 1AC | Plan | 1,561,088 | 1 | 126,164 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/KrKi/Kent%20Denver-Krauss-Kim-Aff-Golden%20Desert-Round4.docx | 660,652 | A | Golden Desert | 4 | Notre Dame MP | Jack Lassiter | 1AC - Taiwan (Sorta New You Should Check it Out)
1NC - Security K T-Reznick
2NR - K | hspolicy16/KentDenver/KrKi/Kent%20Denver-Krauss-Kim-Aff-Golden%20Desert-Round4.docx | null | 56,019 | KrKi | Kent Denver KrKi | null | Ni..... | Kr..... | Ja..... | Ki..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,060 | Makes Epistemology K of their authors | null | null | null | null | null | null | <h4>Makes Epistemology K of their authors</h4> | null | K – Legal Reformism | 1NC | 1,561,089 | 1 | 126,168 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/HaRo/Kent%20Denver-Hamilton-Rolls-Neg-Berkeley-Round5.docx | 660,775 | N | Berkeley | 5 | McDonogh JN | Anastasia Kazteridis | 1AC - Fugitivity
1NC - Framework Legalism K
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2NR - Framework K but kicked the alt | hspolicy16/KentDenver/HaRo/Kent%20Denver-Hamilton-Rolls-Neg-Berkeley-Round5.docx | null | 56,031 | HaRo | Kent Denver HaRo | null | Tu..... | Ha..... | Ia..... | Ro..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,061 | Taiwan is critical, and the grand bargain deals with the other issues as well | Glaser 2015 | Charles L Glaser is a professor in the Elliott School of International Affairs and the Department of Political Science at George Washington University. He is also a fellow in the Kissinger Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. International Security, Vol. 39, No. 4 (Spring 2015), pp. 49–90,... | A second counterargument is that Taiwan is no longer the key issue China’s disputes with its neighbors in the South China and East China Seas have become more intense, and increasingly define day-to-day tensions in the region. Possibly most worrisome Two rejoinders help to put this counterargument into perspective , th... | commitment to Taiwan is among the key factors fueling doubts about U.S. motives and Chinese worries about a war make control of the SLOCs important These contribute to competition and strained relations increasing conflict , a grand bargain would deal with resolution of other disputes | A second counterargument is that Taiwan is no longer the key issue straining U.S.-China relations. Consequently, focusing on Taiwan is misguided. As dis- cussed earlier, cross-strait relations have been improving for many years. At the same time, China’s disputes with its neighbors in the South China and East China Sea... | 1,369 | <h4>Taiwan is critical, and the grand bargain deals with the other issues as well</h4><p>Charles L <strong>Glaser</strong> is a professor in the Elliott School of International Affairs and the Department of Political Science at George Washington University. He is also a fellow in the Kissinger Institute at the Woodrow ... | 1AC | 1AC | Solvency | 176,703 | 47 | 126,106 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/HsTa/Kent%20Denver-Hsia-Tamkin-Aff-Berkeley-Round2.docx | 660,755 | A | Berkeley | 2 | Classical TS | Anastasia Kazteridis | 1AC-Taiwan
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Solvency | hspolicy16/KentDenver/HsTa/Kent%20Denver-Hsia-Tamkin-Aff-Berkeley-Round2.docx | null | 56,025 | HsTa | Kent Denver HsTa | null | Al..... | Hs..... | Da..... | Ta..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,062 | 4. it bolsters US-China relations—solve conflict | null | null | null | null | null | null | <h4><u><strong>4. it bolsters US-China relations—solve conflict</h4></u></strong> | 2AC/1AR (LD) | Flashpoints/Taiwan | 2AC Solvency | 1,561,090 | 1 | 126,088 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/HoWo/Kent%20Denver-Ho-Woodard-Aff-UC%20Berkeley%20Invitational-Round5.docx | 660,779 | A | UC Berkeley Invitational | 5 | Davis WK | Hanna Wilson | 1AC
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- Relations | hspolicy16/KentDenver/HoWo/Kent%20Denver-Ho-Woodard-Aff-UC%20Berkeley%20Invitational-Round5.docx | null | 56,032 | HoWo | Kent Denver HoWo | null | Gr..... | Ho..... | Ai..... | Wo..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,063 | Unconditional engagement solves =) | their author Gomez 16 — Eric Gomez, 9-28-2016 ("A Costly Commitment: Options for the Future of the U.S.-Taiwan Defense Relationship," Cato Institute, 9-28-2016, http://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/costly-commitment-options-future-us-taiwan-defense-relationship) hk | their author Gomez 16 — Eric Gomez, 9-28-2016 ("A Costly Commitment: Options for the Future of the U.S.-Taiwan Defense Relationship," Cato Institute, 9-28-2016, http://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/costly-commitment-options-future-us-taiwan-defense-relationship) hk | If China proved unwilling to make any concessions the United States could still unilaterally withdraw from its military commitment to Taiwan. No demands or conditions would be placed on Chinese behavior Unilateral withdrawal would reduce the likelihood of U.S.-Chinese armed conflict The United States would retain the a... | If China proved unwilling to make any concessions the United States could unilaterally withdraw from its military commitment to Taiwan. No demands or conditions would be placed on Chinese behavior Unilateral withdrawal would reduce the likelihood of U.S.-Chinese armed conflict The United States would retain the ability... | If China proved unwilling to make any concessions, either in other territorial disputes or in cross-strait relations, the United States could still unilaterally withdraw from its military commitment to Taiwan. No demands or conditions would be placed on Chinese behavior. American policymakers are unlikely to accept suc... | 1,776 | <h4>Unconditional engagement solves =) </h4><p><strong>their author Gomez 16<u><mark> — Eric Gomez, 9-28-2016 ("A Costly Commitment: Options for the Future of the U.S.-Taiwan Defense Relationship," Cato Institute, 9-28-2016, http://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/costly-commitment-options-future-us-taiwan-def... | 1NC | 1 | null | 69,416 | 139 | 125,747 | ./documents/hspolicy16/Calhoun/KuBe/Calhoun-Ku-Bearden-Neg-Michigan%20Round%20Robin-Round1.docx | 655,097 | N | Michigan Round Robin | 1 | Edina RW | Ben Zeppos | 1AC Arms Sales
1NC Psychoanalysis T Military Unconditional Engagement CP and Asian Prolif DA
2NR Pyschoanalysis | hspolicy16/Calhoun/KuBe/Calhoun-Ku-Bearden-Neg-Michigan%20Round%20Robin-Round1.docx | null | 55,502 | KuBe | Calhoun KuBe | null | Ha..... | Ku..... | Ch..... | Be..... | 20,057 | Calhoun | Calhoun | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,064 | IR affairs are dealt between males – feminism is key to providing multiple perspectives and ending the male-dominated political hierarchy | IR Online 16 | IR Online 16 (International Relations Online, 2016, International Relations Online is owned and operated by 2U Inc. Founded in 2008 by a team of education and technology veterans, 2U enables leading colleges and universities to deliver their high-quality degree programs online to qualified students anywhere. “Internati... | If you look at the political arena, you will notice that a vast majority of politicians are male. This shapes the way politics and international relations works as many international affairs are dealt between males. Feminism addresses international relations from a female perspective, encouraging gender equality femini... | If you look at the political arena, you will notice that a vast majority of politicians are male. feminists in the international relations field critique the present social norms and question the patriarchal hierarchy in the military and economy, among other fields. women and men often shared similar attitudes toward c... | If you look at the political arena, you will notice that a vast majority of politicians are male. This shapes the way politics and international relations works as many international affairs are dealt between males. Feminism, however, addresses international relations from a female perspective, encouraging gender equal... | 1,882 | <h4>IR affairs are dealt between males – feminism is key to providing multiple perspectives and ending the male-dominated political hierarchy </h4><p><strong>IR Online 16<u></strong> (International Relations Online, 2016, International Relations Online is owned and operated by 2U Inc. Founded in 2008 by a team of educa... | 2NC/NR | 1 K | Framework | 1,561,091 | 1 | 126,103 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/HoRo/Kent%20Denver-Ho-Rolls-Aff-Mile%20High%20Classic-Round6.docx | 660,743 | A | Mile High Classic | 6 | Reyna Esquibel and Owen Schalk | John Mckiernan | Taiwan Aff
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3,784,065 | Unconditional engagement triggers human rights violations---explicit conditions solve---even if China doesn’t say yes, pressure creates political space needed for dissident gains | Roth 11 | Roth 11 - executive director at the Human Rights Watch, served as a federal prosecutor in New York and for the Iran-Contra investigation in Washington, DC, graduate of Yale Law School and Brown University, has conducted numerous human rights investigations and missions around the world, has written extensively on a wid... | There is often a degree of rationality in a government's decision to violate human rights. The government might fear freedom would encourage discontent and thus jeopardize power International pressure can change that calculus conditioning aid or support on ending them abuse raises the cost of violating human rights. I... | government's fear freedom would encourage discontent and jeopardize power. conditioning support on ending abuse raises the cost of violating h r There is a lack of political will pressure is needed to change cost-benefit analysis dialogue becomes a charade to appease critics than to secure change When governments stop ... | There is often a degree of rationality in a government's decision to violate human rights. The government might fear that permitting greater freedom would encourage people to join together in voicing discontent and thus jeopardize its grip on power. Or abusive leaders might worry that devoting resources to the impoveri... | 4,826 | <h4>Unconditional engagement triggers human rights violations---<u>explicit conditions</u> solve---even if China doesn’t say yes, pressure creates political space needed for dissident gains</h4><p><strong>Roth 11</strong> - executive director at the Human Rights Watch, served as a federal prosecutor in New York and for... | 1NC | 1 | null | 162,348 | 21 | 125,736 | ./documents/hspolicy16/Calhoun/KuBe/Calhoun-Ku-Bearden-Neg-St%20Marks-Round3.docx | 655,094 | N | St Marks | 3 | Harker JW | Viveth K | 1AC Nuclear cooperation
1NC Inherency Green Tech Bubble DA T-Engagement HR Condition CP
2NR Inherency | hspolicy16/Calhoun/KuBe/Calhoun-Ku-Bearden-Neg-St%20Marks-Round3.docx | null | 55,502 | KuBe | Calhoun KuBe | null | Ha..... | Ku..... | Ch..... | Be..... | 20,057 | Calhoun | Calhoun | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,066 | The attempt to condition china’s on a particular course of actions is the ethics of pure war in which all relations to being become impossible and humanity is reduced to a standing reserve | Introna 2010 | Introna 2010 (Lucas, Professor of Organization, Technology and Ethics at Lancaster University, “The ‘Measure of a Man’ and the Ethos of Hospitality: Towards an Ethical Dwelling with Technology”, AI and Society Vol 25 no 1, pg 93-102, dml) | The urgency of justice is an urgency born out of the radical irreducible asymmetry of every ethical relation with the Other. Without such a radical asymmetry, the claim of the Other can always in principle become determined and codified into a calculation justice remains justice only, in a society where there is no dist... | Without this impossible possibility ethics will not have urgency it is only when we suspend the law unconditionally ( that hospitality becomes possible. If the possibility of becoming unsettled becomes circumvented then the law becomes pure violence Without radically unsettling the implicit judgements about ‘‘the measu... | It is exactly this simultaneous presence of the Other and all other Others that gives birth to the question of justice. The urgency of justice is an urgency born out of the radical irreducible asymmetry of every ethical relation with the Other. Without such a radical asymmetry, the claim of the Other can always in prin... | 4,115 | <h4><strong>The attempt to condition china’s on a particular course of actions is the ethics of pure war in which all relations to being become impossible and humanity is reduced to a standing reserve</h4><p>Introna 2010</strong> (Lucas, Professor of Organization, Technology and Ethics at Lancaster University, “The ‘M... | 1NC | 1 | null | 40,570 | 10 | 125,747 | ./documents/hspolicy16/Calhoun/KuBe/Calhoun-Ku-Bearden-Neg-Michigan%20Round%20Robin-Round1.docx | 655,097 | N | Michigan Round Robin | 1 | Edina RW | Ben Zeppos | 1AC Arms Sales
1NC Psychoanalysis T Military Unconditional Engagement CP and Asian Prolif DA
2NR Pyschoanalysis | hspolicy16/Calhoun/KuBe/Calhoun-Ku-Bearden-Neg-Michigan%20Round%20Robin-Round1.docx | null | 55,502 | KuBe | Calhoun KuBe | null | Ha..... | Ku..... | Ch..... | Be..... | 20,057 | Calhoun | Calhoun | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,067 | Political capital is key to tax reform | Thorndike 2/3 | Thorndike 2/3 (Joseph Thorndike, director of Tax Analysts’ Tax History Project. I’m an historian, a regular columnist for Tax Analysts’ publications including Tax Notes magazine, and a writer for the Tax Analysts blog, Presidential Leadership Will Be Needed To Make Tax Reform A Reality," 2/3/2017, Forbes, http://www.fo... | The border adjustable tax is a particularly heavy lift given the opposition of key stakeholders and business constituents Tax reform creates winners and losers. The only way to make tax reform happen – even when the political winds are at the back of would-be reformers – is to fight hard for it. House leaders, includin... | tax is a heavy lift, The only way to make tax reform happen is to fight hard for it it will take presidential leadership Without Reagan, tax reform wouldn’t have happened This year, it’s going to take another big dose of presidential leadership to make tax reform a reality Washington is full of policy inertia and activ... | The border adjustable tax is a particularly heavy lift, given the opposition of key stakeholders and business constituents (including major retailers and the Koch brothers). It’s a tired refrain in the tax community but it’s still true: Tax reform creates winners and losers. That makes it hard. And unlikely. The only w... | 1,610 | <h4>Political capital is key to tax reform</h4><p><strong>Thorndike 2/3</strong> (Joseph Thorndike, director of Tax Analysts’ Tax History Project. I’m an historian, a regular columnist for Tax Analysts’ publications including Tax Notes magazine, and a writer for the Tax Analysts blog, Presidential Leadership Will Be Ne... | 1NC | DA | 1NC Tax Reform | 145,813 | 12 | 126,162 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/KrKi/Kent%20Denver-Krauss-Kim-Neg-Golden%20Desert-Round6.docx | 660,692 | N | Golden Desert | 6 | Damien MP | Joel Lemuel | 1AC - AIIB
1NC - Xi Politics DA Agenda Politics DA Commission CP T QPQ Dollar Heg Turn On Case Appeasement Turn On Case
2NC - T QPQ Politics DA
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2NR Commission CP Politics DA | hspolicy16/KentDenver/KrKi/Kent%20Denver-Krauss-Kim-Neg-Golden%20Desert-Round6.docx | null | 56,019 | KrKi | Kent Denver KrKi | null | Ni..... | Kr..... | Ja..... | Ki..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,068 | China’s leaders will say “Yes” — it’s a good deal and good politics. | Glaser 16 | Glaser 16 — Charles L. Glaser, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs and Director of the Institute for Security and Conflict Studies at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University, Fellow in the Kissinger Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholar... | The probability that China would accept the grand bargain might be low, but neither the history that Kim reviews nor current Chinese thinking make this a certainty the grand bargain would provide China with a major achievement at arguably little cost. Current Chinese nationalist claims have blown the importance of the ... | the grand bargain would provide China with a major achievement at little cost. Chinese nationalist claims have blown disputes out of proportion China’s leaders might be able to deflate nationalist claims the grand bargain would provide large benefits to China, and a reduction in the security threat posed by the U S the... | The probability that China would accept the grand bargain might be low, but neither the history that Kim reviews nor current Chinese thinking make this a certainty. As I [End Page 188] note in my article, there are reasons for doubting that China would make the required concessions: China’s positions on its long-standi... | 1,732 | <h4>China’s leaders will say “<u>Yes</u>” — it’s <u>a good deal</u> and <u>good politics</u>. </h4><p><strong>Glaser 16</strong> — Charles L. Glaser, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs and Director of the Institute for Security and Conflict Studies at the Elliott School of International Affairs at... | null | 1AC | Solvency | 176,679 | 166 | 126,164 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/KrKi/Kent%20Denver-Krauss-Kim-Aff-Golden%20Desert-Round4.docx | 660,652 | A | Golden Desert | 4 | Notre Dame MP | Jack Lassiter | 1AC - Taiwan (Sorta New You Should Check it Out)
1NC - Security K T-Reznick
2NR - K | hspolicy16/KentDenver/KrKi/Kent%20Denver-Krauss-Kim-Aff-Golden%20Desert-Round4.docx | null | 56,019 | KrKi | Kent Denver KrKi | null | Ni..... | Kr..... | Ja..... | Ki..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,069 | US-China war over Taiwan causes extinction. | null | null | null | null | null | null | <h4><strong>US-China war over Taiwan causes extinction. </h4></strong> | 2AC/1AR (LD) | Flashpoints/Taiwan | 2AC Impact | 1,561,092 | 1 | 126,088 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/HoWo/Kent%20Denver-Ho-Woodard-Aff-UC%20Berkeley%20Invitational-Round5.docx | 660,779 | A | UC Berkeley Invitational | 5 | Davis WK | Hanna Wilson | 1AC
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3,784,070 | Grand bargain solves the benefits of accommodation while preserving credibility in the region—solves aff disads | Glaser, 2015 | Charles L Glaser, 2015, is a professor in the Elliott School of International Affairs and the Department of Political Science at George Washington University. He is also a fellow in the Kissinger Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. International Security, Vol. 39, No. 4 (Spring 2015), pp.... | The United States’ choice of whether to end its commitment to defend Taiwan is complicated further by uncertainty about the nature and extent of China’s goals If China places relatively little value on expanding its control and influence beyond Taiwan, then even if U.S. accommodation generated doubts about U.S. resolve... | even if accommodation generated doubts about resolve, they would be of little consequence. accommodation would not risk a more dangerous China policies exist that would reduce the risks while preserving benefits of accommodation concessions by China in a grand bargain could achieve this goal to make its commitment con... | The United States’ choice of whether to end its commitment to defend Taiwan is complicated further by uncertainty about the nature and extent of China’s goals. If China places relatively little value on expanding its control and influence beyond Taiwan, then even if U.S. accommodation generated doubts about U.S. resolv... | 1,580 | <h4>Grand bargain solves the benefits of accommodation while preserving credibility in the region—solves aff disads</h4><p>Charles L <strong>Glaser, 2015</strong>, is a professor in the Elliott School of International Affairs and the Department of Political Science at George Washington University. He is also a fellow i... | 1AC | 1AC | Solvency | 69,187 | 345 | 126,106 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/HsTa/Kent%20Denver-Hsia-Tamkin-Aff-Berkeley-Round2.docx | 660,755 | A | Berkeley | 2 | Classical TS | Anastasia Kazteridis | 1AC-Taiwan
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Solvency | hspolicy16/KentDenver/HsTa/Kent%20Denver-Hsia-Tamkin-Aff-Berkeley-Round2.docx | null | 56,025 | HsTa | Kent Denver HsTa | null | Al..... | Hs..... | Da..... | Ta..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,071 | Beats “link of omission” – silence on “formality” breeds passivity | Chandler ‘7 | Chandler ‘7
(David Chandler is Professor of International Relations at the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Westminster – | politics is no less important to many of us today. Politics still gives us a sense of social connection and social rootedness and gives meaning to many of our lives. It is just that the nature and practices of this politics are different. We are less likely to engage in the formal politics of representation - of electi... | , politics is important We are less likely to engage in formal politics of governments but in post-territorial politics This type is global’ but individualised ‘politics’ nowadays is less ‘old’ politics, of government than of global ethical concern the practice tends to give value to aspiration as an end in-itself.... | “The Attraction of Post-Territorial Politics: Ethics and Activism in the International Sphere” – Inaugural Lecture – May – available at: http://www.davidchandler.org/pdf/short_articles/Inaugural%20lecture.pdf)
However, politics is no less important to many of us today. Politics still gives us a sense of social connecti... | 14,566 | <h4><strong>Beats “link of omission” – silence on “formality” breeds passivity</h4><p>Chandler ‘7</p><p></strong>(David Chandler is Professor of International Relations at the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Westminster – </p><p>“The Attraction of Post-Territorial Politics: Ethics and ... | null | K – Legal Reformism | 1NC | 65,682 | 475 | 126,168 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/HaRo/Kent%20Denver-Hamilton-Rolls-Neg-Berkeley-Round5.docx | 660,775 | N | Berkeley | 5 | McDonogh JN | Anastasia Kazteridis | 1AC - Fugitivity
1NC - Framework Legalism K
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2NR - Framework K but kicked the alt | hspolicy16/KentDenver/HaRo/Kent%20Denver-Hamilton-Rolls-Neg-Berkeley-Round5.docx | null | 56,031 | HaRo | Kent Denver HaRo | null | Tu..... | Ha..... | Ia..... | Ro..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,072 | Policy making stifles change because of gender constraints | Schofield and Goodwin 10 ) | Schofield and Goodwin 10 (Tom and Susan, 2010, "," No Publication, HYPERLINK "http://www.engagingmen.net/files/resources/2010/emmafulu/Public_policy-SchofieldGoodwin_2006.pdf" \t "_blank" http://www.engagingmen.net/files/resources/2010/emmafulu/Public_policy-SchofieldGoodwin_2006.pdf) | The specificity of our approach to studying gender politics and gender equality in public policy and institutions is well illustrated by comparison with the predominant approach. It does so by examining correlations of policy outcomes and actions among a range of players, including government and stakeholder officials ... | The specificity of our approach to studying gender politics and gender equality in public policy and institutions is well illustrated by comparison with the predominant approach it is the “gendering” of this interplay that creates opportunities for or constraints on feminist action. this derives from the operation of “... | The specificity of our approach to studying gender politics and gender equality in public policy and institutions is well illustrated by comparison with the predominant approach. The latter is informed by theories and methods developed mainly by political science, especially those used in international comparative anal... | 2,966 | <h4>Policy making stifles change because of gender constraints</h4><p><strong>Schofield and Goodwin 10</strong> (Tom and Susan, 2010, "," No Publication, HYPERLINK "http://www.engagingmen.net/files/resources/2010/emmafulu/Public_policy-SchofieldGoodwin_2006.pdf" \t "_blank" http://www.engagingmen.net/files/resources/2... | 2NC/NR | 1 K | Framework | 1,561,093 | 1 | 126,103 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/HoRo/Kent%20Denver-Ho-Rolls-Aff-Mile%20High%20Classic-Round6.docx | 660,743 | A | Mile High Classic | 6 | Reyna Esquibel and Owen Schalk | John Mckiernan | Taiwan Aff
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3,784,073 | Chinese respect for human rights is modeled globally---solves conflict and democratic peace | Schulz 9 | Schulz 9 - Senior Fellow in human rights policy at the Center for American Progress, served as Executive Director of Amnesty International USA from 1994 to 2006 (William F., January 2009, Strategic Persistence: How the United States Can Help Improve Human Rights in China, Center for American Progress, https://cdn.ameri... | The decision to de-link human rights and trade, made early in the Clinton administration, removed one vehicle for exerting pressure on China without offering up an alternative Bush further softened policy on China’s human rights record, subordinating the issue to economic priorities the Bush administration chose, ironi... | The decision to de-link h r and trade removed one vehicle for exerting pressure on China the state of h r in China is critically important in international h r norms standards can devolve casting the entire h r regimen into jeopardy significant improvement in China’s h r would reverberate widely if we accept that democ... | The decision to de-link human rights and trade, made early in the Clinton administration, removed one vehicle for exerting pressure on China—albeit a vehicle that had yielded limited results—without offering up an alternative. The Bush administration further softened policy on China’s human rights record, subordinating... | 4,009 | <h4>Chinese respect for human rights is modeled globally---solves <u>conflict</u> and <u>democratic peace</h4><p></u><strong>Schulz 9</strong> - Senior Fellow in human rights policy at the Center for American Progress, served as Executive Director of Amnesty International USA from 1994 to 2006 (William F., January 2009... | 1NC | 1 | null | 116,915 | 38 | 125,736 | ./documents/hspolicy16/Calhoun/KuBe/Calhoun-Ku-Bearden-Neg-St%20Marks-Round3.docx | 655,094 | N | St Marks | 3 | Harker JW | Viveth K | 1AC Nuclear cooperation
1NC Inherency Green Tech Bubble DA T-Engagement HR Condition CP
2NR Inherency | hspolicy16/Calhoun/KuBe/Calhoun-Ku-Bearden-Neg-St%20Marks-Round3.docx | null | 55,502 | KuBe | Calhoun KuBe | null | Ha..... | Ku..... | Ch..... | Be..... | 20,057 | Calhoun | Calhoun | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,074 | Engagement is the attempt to influence Chinese policy change through enhancing political contacts – economic and diplomatic contacts are distinct from military and cultural | Resnick, 1 | Resnick, 1 – Assistant Professor of Political Science at Yeshiva University (Evan, Journal of International Affairs, “Defining Engagement” v54, n2, political science complete) | I define engagement as the attempt to influence the political behavior of a target state through the establishment and enhancement of contacts with that state across multiple issue-areas (i.e. diplomatic, military, economic, cultural a list of the specific forms that such contacts might include: DIPLOMATIC CONTACTS di... | define engagement as the attempt to influence the political behavior of a state through establishment of contacts with that state .e. diplomatic, military, economic, cultural). DIPLOMATIC CONTACTS diplomatic recognitio Promotion of target-state membership in international institutions Summit meetings MILITARY CONTACTS ... | * A REFINED DEFINITION OF ENGAGEMENT In order to establish a more effective framework for dealing with unsavory regimes, I propose that we define engagement as the attempt to influence the political behavior of a target state through the comprehensive establishment and enhancement of contacts with that state across mul... | 4,459 | <h4>Engagement is the attempt to influence Chinese policy change through enhancing political contacts – economic and diplomatic contacts are distinct from military and cultural</h4><p><strong>Resnick, 1 </strong>– Assistant Professor of Political Science at Yeshiva University (Evan, Journal of International Affairs, “D... | 1NC | 2 | null | 1,566,859 | 406 | 125,747 | ./documents/hspolicy16/Calhoun/KuBe/Calhoun-Ku-Bearden-Neg-Michigan%20Round%20Robin-Round1.docx | 655,097 | N | Michigan Round Robin | 1 | Edina RW | Ben Zeppos | 1AC Arms Sales
1NC Psychoanalysis T Military Unconditional Engagement CP and Asian Prolif DA
2NR Pyschoanalysis | hspolicy16/Calhoun/KuBe/Calhoun-Ku-Bearden-Neg-Michigan%20Round%20Robin-Round1.docx | null | 55,502 | KuBe | Calhoun KuBe | null | Ha..... | Ku..... | Ch..... | Be..... | 20,057 | Calhoun | Calhoun | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,075 | Economic decline leads to nuclear war | Tønnesson 15 | Tønnesson 15 (Research Professor, Peace Research Institute Oslo; Leader of East Asia Peace program, Uppsala University, 2015, “Deterrence, interdependence and Sino–US peace,” International Area Studies Review, Vol. 18, No. 3, p. 297-311) | recent works have made contributions to the current understanding of how and under what circumstances nuclear deterrence and economic interdependence may reduce the risk of war between major powers interdependence may both inhibit and drive conflict Interdependence raises the cost of conflict but asymmetrical or unbala... | Interdependence raises the cost of conflict If leaders seriously anticipate their nation’s decline they may blame external dependence, appeal to anti-foreign sentiments, contemplate force , and refuse to be deterred by nuclear arms a shift could happen abruptly The greatest risk is changes in the world economy alter ci... | Several recent works on China and Sino–US relations have made substantial contributions to the current understanding of how and under what circumstances a combination of nuclear deterrence and economic interdependence may reduce the risk of war between major powers. At least four conclusions can be drawn from the revie... | 3,361 | <h4>Economic decline leads to nuclear war</h4><p><strong>Tønnesson 15</strong> (Research Professor, Peace Research Institute Oslo; Leader of East Asia Peace program, Uppsala University, 2015, “Deterrence, interdependence and Sino–US peace,” International Area Studies Review, Vol. 18, No. 3, p. 297-311)</p><p>Several <u... | 1NC | DA | 1NC Tax Reform | 142 | 3,586 | 126,162 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/KrKi/Kent%20Denver-Krauss-Kim-Neg-Golden%20Desert-Round6.docx | 660,692 | N | Golden Desert | 6 | Damien MP | Joel Lemuel | 1AC - AIIB
1NC - Xi Politics DA Agenda Politics DA Commission CP T QPQ Dollar Heg Turn On Case Appeasement Turn On Case
2NC - T QPQ Politics DA
1NR - Commission CP
2NR Commission CP Politics DA | hspolicy16/KentDenver/KrKi/Kent%20Denver-Krauss-Kim-Neg-Golden%20Desert-Round6.docx | null | 56,019 | KrKi | Kent Denver KrKi | null | Ni..... | Kr..... | Ja..... | Ki..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,076 | Plan demonstrates resolve – avoids their appeasement and allies disads – even if they say no – the plan communicates valuable information about China’s intentions—only a qpq bargain solves | Glaser, 2015 | Charles L Glaser, 2015, is a professor in the Elliott School of International Affairs and the Department of Political Science at George Washington University. He is also a fellow in the Kissinger Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. International Security, Vol. 39, No. 4 (Spring 2015), pp.... | Insisting on Chinese concessions would also demonstrate U.S. resolve to protect American interests By making its willingness to end its commitment to Taiwan contingent on Chinese concessions, the United States would make clear that it is willing to run the risk of protecting Taiwan and its allies’ interests in the Sout... | Insisting concessions would demonstrate resolve the United States would make clear that it is willing to run the risk of protecting Taiwan and its allies’ interests if China were uncompromising. the key issue comes back to information if China is likely to have unlimited aims the risks are larger China’s refusal would ... | Insisting on Chinese concessions would also demonstrate U.S. resolve to protect American interests. By making its willingness to end its commitment to Taiwan contingent on Chinese concessions, the United States would make clear that it is willing to run the risk of protecting Taiwan and its allies’ interests in the Sou... | 1,238 | <h4>Plan demonstrates resolve – avoids their appeasement and allies disads – even if they say no – the plan communicates valuable information about China’s intentions—only a qpq bargain solves</h4><p>Charles L <strong>Glaser, 2015</strong>, is a professor in the Elliott School of International Affairs and the Departmen... | null | 1AC | Solvency | 69,187 | 345 | 126,164 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/KrKi/Kent%20Denver-Krauss-Kim-Aff-Golden%20Desert-Round4.docx | 660,652 | A | Golden Desert | 4 | Notre Dame MP | Jack Lassiter | 1AC - Taiwan (Sorta New You Should Check it Out)
1NC - Security K T-Reznick
2NR - K | hspolicy16/KentDenver/KrKi/Kent%20Denver-Krauss-Kim-Aff-Golden%20Desert-Round4.docx | null | 56,019 | KrKi | Kent Denver KrKi | null | Ni..... | Kr..... | Ja..... | Ki..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,077 | The impact is global existential crises driven by the worst excesses of neoliberal exploitation | Srnicek and Williams 15 | Srnicek and Williams 15 – *PhD in IR @ LSE, **PhD student at the University of East London, presently at work on a thesis entitled Hegemony and Complexity
(Nick and Alex, “Inventing the Future: Postcapitalism and a World Without Work,” Kindle Book) | localism extends far beyond the left, inflecting the politics of pro-capitalists, anti-capitalists, radicals and mainstream culture alike, as a new kind of political common sense. Shared between all of these is a belief that abstraction is at the root of our present political, ecological and economic problems, and that... | localism is a belief abstraction is at the root of our ecological and economic problems and the solution therefore lies in a ‘small approach this sense of empowerment can be misleading attempting to reduce large-scale systemic problems to the manageable sphere of the local denies the interconnected world global exploit... | Less politically radical than horizontalism, though no less ubiquitous, is localism. As an ideology, localism extends far beyond the left, inflecting the politics of pro-capitalists, anti-capitalists, radicals and mainstream culture alike, as a new kind of political common sense. Shared between all of these is a belief... | 2,598 | <h4>The impact is global existential crises driven by the worst excesses of neoliberal exploitation</h4><p><strong>Srnicek and Williams 15</strong> – *PhD in IR @ LSE, **PhD student at the University of East London, presently at work on a thesis entitled Hegemony and Complexity </p><p>(Nick and Alex, “Inventing the Fut... | null | K – Legal Reformism | 1NC | 93,735 | 48 | 126,168 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/HaRo/Kent%20Denver-Hamilton-Rolls-Neg-Berkeley-Round5.docx | 660,775 | N | Berkeley | 5 | McDonogh JN | Anastasia Kazteridis | 1AC - Fugitivity
1NC - Framework Legalism K
2NC - Framework
1NR - Legalism
2NR - Framework K but kicked the alt | hspolicy16/KentDenver/HaRo/Kent%20Denver-Hamilton-Rolls-Neg-Berkeley-Round5.docx | null | 56,031 | HaRo | Kent Denver HaRo | null | Tu..... | Ha..... | Ia..... | Ro..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,078 | Plan demonstrates resolve and avoids their appeasement and allies disads, even if they say no, the plan communicates valuable information about China’s intentions—only a qpq bargain solves | Glaser, 2015 | Charles L Glaser, 2015, is a professor in the Elliott School of International Affairs and the Department of Political Science at George Washington University. He is also a fellow in the Kissinger Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. International Security, Vol. 39, No. 4 (Spring 2015), pp.... | Insisting on Chinese concessions would also demonstrate U.S. resolve to protect American interests By making its willingness to end its commitment to Taiwan contingent on Chinese concessions, the United States would make clear that it is willing to run the risk of protecting Taiwan and its allies’ interests in the Sout... | Insisting concessions would demonstrate resolve the United States would make clear that it is willing to run the risk of protecting Taiwan and its allies’ interests if China were uncompromising. the key issue comes back to information if China is likely to have unlimited aims the risks are larger China’s refusal would ... | Insisting on Chinese concessions would also demonstrate U.S. resolve to protect American interests. By making its willingness to end its commitment to Taiwan contingent on Chinese concessions, the United States would make clear that it is willing to run the risk of protecting Taiwan and its allies’ interests in the Sou... | 1,238 | <h4>Plan demonstrates resolve and avoids their appeasement and allies disads, even if they say no, the plan communicates valuable information about China’s intentions—only a qpq bargain solves</h4><p>Charles L <strong>Glaser, 2015</strong>, is a professor in the Elliott School of International Affairs and the Departmen... | 1AC | 1AC | Solvency | 69,187 | 345 | 126,106 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/HsTa/Kent%20Denver-Hsia-Tamkin-Aff-Berkeley-Round2.docx | 660,755 | A | Berkeley | 2 | Classical TS | Anastasia Kazteridis | 1AC-Taiwan
Adv 1-Taiwan
Adv 2-Relations
Solvency | hspolicy16/KentDenver/HsTa/Kent%20Denver-Hsia-Tamkin-Aff-Berkeley-Round2.docx | null | 56,025 | HsTa | Kent Denver HsTa | null | Al..... | Hs..... | Da..... | Ta..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,079 | A. Magnitude—immediate death toll is billions, weapons would blot out the sun, and cause nuclear winter—ends life—Ag collapse alone would kill billions that’s Wittner and Helfand, | null | null | null | null | null | null | <h4><strong>A. Magnitude—immediate death toll is billions, weapons would blot out the sun, and cause nuclear winter—ends life—Ag collapse alone would kill billions that’s Wittner and Helfand, </h4></strong> | 2AC/1AR (LD) | Flashpoints/Taiwan | 2AC Impact | 1,561,094 | 1 | 126,088 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/HoWo/Kent%20Denver-Ho-Woodard-Aff-UC%20Berkeley%20Invitational-Round5.docx | 660,779 | A | UC Berkeley Invitational | 5 | Davis WK | Hanna Wilson | 1AC
- FlashpointsTaiwan
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- Grand Bargain Solvency
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- Japan DA
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- Relations | hspolicy16/KentDenver/HoWo/Kent%20Denver-Ho-Woodard-Aff-UC%20Berkeley%20Invitational-Round5.docx | null | 56,032 | HoWo | Kent Denver HoWo | null | Gr..... | Ho..... | Ai..... | Wo..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,080 | Silencing DA: They are working to silence feminism by the way that it has been done for years. Saying that “it’s not needed, we’re not anti women” is just what the state wants you to believe | null | null | null | null | null | null | <h4>Silencing DA: They are working to silence feminism by the way that it has been done for years. Saying that “it’s not needed, we’re not anti women” is just what the state wants you to believe</h4> | 2NC/NR | 1 K | Framework | 1,561,095 | 1 | 126,103 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/HoRo/Kent%20Denver-Ho-Rolls-Aff-Mile%20High%20Classic-Round6.docx | 660,743 | A | Mile High Classic | 6 | Reyna Esquibel and Owen Schalk | John Mckiernan | Taiwan Aff
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o Solvency | hspolicy16/KentDenver/HoRo/Kent%20Denver-Ho-Rolls-Aff-Mile%20High%20Classic-Round6.docx | null | 56,024 | HoRo | Kent Denver HoRo | null | Gr..... | Ho..... | Ia..... | Ro..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,081 | It’s a voting issue – | null | null | null | null | null | null | <h4>It’s a voting issue –</h4> | 1NC | 2 | null | 1,561,097 | 1 | 125,747 | ./documents/hspolicy16/Calhoun/KuBe/Calhoun-Ku-Bearden-Neg-Michigan%20Round%20Robin-Round1.docx | 655,097 | N | Michigan Round Robin | 1 | Edina RW | Ben Zeppos | 1AC Arms Sales
1NC Psychoanalysis T Military Unconditional Engagement CP and Asian Prolif DA
2NR Pyschoanalysis | hspolicy16/Calhoun/KuBe/Calhoun-Ku-Bearden-Neg-Michigan%20Round%20Robin-Round1.docx | null | 55,502 | KuBe | Calhoun KuBe | null | Ha..... | Ku..... | Ch..... | Be..... | 20,057 | Calhoun | Calhoun | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,082 | The United States and China Economic and Security Review Commission should suggest that The United States federal government should substantially increase its diplomatic and economic engagement with the People’s Republic of China over the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, and offer a commitment to join the bank be ... | null | null | null | null | null | null | <h4>The United States and China Economic and Security Review Commission should suggest that The United States federal government should substantially increase its diplomatic and economic engagement with the People’s Republic of China over the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, and offer a commitment to join the bank... | 1NC | CP | 1NC Commission CP | 1,561,096 | 1 | 126,162 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/KrKi/Kent%20Denver-Krauss-Kim-Neg-Golden%20Desert-Round6.docx | 660,692 | N | Golden Desert | 6 | Damien MP | Joel Lemuel | 1AC - AIIB
1NC - Xi Politics DA Agenda Politics DA Commission CP T QPQ Dollar Heg Turn On Case Appeasement Turn On Case
2NC - T QPQ Politics DA
1NR - Commission CP
2NR Commission CP Politics DA | hspolicy16/KentDenver/KrKi/Kent%20Denver-Krauss-Kim-Neg-Golden%20Desert-Round6.docx | null | 56,019 | KrKi | Kent Denver KrKi | null | Ni..... | Kr..... | Ja..... | Ki..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,083 | Democracy solves existential threats | Peiser 7 | Peiser 7 – social anthropologist @ Liverpool (Existential Risk and Democratic Peace, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7081804.stm) | In recent years, humankind has become aware of a number of global and existential risks that potentially threaten our survival cosmic disasters, volcanic super-eruptions and climatic disruption on the one hand, and nuclear warfare, technological catastrophes and fully-fledged bioterrorism on the other the proliferation... | humankind has become aware of existential risks that threaten survival. the proliferation of democratic liberalism has curtailed the death toll associated with natural disasters the ascent of democratic liberalism is correlated with a steep reduction of armed conflicts In democracy we have a cure for war | In recent years, humankind has become aware of a number of global and existential risks that potentially threaten our survival. These natural and man-made risks comprise cosmic disasters, volcanic super-eruptions and climatic disruption on the one hand, and nuclear warfare, technological catastrophes and fully-fledged ... | 9,165 | <h4>Democracy solves existential threats</h4><p><strong>Peiser 7</strong> – social anthropologist @ Liverpool (Existential Risk and Democratic Peace, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7081804.stm)</p><p><u>In recent years, <mark>humankind has become aware of</mark> a number of global and <mark>existential risks... | 1NC | 1 | null | 63,113 | 28 | 125,736 | ./documents/hspolicy16/Calhoun/KuBe/Calhoun-Ku-Bearden-Neg-St%20Marks-Round3.docx | 655,094 | N | St Marks | 3 | Harker JW | Viveth K | 1AC Nuclear cooperation
1NC Inherency Green Tech Bubble DA T-Engagement HR Condition CP
2NR Inherency | hspolicy16/Calhoun/KuBe/Calhoun-Ku-Bearden-Neg-St%20Marks-Round3.docx | null | 55,502 | KuBe | Calhoun KuBe | null | Ha..... | Ku..... | Ch..... | Be..... | 20,057 | Calhoun | Calhoun | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,084 | Defensive realism is true and shapes China’s rise – resolving the security dilemma makes China feel secure and satisfied | null | The security dilemma proves – this only occurs between defensive realist states – since its aggression due to violations of security | China is a defensive realist state It is necessary to identify the nature of the states involved to discover whether a security dilemma applies because security dilemmas only take place between defensive realist states Unlike an offensive realist state, which seeks security by power maximisation even if it violates oth... | China is defensive realist security dilemmas only take place between defensive realist states Unlike offensive realist a defensive realist does not pursue offending others, unless it has exceptional reasons pursues security instead of expansion also voluntarily restrains itself and accepts constraints The main strategy... | China has shifted from an offensive realist to defensive realist state – Raditio cites that after Mischief Reef China China sought to adopt the strategy of engagement in the SCS
Second, China doesn’t mean
Raditio 14 (Klaus Heinrich, PhD student at the Department of Government and International Relations of the Universi... | 6,065 | <h4>Defensive realism is true and shapes China’s rise – resolving the security dilemma makes China feel secure and satisfied</h4><p>The security dilemma proves – this only occurs between defensive realist states – since its aggression due to violations of security </p><p>China has shifted from an offensive realist to d... | null | 1AC | Solvency | 66,274 | 90 | 126,164 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/KrKi/Kent%20Denver-Krauss-Kim-Aff-Golden%20Desert-Round4.docx | 660,652 | A | Golden Desert | 4 | Notre Dame MP | Jack Lassiter | 1AC - Taiwan (Sorta New You Should Check it Out)
1NC - Security K T-Reznick
2NR - K | hspolicy16/KentDenver/KrKi/Kent%20Denver-Krauss-Kim-Aff-Golden%20Desert-Round4.docx | null | 56,019 | KrKi | Kent Denver KrKi | null | Ni..... | Kr..... | Ja..... | Ki..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,085 | First, Our Interpretation: The resolution asks the question of desirability of USFG action. The Role of ballot is to say yes or no to the action and outcomes of the plan. | null | null | null | null | null | null | <h4>First, Our Interpretation: The resolution asks the question of desirability of USFG action. The Role of ballot is to say yes or no to the action and outcomes of the plan.</h4> | 2AC | K-Geo Ptx | Framework | 1,561,098 | 1 | 126,106 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/HsTa/Kent%20Denver-Hsia-Tamkin-Aff-Berkeley-Round2.docx | 660,755 | A | Berkeley | 2 | Classical TS | Anastasia Kazteridis | 1AC-Taiwan
Adv 1-Taiwan
Adv 2-Relations
Solvency | hspolicy16/KentDenver/HsTa/Kent%20Denver-Hsia-Tamkin-Aff-Berkeley-Round2.docx | null | 56,025 | HsTa | Kent Denver HsTa | null | Al..... | Hs..... | Da..... | Ta..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,086 | And, prefer our evidence, consensus of experts cite it as the Number one existential risk, comparative to other scenarios—that’s Sandberg and, even if the overall risk of nuclear war is low, we still outweigh, the consequences are too dire to ignore—that’s Helfand | null | null | null | null | null | null | <h4><strong>And, prefer our evidence, consensus of experts cite it as the Number one existential risk, comparative to other scenarios—that’s Sandberg and, even if the overall risk of nuclear war is low, we still outweigh, the consequences are too dire to ignore—that’s Helfand</h4></strong> | 2AC/1AR (LD) | Flashpoints/Taiwan | 2AC Impact | 1,561,099 | 1 | 126,088 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/HoWo/Kent%20Denver-Ho-Woodard-Aff-UC%20Berkeley%20Invitational-Round5.docx | 660,779 | A | UC Berkeley Invitational | 5 | Davis WK | Hanna Wilson | 1AC
- FlashpointsTaiwan
- Relations
- Grand Bargain Solvency
1NC
- Topicality (Military)
- Discussion Counter Plan
- Japan DA
- Taiwan
- Relations | hspolicy16/KentDenver/HoWo/Kent%20Denver-Ho-Woodard-Aff-UC%20Berkeley%20Invitational-Round5.docx | null | 56,032 | HoWo | Kent Denver HoWo | null | Gr..... | Ho..... | Ai..... | Wo..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,087 | Perm is antiproductive—“adding women” perpetuates oppressive status quo binaries—rethinking the boundaries of our political thought is the only way | Peterson 92 | Peterson, Professor of International Relations School of Government and Public Policy at the University of Arizona, 92 (V Spike, “Transgressing Boundaries: Theories of Knowledge, Gender, and International Relations”, Millenium: Journal of International Studies 21:2, 1992, http://www.u.arizona.edu/~spikep/Publications/V... | research documented the extent and tenacity of androcentric bias and the anointment of men as knowers even more important, the project of adding women to existing paradigms exposed existing gender boundaries and the need for fundamental reconceptualizations including women in history forced a reassessment of convention... | it is not possible to include `women's work"˜ in economic frameworks that assume the male model of work as paid labour. Nor can women`s asymmetrical access to power and resources in their homes and in the labour force be accommodated within conventional definitions of politics | This research, which focused on making women visible and exposing gender hierarchy.documented the extent and tenacity of androcentric bias and. especially, the anointment of men as knowers. But even more important, the project of adding women to existing paradigms exposed existing gender boundaries and the need for fun... | 1,550 | <h4>Perm is antiproductive—“adding women” perpetuates oppressive status quo binaries—rethinking the boundaries of our political thought is the only way</h4><p><strong>Peterson</strong>, Professor of International Relations School of Government and Public Policy at the University of Arizona, <strong>92</strong> (V Spike... | 2NC/NR | 1 K | Perm | 312,503 | 2 | 126,103 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/HoRo/Kent%20Denver-Ho-Rolls-Aff-Mile%20High%20Classic-Round6.docx | 660,743 | A | Mile High Classic | 6 | Reyna Esquibel and Owen Schalk | John Mckiernan | Taiwan Aff
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o Solvency | hspolicy16/KentDenver/HoRo/Kent%20Denver-Ho-Rolls-Aff-Mile%20High%20Classic-Round6.docx | null | 56,024 | HoRo | Kent Denver HoRo | null | Gr..... | Ho..... | Ia..... | Ro..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,088 | The alternative is to constitute a left governmentality---this solves existential crises | Parenti & Emanuele 15 | Parenti & Emanuele 15
(Christian Parenti, former visiting fellow at CUNY's Center for Place, Culture and Politics, as well as a Soros Senior Justice Fellow, teaches in the Liberal Studies program at New York University, interview with Vincent Emanuele, writer, activist and radio journalist who lives and works in the Ru... | With Hurricane Sandy, the Occupy folks did some amazing stuff. Yet, at a certain level, their actions became charity That is a neoliberal solution the capitalist system in the US would like US citizens not demanding their government redistribute wealth from the 1% to the 99% The capitalists love to see people turn to e... | The state is not just prisons or the military. When the left embraces anarcho notions of self-help outside of government it cuts itself off from important democratic resources The state should be an arena of struggle The message of the right is that government is bad This is used to justify austerity We need to defend ... | You mention mutual aid and how it was overhyped by the left in the aftermath of Katrina. I’m thinking of the same thing in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. You’ve been critical of the left in the US for not approaching and using the state apparatus when dealing with climate change and other ecological issues. Can you ... | 20,483 | <h4>The alternative is to <u>constitute a left governmentality</u><strong>---this solves existential crises</h4><p>Parenti & Emanuele 15</p><p></strong>(Christian Parenti, former visiting fellow at CUNY's Center for Place, Culture and Politics, as well as a Soros Senior Justice Fellow, teaches in the Liberal Studies pr... | null | K – Legal Reformism | 1NC | 14,720 | 713 | 126,168 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/HaRo/Kent%20Denver-Hamilton-Rolls-Neg-Berkeley-Round5.docx | 660,775 | N | Berkeley | 5 | McDonogh JN | Anastasia Kazteridis | 1AC - Fugitivity
1NC - Framework Legalism K
2NC - Framework
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2NR - Framework K but kicked the alt | hspolicy16/KentDenver/HaRo/Kent%20Denver-Hamilton-Rolls-Neg-Berkeley-Round5.docx | null | 56,031 | HaRo | Kent Denver HaRo | null | Tu..... | Ha..... | Ia..... | Ro..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,089 | 1. limits – this is already the largest topic in history and including the military makes it impossible to prepare for | null | null | null | null | null | null | <h4>1. limits – this is already the largest topic in history and including the military makes it impossible to prepare for</h4> | 1NC | 2 | null | 1,561,100 | 1 | 125,747 | ./documents/hspolicy16/Calhoun/KuBe/Calhoun-Ku-Bearden-Neg-Michigan%20Round%20Robin-Round1.docx | 655,097 | N | Michigan Round Robin | 1 | Edina RW | Ben Zeppos | 1AC Arms Sales
1NC Psychoanalysis T Military Unconditional Engagement CP and Asian Prolif DA
2NR Pyschoanalysis | hspolicy16/Calhoun/KuBe/Calhoun-Ku-Bearden-Neg-Michigan%20Round%20Robin-Round1.docx | null | 55,502 | KuBe | Calhoun KuBe | null | Ha..... | Ku..... | Ch..... | Be..... | 20,057 | Calhoun | Calhoun | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,090 | Interpretation and violation – engagement is distinct from cooperation – engagement convinces an agent to adopt a goal which isn’t mutually held – cooperation enforces existing mutual interests – the aff is just cooperation because China is already | Luck and d’Inverno 96 | Luck and d’Inverno 96 --- Michael Luck is at AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand. Mark d'Inverno is a professor at the University of Westminster (Michael, Mark, 1996, “Engagement and Cooperation in Motivated Agent Modelling”)//ernst
3 Engagement and Cooperation | Much existing work has defined cooperation only in terms of helpful agents that are predisposed to adopt the goals of another This assumes that agents are already designed with common or non-conflicting goals that facilitate the possibility of helping each other satisfy additional goals. Our view differs in that autono... | existing work has defined cooperation in terms of agents that are predisposed to adopt the goals This assumes agents are already designed with common or non-conflicting goals that facilitate helping each other satisfy additional goals This leads to the distinction between cooperation and engagement engagement occurs wh... | Much existing work has defined cooperation only in terms of helpful agents that are predisposed to adopt the goals of another (e.g.[12, 2]). This assumes that agents are already designed with common or non-conflicting goals that facilitate the possibility of helping each other satisfy additional goals. Our view differs... | 1,279 | <h4>Interpretation and violation – <u>engagement</u> is <u>distinct</u> from <u>cooperation</u> – <u>engagement</u> convinces an agent to <u>adopt a goal</u> which isn’t <u>mutually held</u> – cooperation enforces <u>existing mutual interests</u> – the aff is <u>just cooperation</u> because China is <u>already</u> </h4... | 1NC | 2 | null | 182,525 | 6 | 125,736 | ./documents/hspolicy16/Calhoun/KuBe/Calhoun-Ku-Bearden-Neg-St%20Marks-Round3.docx | 655,094 | N | St Marks | 3 | Harker JW | Viveth K | 1AC Nuclear cooperation
1NC Inherency Green Tech Bubble DA T-Engagement HR Condition CP
2NR Inherency | hspolicy16/Calhoun/KuBe/Calhoun-Ku-Bearden-Neg-St%20Marks-Round3.docx | null | 55,502 | KuBe | Calhoun KuBe | null | Ha..... | Ku..... | Ch..... | Be..... | 20,057 | Calhoun | Calhoun | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,091 | The commission shapes debate, solves politics links, and consultation is key to prior implementation | Chapman 1/9 | Chapman 1/9 (Bert Chapman. Professor Purdue, faculty Rank: Professor Liaison Areas: Economics Law Military Science Political Science Homeland Security Research Areas: Government publications on U.S. foreign policy and national security as well as various aspects of U.S., Canadian, Australian, and European political, di... | Commission assessments are regularly cited in congressional debates and national security forums The U.S.–China Economic and Security Review Commission has become an essential source for military and civilian policymakers and scholars to understand Western Pacific strategic developments affecting the U.S., its allies, ... | Commission assessments are regularly cited in congressional debates and national security forums The U.S.–China Economic and Security Review Commission has become an essential source for military and civilian policymakers as the Trump Administration begins It reflects multiple viewpoints and perspectives and has been a... | Commission assessments are regularly cited in congressional debates and national security forums. On July 17, 2002 Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV) noted the release of the Commission’s 2002 annual report stressing the fragmented nature of U.S. policy toward China, the absence of U.S. institutional mechanisms for monitoring ... | 2,285 | <h4>The commission shapes debate, solves politics links, and consultation is key to prior implementation</h4><p><strong>Chapman 1/9</strong> (Bert Chapman. Professor Purdue, faculty Rank: Professor Liaison Areas: Economics Law Military Science Political Science Homeland Security Research Areas: Government publications ... | 1NC | CP | 1NC Commission CP | 1,561,101 | 4 | 126,162 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/KrKi/Kent%20Denver-Krauss-Kim-Neg-Golden%20Desert-Round6.docx | 660,692 | N | Golden Desert | 6 | Damien MP | Joel Lemuel | 1AC - AIIB
1NC - Xi Politics DA Agenda Politics DA Commission CP T QPQ Dollar Heg Turn On Case Appeasement Turn On Case
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2NR Commission CP Politics DA | hspolicy16/KentDenver/KrKi/Kent%20Denver-Krauss-Kim-Neg-Golden%20Desert-Round6.docx | null | 56,019 | KrKi | Kent Denver KrKi | null | Ni..... | Kr..... | Ja..... | Ki..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,092 | US-China engagement was high under Obama and inevitable under Trump – strengthened and expanded cooperation in every aspect – no DA uniqueness | Sheng 12/7 (Zhong, reputable Chinese journalist for People’s Daily, “China, US urged to keep bilateral ties straight,” News Ghana, 12/7/16, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/china-us-urged-to-keep-bilateral-ties-straight/, Accessed 1/31/17, Kent Denver-jKIM) | Sheng 12/7 (Zhong, reputable Chinese journalist for People’s Daily, “China, US urged to keep bilateral ties straight,” News Ghana, 12/7/16, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/china-us-urged-to-keep-bilateral-ties-straight/, Accessed 1/31/17, Kent Denver-jKIM) | cooperation and exchanges between China and the US have reached an unprecedented high after 37 years Over the past three years, guided by the strategic consensus reached by Xi and Obama substantial progress has been yielded from bilateral ties. The bilateral ties also maintained a steady momentum in this election year ... | cooperation have reached an unprecedented high guided by Xi and Obama substantial progress has been yielded ties maintained momentum the two countries hit highs in trade exchanges regional and international agendas China and US are now moving towards the right direction Xi sent a congratulatory message with Trump The t... | Donald Trump, the US President-elect, has outlined his policy plans for the first days in office, but the nomination of House members is still in preliminary stage. Against such background, the new government’s domestic and foreign policies, as well as its Chinese policies deserve further observation. The cooperation a... | 2,911 | <h4>US-China engagement was high under Obama and inevitable under Trump – strengthened and expanded cooperation in <u>every aspect</u> – no DA uniqueness</h4><p><strong>Sheng 12/7</strong> <u><strong>(Zhong, reputable Chinese journalist for People’s Daily, “China, US urged to keep bilateral ties straight,” News Ghana, ... | null | 1AC | Solvency | 1,561,027 | 17 | 126,164 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/KrKi/Kent%20Denver-Krauss-Kim-Aff-Golden%20Desert-Round4.docx | 660,652 | A | Golden Desert | 4 | Notre Dame MP | Jack Lassiter | 1AC - Taiwan (Sorta New You Should Check it Out)
1NC - Security K T-Reznick
2NR - K | hspolicy16/KentDenver/KrKi/Kent%20Denver-Krauss-Kim-Aff-Golden%20Desert-Round4.docx | null | 56,019 | KrKi | Kent Denver KrKi | null | Ni..... | Kr..... | Ja..... | Ki..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,093 | Second, is reasons to prefer: | null | null | null | null | null | null | <h4>Second, is reasons to prefer:</h4> | 2AC | K-Geo Ptx | Framework | 1,561,102 | 1 | 126,106 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/HsTa/Kent%20Denver-Hsia-Tamkin-Aff-Berkeley-Round2.docx | 660,755 | A | Berkeley | 2 | Classical TS | Anastasia Kazteridis | 1AC-Taiwan
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Solvency | hspolicy16/KentDenver/HsTa/Kent%20Denver-Hsia-Tamkin-Aff-Berkeley-Round2.docx | null | 56,025 | HsTa | Kent Denver HsTa | null | Al..... | Hs..... | Da..... | Ta..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,094 | Debate and criticism are key | Smulewicz-Zucker 15 | Smulewicz-Zucker 15 – Professor of Philosophy @ Baruch College CUNY | , there is not only a theoretical but also a deeply political difference between what these theorists search for and the radical view of a social order marked by solidarity around common goods, civic virtue oriented toward the defense of the public welfare, well-ordered political institutions with public purpose as the... | anti-statism fragmenting and marginalizing left politics and are purposefully self-alienated from the levers of real power radicals have betrayed politics they dismiss the reality of the political and call for resistance these intellectuals should be held accountable there is a responsibility for intellectuals to debat... | (Gregory, “The Treason of Intellectual Radicalism and the Collapse of Leftist Politics,” LOGOS, Winter edition)
These four elements of the new radical intellectuals and the movements they have influenced are in direct contradiction to the rational radicalism that we implicitly espouse here. On our reading, there is not... | 5,233 | <h4>Debate and criticism are key</h4><p><strong>Smulewicz-Zucker 15</strong> – Professor of Philosophy @ Baruch College CUNY</p><p>(Gregory, “The Treason of Intellectual Radicalism and the Collapse of Leftist Politics,” LOGOS, Winter edition)</p><p>These four elements of the new radical intellectuals and the movements ... | null | K – Legal Reformism | 1NC | 53,901 | 105 | 126,168 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/HaRo/Kent%20Denver-Hamilton-Rolls-Neg-Berkeley-Round5.docx | 660,775 | N | Berkeley | 5 | McDonogh JN | Anastasia Kazteridis | 1AC - Fugitivity
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2NR - Framework K but kicked the alt | hspolicy16/KentDenver/HaRo/Kent%20Denver-Hamilton-Rolls-Neg-Berkeley-Round5.docx | null | 56,031 | HaRo | Kent Denver HaRo | null | Tu..... | Ha..... | Ia..... | Ro..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,095 | B. Timeframe—it is the fastest escalating flashpoint for war—that’s Mearshimer, escalates into shooting war that spirals out of control and drags in the US | null | null | null | null | null | null | <h4><strong>B. Timeframe—it is the fastest escalating flashpoint for war—that’s Mearshimer, escalates into shooting war that spirals out of control and drags in the US</h4></strong> | 2AC/1AR (LD) | Flashpoints/Taiwan | 2AC Impact | 1,561,103 | 1 | 126,088 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/HoWo/Kent%20Denver-Ho-Woodard-Aff-UC%20Berkeley%20Invitational-Round5.docx | 660,779 | A | UC Berkeley Invitational | 5 | Davis WK | Hanna Wilson | 1AC
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3,784,096 | Perm coopts diverse feminist practices and incorporates them into the oppressive “civilizing mission” of US imperialism | Chowdhury 09 (EloraHalim, “Locating Global Feminisms Elsewhere: Braiding US Women of Color and Transnationa; Feminisms”, Cultural Dynamics 21:51, 2009, Sage Publications)//AS | Chowdhury, Associate Professor of Women's Studies at the University of Massachusetts, 09 (EloraHalim, “Locating Global Feminisms Elsewhere: Braiding US Women of Color and Transnationa; Feminisms”, Cultural Dynamics 21:51, 2009, Sage Publications)//AS | I want to probe the braiding of democracy freedom and benevolent global feminism Imperiously demarcating the space between ‘us’ and ‘them’ by establishing the USA as a ‘free’ society where human rights are respected, and by assuming an affinity with ‘global feminism’ by declaring her concern for abused women our host o... | Imperiously demarcating the space between ‘us’ and ‘them’ by establishing the USA as a ‘free’ society where human rights are respected, and by assuming an affinity with ‘global feminism’ by declaring her concern for abused women our host occupied the benevolent first world feminist position oblivious to the US governme... | I open with the above vignette because I want to probe the braiding of democracy (free media in the United States, an informed public in direct opposition to authoritarian regimes, and their compliant subjects elsewhere), freedom (of women to drive and support women’s oppression elsewhere such as FGM), and benevolent g... | 1,670 | <h4>Perm coopts diverse feminist practices and incorporates them into the oppressive “civilizing mission” of US imperialism</h4><p><strong>Chowdhury</strong>, Associate Professor of Women's Studies at the University of Massachusetts, <strong>09 <u>(EloraHalim, “Locating Global Feminisms Elsewhere: Braiding US Women of ... | 2NC/NR | 1 K | Perm | 1,561,105 | 1 | 126,103 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/HoRo/Kent%20Denver-Ho-Rolls-Aff-Mile%20High%20Classic-Round6.docx | 660,743 | A | Mile High Classic | 6 | Reyna Esquibel and Owen Schalk | John Mckiernan | Taiwan Aff
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3,784,097 | Set a limit on the topic – view the debate through the lens of incentives theory – affs have a strategic incentive to deviate as little as possible – even if their aff is debatable, there’s no shared interpretation of “diplomatic engagement” – their interpretation drives affs that just alter existing cooperation – that... | null | null | null | null | null | null | <h4>Set a <u>limit</u> on the topic – view the debate through the lens of <u>incentives theory</u> – affs have a <u>strategic incentive</u> to deviate <u>as little as possible</u> – even if their aff is debatable, there’s no shared interpretation of “diplomatic engagement” – their interpretation drives affs that just <... | 1NC | 2 | null | 1,561,104 | 1 | 125,736 | ./documents/hspolicy16/Calhoun/KuBe/Calhoun-Ku-Bearden-Neg-St%20Marks-Round3.docx | 655,094 | N | St Marks | 3 | Harker JW | Viveth K | 1AC Nuclear cooperation
1NC Inherency Green Tech Bubble DA T-Engagement HR Condition CP
2NR Inherency | hspolicy16/Calhoun/KuBe/Calhoun-Ku-Bearden-Neg-St%20Marks-Round3.docx | null | 55,502 | KuBe | Calhoun KuBe | null | Ha..... | Ku..... | Ch..... | Be..... | 20,057 | Calhoun | Calhoun | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,098 | 2. Precision – it’s key to effective policy analysis | Resnick, 1 | Resnick, 1 – Assistant Professor of Political Science at Yeshiva University (Evan, Journal of International Affairs, “Defining Engagement” v54, n2, political science complete) | establishing a clear definition of terms is a precondition for effective policymaking Decisionmakers who invoke critical terms in an erratic, ad hoc fashion risk exacerbating misperceptions and hostility among those the policies target Scholars who commit the same error undercut their ability to conduct valuable empiri... | establishing a clear definition of terms is a precondition for effective policymaking they undermine the ability to build foreign policy
The refined definition lays the groundwork for systematic and objective research on historical cases of engagement | In matters of national security, establishing a clear definition of terms is a precondition for effective policymaking. Decisionmakers who invoke critical terms in an erratic, ad hoc fashion risk alienating their constituencies. They also risk exacerbating misperceptions and hostility among those the policies target. S... | 1,178 | <h4>2. Precision – it’s key to effective policy analysis</h4><p><strong>Resnick, 1 </strong>– Assistant Professor of Political Science at Yeshiva University (Evan, Journal of International Affairs, “Defining Engagement” v54, n2, political science complete)</p><p>In matters of national security, <u><strong><mark>establi... | 1NC | 2 | null | 61,001 | 186 | 125,747 | ./documents/hspolicy16/Calhoun/KuBe/Calhoun-Ku-Bearden-Neg-Michigan%20Round%20Robin-Round1.docx | 655,097 | N | Michigan Round Robin | 1 | Edina RW | Ben Zeppos | 1AC Arms Sales
1NC Psychoanalysis T Military Unconditional Engagement CP and Asian Prolif DA
2NR Pyschoanalysis | hspolicy16/Calhoun/KuBe/Calhoun-Ku-Bearden-Neg-Michigan%20Round%20Robin-Round1.docx | null | 55,502 | KuBe | Calhoun KuBe | null | Ha..... | Ku..... | Ch..... | Be..... | 20,057 | Calhoun | Calhoun | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,099 | Avoids politics, this ends the debate—no solvency deficits | Glassman and Straus 2017 | Glassman and Straus 2017 (Matthew E. Glassman Analyst on the Congress Jacob R. Straus Analyst on the Congress, Congressional Commissions: Overview, Structure, and Legislative Considerations, 1/3/2017, https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R40076.pdf, /Kent Denver-MB) | Potential Value of Congressional Commissions Congress has found commissions to be useful tools in the legislative process to cope with increases in the scope and complexity of legislation, to forge consensus, to draft bills to promote interparty communication, to address issues that do not fall neatly within the jurisd... | Congressional Commissions forge consensus promote interparty communication and to bring together recommendations By assembling experts legislators obtain insight into policy Legislators keep busy schedules and may not have time to deal with policy problems A commission can devote itself to a particular issue full-time ... | Potential Value of Congressional Commissions Throughout American history, Congress has found commissions to be useful tools in the legislative process. Commissions may be established, among other things, to cope with increases in the scope and complexity of legislation, to forge consensus, to draft bills, to promote in... | 4,494 | <h4>Avoids politics, this ends the debate—no solvency deficits</h4><p><strong>Glassman and Straus 2017</strong> (Matthew E. Glassman Analyst on the Congress Jacob R. Straus Analyst on the Congress, Congressional Commissions: Overview, Structure, and Legislative Considerations, 1/3/2017, https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R40... | 1NC | CP | 1NC Commission CP | 108,629 | 42 | 126,162 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/KrKi/Kent%20Denver-Krauss-Kim-Neg-Golden%20Desert-Round6.docx | 660,692 | N | Golden Desert | 6 | Damien MP | Joel Lemuel | 1AC - AIIB
1NC - Xi Politics DA Agenda Politics DA Commission CP T QPQ Dollar Heg Turn On Case Appeasement Turn On Case
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2NR Commission CP Politics DA | hspolicy16/KentDenver/KrKi/Kent%20Denver-Krauss-Kim-Neg-Golden%20Desert-Round6.docx | null | 56,019 | KrKi | Kent Denver KrKi | null | Ni..... | Kr..... | Ja..... | Ki..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,100 | Grand bargain solves the benefits of accommodation while preserving credibility in the region—solves aff disads | Glaser, 2015 | Charles L Glaser, 2015, is a professor in the Elliott School of International Affairs and the Department of Political Science at George Washington University. He is also a fellow in the Kissinger Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. International Security, Vol. 39, No. 4 (Spring 2015), pp.... | The United States’ choice of whether to end its commitment to defend Taiwan is complicated further by uncertainty about the nature and extent of China’s goals If China places relatively little value on expanding its control and influence beyond Taiwan, then even if U.S. accommodation generated doubts about U.S. resolve... | even if accommodation generated doubts about resolve, they would be of little consequence. accommodation would not risk a more dangerous China policies exist that would reduce the risks while preserving benefits of accommodation concessions by China in a grand bargain could achieve this goal to make its commitment con... | The United States’ choice of whether to end its commitment to defend Taiwan is complicated further by uncertainty about the nature and extent of China’s goals. If China places relatively little value on expanding its control and influence beyond Taiwan, then even if U.S. accommodation generated doubts about U.S. resolv... | 1,580 | <h4>Grand bargain solves the benefits of accommodation while preserving credibility in the region—solves aff disads</h4><p>Charles L <strong>Glaser, 2015</strong>, is a professor in the Elliott School of International Affairs and the Department of Political Science at George Washington University. He is also a fellow i... | null | 1AC | Solvency | 69,187 | 345 | 126,164 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/KrKi/Kent%20Denver-Krauss-Kim-Aff-Golden%20Desert-Round4.docx | 660,652 | A | Golden Desert | 4 | Notre Dame MP | Jack Lassiter | 1AC - Taiwan (Sorta New You Should Check it Out)
1NC - Security K T-Reznick
2NR - K | hspolicy16/KentDenver/KrKi/Kent%20Denver-Krauss-Kim-Aff-Golden%20Desert-Round4.docx | null | 56,019 | KrKi | Kent Denver KrKi | null | Ni..... | Kr..... | Ja..... | Ki..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,101 | (___) A. Aff Choice, any other framework or role of the ballot moots 9 minutes of the 1ac | null | null | null | null | null | null | <h4>(___) A. Aff Choice, any other framework or role of the ballot moots 9 minutes of the 1ac</h4> | 2AC | K-Geo Ptx | Framework | 1,561,106 | 1 | 126,106 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/HsTa/Kent%20Denver-Hsia-Tamkin-Aff-Berkeley-Round2.docx | 660,755 | A | Berkeley | 2 | Classical TS | Anastasia Kazteridis | 1AC-Taiwan
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Solvency | hspolicy16/KentDenver/HsTa/Kent%20Denver-Hsia-Tamkin-Aff-Berkeley-Round2.docx | null | 56,025 | HsTa | Kent Denver HsTa | null | Al..... | Hs..... | Da..... | Ta..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,102 | C. Probability—Consensus of analysts place Taiwan as the mostly likely scenario for US China war—Taiwan or China could initiate and draw in the US, it has strategic and symbolic value to China and the US, which makes the states high, and these core interests are separate and distinct from other disputes—that’s Lowther | null | null | null | null | null | null | <h4><u><strong>C. Probability—Consensus of analysts place Taiwan as the mostly likely scenario for US China war—Taiwan or China could initiate and draw in the US, it has strategic and symbolic value to China and the US, which makes the states high, and these core interests are separate and distinct from other disputes—... | 2AC/1AR (LD) | Flashpoints/Taiwan | 2AC Impact | 1,561,107 | 1 | 126,088 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/HoWo/Kent%20Denver-Ho-Woodard-Aff-UC%20Berkeley%20Invitational-Round5.docx | 660,779 | A | UC Berkeley Invitational | 5 | Davis WK | Hanna Wilson | 1AC
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3,784,103 | Specific policies are comparatively more effective than revolutionary strategies for challenging racism | Balko 15 | Balko 15 (Radley Balko, blogs about criminal justice, the drug war and civil liberties for The Washington Post, “The Black Lives Matter policy agenda is practical, thoughtful — and urgent”, 8/25/15, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2015/08/25/the-black-lives-matter-policy-agenda-is-practical-thoughtful-... | the leaders of Black Lives Matter* released a series of policy solutions to address police killings excessive force profiling and racial discrimination and other problems in law enforcement Critics have portrayed Black Lives Matter as radical, anti-police, and anti-white the policies Campaign Zero is pushing are none o... | B L M released policy solutions to address police killings and racial discrimination they’re practical and achievable. it will prove to be effective It makes it difficult to portray those proposals as “anti-cop.” these policies are more best practices than revolution Its practicality is born of urgency There’s no time ... | Last week, the leaders of Black Lives Matter* released a series of policy solutions to address police killings, excessive force, profiling and racial discrimination, and other problems in law enforcement, called “Campaign Zero.” Critics and police organizations have portrayed Black Lives Matter as radical, anti-police,... | 16,017 | <h4><strong>Specific policies are <u>comparatively</u> more effective than revolutionary strategies for challenging racism</h4><p>Balko 15 </strong>(Radley Balko, blogs about criminal justice, the drug war and civil liberties for The Washington Post, “The Black Lives Matter policy agenda is practical, thoughtful — and ... | null | K – Legal Reformism | 1NC | 145,946 | 7 | 126,168 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/HaRo/Kent%20Denver-Hamilton-Rolls-Neg-Berkeley-Round5.docx | 660,775 | N | Berkeley | 5 | McDonogh JN | Anastasia Kazteridis | 1AC - Fugitivity
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2NR - Framework K but kicked the alt | hspolicy16/KentDenver/HaRo/Kent%20Denver-Hamilton-Rolls-Neg-Berkeley-Round5.docx | null | 56,031 | HaRo | Kent Denver HaRo | null | Tu..... | Ha..... | Ia..... | Ro..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,104 | Gender blind policies are only effective for half the population, means the plan is circumvented | Skinner, 2011 | Skinner, 2011 (a human geographer by training, with a PhD from University College London in population ageing and social protection and an MPhil from the University of Oxford) | climate change policies have been notably gender blind that they have rarely taken into account the differences in men and women’s needs and capabilities and, consequently, often have an implicit male bias that privileges male needs, interests and priorities in the distribution of opportunities and resources the instit... | climate change policies have been notably gender blind the institutions that produce them are intrinsically patriarchal This gender blindness is problematic in that it leads to ineffective policies that fail to address the needs of half of the population and misses the opportunity for transformation, failing to challen... | [“Gender and Climate Change Overview Report”, Cutting Edge Programme, Institute of Development Studies, Emmeline. 7-3-16. I.B.]
Gender equality has long been recognised as a core component of sustainable development and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and yet, so far, climate change policie... | 2,508 | <h4>Gender blind policies are only effective for half the population, means the plan is circumvented</h4><p><strong>Skinner, 2011</strong> (a human geographer by training, with a PhD from University College London in population ageing and social protection and an MPhil from the University of Oxford)</p><p>[“Gender and ... | 2NC/NR | 1 K | Perm | 1,561,108 | 1 | 126,103 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/HoRo/Kent%20Denver-Ho-Rolls-Aff-Mile%20High%20Classic-Round6.docx | 660,743 | A | Mile High Classic | 6 | Reyna Esquibel and Owen Schalk | John Mckiernan | Taiwan Aff
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3,784,105 | Our interpretation solves – it creates a fair, functional limit by ensuring the aff chooses a controversial deviation from the status quo – it does what vague terms like “substantial” and “solvency advocate” can’t while still allowing a litany of good affs on core policy controversies over divergent interests like huma... | null | null | null | null | null | null | <h4>Our interpretation <u>solves</u> – it creates a <u>fair, functional limit</u> by ensuring the aff chooses a <u>controversial deviation</u> from the status quo – it does what vague terms like “substantial” and “solvency advocate” can’t while <u>still allowing a litany of good affs</u> on <u>core policy controversies... | 1NC | 2 | null | 1,561,109 | 1 | 125,736 | ./documents/hspolicy16/Calhoun/KuBe/Calhoun-Ku-Bearden-Neg-St%20Marks-Round3.docx | 655,094 | N | St Marks | 3 | Harker JW | Viveth K | 1AC Nuclear cooperation
1NC Inherency Green Tech Bubble DA T-Engagement HR Condition CP
2NR Inherency | hspolicy16/Calhoun/KuBe/Calhoun-Ku-Bearden-Neg-St%20Marks-Round3.docx | null | 55,502 | KuBe | Calhoun KuBe | null | Ha..... | Ku..... | Ch..... | Be..... | 20,057 | Calhoun | Calhoun | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,106 | Interpretation – engagement is the offer of positive inducements in exchange for specific concessions | Hall ‘14 | Hall ‘14 - Senior Fellow in International Relations, Australian National University (Ian, The Engagement of India: Strategies and Responses, p. 3-4) | the growing consensus in the literature that defines engagement as any strategy that employs "positive inducements'' to influence behavior positive inducements are offered to try to "leverage" particular quid pro quos from the target state. An investment might be canvassed, a trade deal promised, in return for a specif... | growing consensus in the literature that defines engagement as any strategy that employs "positive inducements'' to influence behavior positive inducements are offered to leverage" particular q p q s from the target state investment might be canvassed trade deal promised in return for a specific concession | This book explores the various modes of engagement employed in the Indian case, their uses, and their limits. It follows the growing consensus in the literature that defines engagement as any strategy that employs "positive inducements'' to influence the behavior of states.8 It acknowledges that various, different enga... | 809 | <h4>Interpretation – engagement is the offer of positive inducements <u>in exchange</u> for specific concessions </h4><p><strong>Hall ‘14</strong> - Senior Fellow in International Relations, Australian National University (Ian, <u>The Engagement of India: Strategies and Responses</u>, p. 3-4)</p><p>This book explores t... | 1NC | T | 1NC T QPQ | 1,481,876 | 61 | 126,162 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/KrKi/Kent%20Denver-Krauss-Kim-Neg-Golden%20Desert-Round6.docx | 660,692 | N | Golden Desert | 6 | Damien MP | Joel Lemuel | 1AC - AIIB
1NC - Xi Politics DA Agenda Politics DA Commission CP T QPQ Dollar Heg Turn On Case Appeasement Turn On Case
2NC - T QPQ Politics DA
1NR - Commission CP
2NR Commission CP Politics DA | hspolicy16/KentDenver/KrKi/Kent%20Denver-Krauss-Kim-Neg-Golden%20Desert-Round6.docx | null | 56,019 | KrKi | Kent Denver KrKi | null | Ni..... | Kr..... | Ja..... | Ki..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,107 | the death drive informs the basis of their subjectivity and desire – any attempt to fulfill the lack – through engagement, commitment or security only serves to fuel a metaphysical drive for total certainty that eviscerates the potential for value – only a confrontation that embraces the death drive offers the potentia... | McGowan 2013 --- Associate Professor at the University of Vermont (Todd, Enjoying What We Don’t Have, Project Muse) | McGowan 2013 --- Associate Professor at the University of Vermont (Todd, Enjoying What We Don’t Have, Project Muse) | The death drive undermines every attempt to construct a utopi It is possible to conceive of a positive politics of the death drive. we can sketch what a society founded on a recognition of the death drive might look like In contemporary social arrangements, the death drive subverts progress with repetition and leads to... | The death drive undermines every attempt to construct a utopia the death drive subverts progress and leads to enjoyment of the sacrifice the recognition would change our relationship to this sacrifice The enjoyment that the death drive provides is infinite The concept always remains out of reach enjoyment achieves its... | There is no path leading from the death drive to utopia. The death drive undermines every attempt to construct a utopia; it is the enemy of the good society. It is thus not surprising that political thought from Plato onward has largely ignored this psychic force of repetition and negation. But this does not mean that ... | 8,289 | <h4>the death drive informs the basis of their subjectivity and desire – any attempt to fulfill the lack – through engagement, commitment or security only serves to fuel a metaphysical drive for total certainty that eviscerates the potential for value – only a confrontation that embraces the death drive offers the pote... | 1NC | 3 | null | 9,256 | 115 | 125,747 | ./documents/hspolicy16/Calhoun/KuBe/Calhoun-Ku-Bearden-Neg-Michigan%20Round%20Robin-Round1.docx | 655,097 | N | Michigan Round Robin | 1 | Edina RW | Ben Zeppos | 1AC Arms Sales
1NC Psychoanalysis T Military Unconditional Engagement CP and Asian Prolif DA
2NR Pyschoanalysis | hspolicy16/Calhoun/KuBe/Calhoun-Ku-Bearden-Neg-Michigan%20Round%20Robin-Round1.docx | null | 55,502 | KuBe | Calhoun KuBe | null | Ha..... | Ku..... | Ch..... | Be..... | 20,057 | Calhoun | Calhoun | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,108 | Look, we want to talk about the Aff, but we need to talk about it in a way that is fair for both sides to engage | null | null | null | null | null | null | <h4>Look, we want to talk about the Aff, but we need to talk about it in a way that is fair for both sides to engage</h4> | 2NC | K – Legal Reformism | O/V Fram | 1,561,110 | 1 | 126,168 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/HaRo/Kent%20Denver-Hamilton-Rolls-Neg-Berkeley-Round5.docx | 660,775 | N | Berkeley | 5 | McDonogh JN | Anastasia Kazteridis | 1AC - Fugitivity
1NC - Framework Legalism K
2NC - Framework
1NR - Legalism
2NR - Framework K but kicked the alt | hspolicy16/KentDenver/HaRo/Kent%20Denver-Hamilton-Rolls-Neg-Berkeley-Round5.docx | null | 56,031 | HaRo | Kent Denver HaRo | null | Tu..... | Ha..... | Ia..... | Ro..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,109 | (___) B. It is predictable, the resolution demands USFG action | null | null | null | null | null | null | <h4>(___) B. It is predictable, the resolution demands USFG action</h4> | 2AC | K-Geo Ptx | Framework | 1,561,111 | 1 | 126,106 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/HsTa/Kent%20Denver-Hsia-Tamkin-Aff-Berkeley-Round2.docx | 660,755 | A | Berkeley | 2 | Classical TS | Anastasia Kazteridis | 1AC-Taiwan
Adv 1-Taiwan
Adv 2-Relations
Solvency | hspolicy16/KentDenver/HsTa/Kent%20Denver-Hsia-Tamkin-Aff-Berkeley-Round2.docx | null | 56,025 | HsTa | Kent Denver HsTa | null | Al..... | Hs..... | Da..... | Ta..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,110 | Assurances are failing now – funding, distractions, China | Green et al. ’16 | Green et al. ’16 (Michael Green, PhD @ SAIS, is senior vice president for Asia and Japan Chair at CSIS, chair in Japanese foreign policy at Georgetown, served on the staff of the NSC as the director of Asian Affairs, senior fellow for East Asian security on the Council of Foreign Relations; Kathleen Hicks, PhD in Polit... | The past 14 years of war have left the military services with significant challenges in recapitalizing equipment used at a pace faster than programmed, reestablishing full-spectrum force readiness, and confronting an expanding range of challenges from state and nonstate actors globally China’s rapidly expanding militar... | past years of war have left the military with significant challenges in recapitalizing equipment , reestablishing full-spectrum force readiness, and confronting a range of challenges from state and nonstate actors China’s rapidly expanding military investments demonstrate long-term and near-term challenges facing the U... | Nevertheless, the United States will need to continue and in some cases accelerate investments in regional relationships, posture, operational concepts, and capabilities if it is to achieve the strategic goals of the rebalance. The past 14 years of war have left the military services with significant challenges in reca... | 6,652 | <h4><strong>Assurances are failing now – funding, distractions, China</h4><p>Green et al. ’16</strong> (<u>Michael Green</u>, PhD @ SAIS, is senior vice president for Asia and Japan Chair at CSIS, chair in Japanese foreign policy at Georgetown, served on the staff of the NSC as the director of Asian Affairs, senior fel... | null | 1AC | Solvency | 163,321 | 48 | 126,164 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/KrKi/Kent%20Denver-Krauss-Kim-Aff-Golden%20Desert-Round4.docx | 660,652 | A | Golden Desert | 4 | Notre Dame MP | Jack Lassiter | 1AC - Taiwan (Sorta New You Should Check it Out)
1NC - Security K T-Reznick
2NR - K | hspolicy16/KentDenver/KrKi/Kent%20Denver-Krauss-Kim-Aff-Golden%20Desert-Round4.docx | null | 56,019 | KrKi | Kent Denver KrKi | null | Ni..... | Kr..... | Ja..... | Ki..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,111 | Mismatched perceptions cause escalation. | Kulacki 16 | Kulacki 16 — Gregory Kulacki, China Project Manager in the Global Security Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists, former Associate Professor of Government at Green Mountain College, former Director of External Studies at Pitzer College, former Director of Academic Programs in China for the Council on Internation... | stalemate is not a stable outcome; it is a perpetual high-wire act. Twenty-four hours a day, 365 days a year, the governments of the U S and China are a few poor decisions away from starting a war that could escalate rapidly and end in a nuclear exchange bilateral dialogues on strategic stability aim to manage the mili... | the U S and China are a few poor decisions away from starting a war that could escalate rapidly and end in a nuclear exchange bilateral dialogues aim to manage the competition, but do not seek to end it PRC leaders believe it is possible to prosecute a major war without risking a U.S. nuclear attack. the U S believe st... | No Technical Exit As long as both sides remain committed to pursuing technical solutions to their unique strategic problems, they are condemned to continue competing indefinitely. But stalemate is not a stable outcome; rather, it is a perpetual high-wire act. Twenty-four hours a day, 365 days a year, the governments of... | 4,115 | <h4><u><strong>Mismatched perceptions</u> cause escalation.</h4><p>Kulacki 16</strong> — Gregory Kulacki, China Project Manager in the Global Security Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists, former Associate Professor of Government at Green Mountain College, former Director of External Studies at Pitzer College, ... | 2AC/1AR (LD) | Flashpoints/Taiwan | No Escalation | 6,408 | 363 | 126,088 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/HoWo/Kent%20Denver-Ho-Woodard-Aff-UC%20Berkeley%20Invitational-Round5.docx | 660,779 | A | UC Berkeley Invitational | 5 | Davis WK | Hanna Wilson | 1AC
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- Relations | hspolicy16/KentDenver/HoWo/Kent%20Denver-Ho-Woodard-Aff-UC%20Berkeley%20Invitational-Round5.docx | null | 56,032 | HoWo | Kent Denver HoWo | null | Gr..... | Ho..... | Ai..... | Wo..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,112 | Link still stands, they can talk about how they include women, but they do not. The k proves that the international relations field is a male dominated field. | null | null | null | null | null | null | <h4>Link still stands, they can talk about how they include women, but they do not. The k proves that the international relations field is a male dominated field. </h4> | 2NC/NR | 1 K | Link | 1,561,112 | 1 | 126,103 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/HoRo/Kent%20Denver-Ho-Rolls-Aff-Mile%20High%20Classic-Round6.docx | 660,743 | A | Mile High Classic | 6 | Reyna Esquibel and Owen Schalk | John Mckiernan | Taiwan Aff
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o Solvency | hspolicy16/KentDenver/HoRo/Kent%20Denver-Ho-Rolls-Aff-Mile%20High%20Classic-Round6.docx | null | 56,024 | HoRo | Kent Denver HoRo | null | Gr..... | Ho..... | Ia..... | Ro..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,113 | The United States federal government should negotiate a phased grand bargain with the People’s Republic of China by offering to end the United State’s commitment to defend Taiwan in exchange for the People’s Republic of China’s commitment to peacefully resolve its maritime and land disputes in South China and East Chin... | null | null | null | null | null | null | <h4>The United States federal government should negotiate a phased grand bargain with the People’s Republic of China by offering to end the United State’s commitment to defend Taiwan in exchange for the People’s Republic of China’s commitment to peacefully resolve its maritime and land disputes in South China and East ... | null | 1AC | Plan | 1,561,113 | 1 | 126,184 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/KrKi/Kent%20Denver-Krauss-Kim-Aff-Greenhill-Round5.docx | 660,626 | A | Greenhill | 5 | GBS MV | Derek Ziegler | 1AC - Taiwan
1NC - Spanos
2NR - Spanos | hspolicy16/KentDenver/KrKi/Kent%20Denver-Krauss-Kim-Aff-Greenhill-Round5.docx | null | 56,019 | KrKi | Kent Denver KrKi | null | Ni..... | Kr..... | Ja..... | Ki..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,114 | Plan incentives will cause overinvestment in the nuclear industry – that causes a bubble | Seattleist 1/17/08 | Seattleist 1/17/08 (“The Next Market Bubble is Here Already,” pg nexis//ef) | As with the dot-com bubble, the failure of government and the unaccountable business interests combined to screw over Americans from coast to coast readers of Harper's have been subjected to an all-too-believable prediction of where next our problems lie a former venture capital firm manager, lays out a case for the n... | As with the dot-com bubble, the failure of government and the unaccountable business interests combined to screw over Americans a former venture capital firm manager, lays out a case for the next bubble For those investing in that sector, legislation guaranteeing favorable tax treatment should already be in place or un... | Jan. 17, 2008 (Seattlest delivered by Newstex) -- Seattlest is a website about Seattle. Dan Gonsiorowski Gothamist The mass insanity of the housing bubble over the last few years has pretty fully revealed itself by now. One need only visit our good friends over at Seattle Bubble to read about the increasing devastati... | 6,147 | <h4>Plan incentives will cause <u>overinvestment</u><strong> in the nuclear industry – that causes a bubble</h4><p>Seattleist 1/17/08 </strong>(“The Next Market Bubble is Here Already,” pg nexis//ef)</p><p>Jan. 17, 2008 (Seattlest delivered by Newstex) -- Seattlest is a website about Seattle. Dan Gonsiorowski Gothami... | 1NC | 3 | null | 177,782 | 3 | 125,736 | ./documents/hspolicy16/Calhoun/KuBe/Calhoun-Ku-Bearden-Neg-St%20Marks-Round3.docx | 655,094 | N | St Marks | 3 | Harker JW | Viveth K | 1AC Nuclear cooperation
1NC Inherency Green Tech Bubble DA T-Engagement HR Condition CP
2NR Inherency | hspolicy16/Calhoun/KuBe/Calhoun-Ku-Bearden-Neg-St%20Marks-Round3.docx | null | 55,502 | KuBe | Calhoun KuBe | null | Ha..... | Ku..... | Ch..... | Be..... | 20,057 | Calhoun | Calhoun | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,115 | Aff causes every asian ally to prolif | Tucker and Glaser 11 Nancy Bernkopf Tucker is Professor of History at Georgetown University and at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. She also is a Senior Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the author of Strait Talk. Bonnie Glaser is a Senior Fellow with the Freeman Chair in... | Tucker and Glaser 11 Nancy Bernkopf Tucker is Professor of History at Georgetown University and at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. She also is a Senior Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the author of Strait Talk. Bonnie Glaser is a Senior Fellow with the Freeman Chair in... | Washington’s support for Taiwan has significance for U.S. allies and friends Asian countries which look to the United States to balance China’s rising power may not want Washington to squander resources and energy on Taiwan, but were it to conversely ignore Taiwan’s security, they would see their own safety threatened.... | Washington’s l support for Taiwan as significance for U.S. allies Asian countries may not want Washington to squander resources and energy on Taiwan they would see their own safety threatened. U.S. credibility is at stake. U.S. inconstancy could convince American allies to rely less on Washington undertake an arms race... | U.S. Friends and Allies Washington’s long-term support for Taiwan also has significance for U.S. allies and friends. Asian countries which look to the United States to balance China’s rising power may not want Washington to squander resources and energy on Taiwan, but were it to conversely ignore Taiwan’s security, the... | 2,747 | <h4><strong>Aff causes every asian ally to prolif </h4><p>Tucker and Glaser 11 <u>Nancy Bernkopf Tucker is Professor of History at Georgetown University and at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. She also is a Senior Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the author of Strait Tal... | 1NC | 4 | null | 68,394 | 59 | 125,747 | ./documents/hspolicy16/Calhoun/KuBe/Calhoun-Ku-Bearden-Neg-Michigan%20Round%20Robin-Round1.docx | 655,097 | N | Michigan Round Robin | 1 | Edina RW | Ben Zeppos | 1AC Arms Sales
1NC Psychoanalysis T Military Unconditional Engagement CP and Asian Prolif DA
2NR Pyschoanalysis | hspolicy16/Calhoun/KuBe/Calhoun-Ku-Bearden-Neg-Michigan%20Round%20Robin-Round1.docx | null | 55,502 | KuBe | Calhoun KuBe | null | Ha..... | Ku..... | Ch..... | Be..... | 20,057 | Calhoun | Calhoun | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,116 | That means the plan must be a quid-pro-quo | De LaHunt 6 | De LaHunt 6 - Assistant Director for Environmental Health & Safety Services in Colorado College's Facilities Services department (John, “Perverse and unintended” Journal of Chemical Health and Safety, July-August, Science direct) | Incentives work on a quid pro quo basis – this for that. If you change your behavior, I’ll give you a reward I define an incentive as getting something you didn’t have before in exchange for new behavior that puts coercion in its own box | Incentives work on a quid pro quo basis If you change your behavior, I’ll give you a reward | Incentives work on a quid pro quo basis – this for that. If you change your behavior, I’ll give you a reward. One could say that coercion is an incentive program – do as I say and I’ll let you live. However, I define an incentive as getting something you didn’t have before in exchange for new behavior, so that pretty m... | 578 | <h4>That means the plan must be a quid-pro-quo</h4><p><strong>De LaHunt 6</strong> - Assistant Director for Environmental Health & Safety Services in Colorado College's Facilities Services department (John, “Perverse and unintended” Journal of Chemical Health and Safety, July-August, Science direct)</p><p><u><strong><m... | 1NC | T | 1NC T QPQ | 168,886 | 58 | 126,162 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/KrKi/Kent%20Denver-Krauss-Kim-Neg-Golden%20Desert-Round6.docx | 660,692 | N | Golden Desert | 6 | Damien MP | Joel Lemuel | 1AC - AIIB
1NC - Xi Politics DA Agenda Politics DA Commission CP T QPQ Dollar Heg Turn On Case Appeasement Turn On Case
2NC - T QPQ Politics DA
1NR - Commission CP
2NR Commission CP Politics DA | hspolicy16/KentDenver/KrKi/Kent%20Denver-Krauss-Kim-Neg-Golden%20Desert-Round6.docx | null | 56,019 | KrKi | Kent Denver KrKi | null | Ni..... | Kr..... | Ja..... | Ki..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,117 | The purpose of the debate is to answer the question: should the United States federal government increase its economic and/or diplomatic engagement with the People’s Republic of China? | null | null | null | null | null | null | <h4>The purpose of the debate is to answer the question: should the United States federal government increase its economic and/or diplomatic engagement with the People’s Republic of China?</h4> | 2NC | K – Legal Reformism | O/V Fram | 1,561,114 | 1 | 126,168 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/HaRo/Kent%20Denver-Hamilton-Rolls-Neg-Berkeley-Round5.docx | 660,775 | N | Berkeley | 5 | McDonogh JN | Anastasia Kazteridis | 1AC - Fugitivity
1NC - Framework Legalism K
2NC - Framework
1NR - Legalism
2NR - Framework K but kicked the alt | hspolicy16/KentDenver/HaRo/Kent%20Denver-Hamilton-Rolls-Neg-Berkeley-Round5.docx | null | 56,031 | HaRo | Kent Denver HaRo | null | Tu..... | Ha..... | Ia..... | Ro..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,118 | Counter interpretation – Diplomatic engagement is reducing the security dilemma over Taiwan | Waltemeyer, 2006 | Waltemeyer, 2006 (Colonel Bob Waltemeyer U.S. Army, U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks,Carlisle,PA,17013-5050, Comprehensive Engagement With China, 15 MAR 2006, Colonel Jiyul Kim Project Adviser This SRP is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Master of Strategic Studies Degree. /Kent Denve... | diplomatic engagement with China will require transformational diplomacy to integrate states that are competing in mutually beneficial democratic and economic pursuits The U.S. should first reduce the risks of hedging behavior among the security relationships in Asia by creating a “framework that moderates great-power ... | diplomatic engagement with China will require diplomacy to reduce the risks of hedging behavior by creating a “framework that moderates great-power rivalries and security dilemma dynamics any U.S.- China regional cooperative security arrangement should consider the tensions of defensive and offensive positioning to saf... | Improving U.S. diplomatic engagement with China will require the type of bold “transformational diplomacy” Secretary of State Rice defined in January 2006 as the means to integrate states that are competing in mutually beneficial democratic and economic pursuits. 103 America’s diplomatic relations with China would be m... | 3,642 | <h4><strong>Counter interpretation – Diplomatic engagement is reducing the security dilemma over Taiwan</h4><p>Waltemeyer, 2006</strong> (Colonel Bob Waltemeyer U.S. Army, U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks,Carlisle,PA,17013-5050, Comprehensive Engagement With China, 15 MAR 2006, Colonel Jiyul Kim Project Adviser... | null | 2AC | 2AC – T-Reznick | 186,704 | 31 | 126,164 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/KrKi/Kent%20Denver-Krauss-Kim-Aff-Golden%20Desert-Round4.docx | 660,652 | A | Golden Desert | 4 | Notre Dame MP | Jack Lassiter | 1AC - Taiwan (Sorta New You Should Check it Out)
1NC - Security K T-Reznick
2NR - K | hspolicy16/KentDenver/KrKi/Kent%20Denver-Krauss-Kim-Aff-Golden%20Desert-Round4.docx | null | 56,019 | KrKi | Kent Denver KrKi | null | Ni..... | Kr..... | Ja..... | Ki..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,119 | (___) C. It is fair, Weigh Aff Impacts and the method of the Affirmative versus the Kritik, it’s the only way to test competition and determine the desirability of one strategy over another | null | null | null | null | null | null | <h4>(___) C. It is fair, Weigh Aff Impacts and the method of the Affirmative versus the Kritik, it’s the only way to test competition and determine the desirability of one strategy over another</h4> | 2AC | K-Geo Ptx | Framework | 1,561,115 | 1 | 126,106 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/HsTa/Kent%20Denver-Hsia-Tamkin-Aff-Berkeley-Round2.docx | 660,755 | A | Berkeley | 2 | Classical TS | Anastasia Kazteridis | 1AC-Taiwan
Adv 1-Taiwan
Adv 2-Relations
Solvency | hspolicy16/KentDenver/HsTa/Kent%20Denver-Hsia-Tamkin-Aff-Berkeley-Round2.docx | null | 56,025 | HsTa | Kent Denver HsTa | null | Al..... | Hs..... | Da..... | Ta..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,120 | They say that extinction isn’t going to happen, but you can extend the franks 2 card. It explains in detail how structural violence leads to extinction through the failure of policy—their aff. | null | null | null | null | null | null | <h4>They say that extinction isn’t going to happen, but you can extend the franks 2 card. It explains in detail how structural violence leads to extinction through the failure of policy—their aff.</h4> | 2NC/NR | 1 K | Impact | 1,561,116 | 1 | 126,103 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/HoRo/Kent%20Denver-Ho-Rolls-Aff-Mile%20High%20Classic-Round6.docx | 660,743 | A | Mile High Classic | 6 | Reyna Esquibel and Owen Schalk | John Mckiernan | Taiwan Aff
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o Solvency | hspolicy16/KentDenver/HoRo/Kent%20Denver-Ho-Rolls-Aff-Mile%20High%20Classic-Round6.docx | null | 56,024 | HoRo | Kent Denver HoRo | null | Gr..... | Ho..... | Ia..... | Ro..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,121 | Taiwan conflict causes regional arms races, and collapses democracy globally | Ferry 15 | Ferry 15
[Tim Ferry is Taiwan Business Topics magazine’s associate editor and reporter. “Taiwan’s Defense Strategy: Maintaining Deterrence,” Taiwan Business Topics, MAY 15, 2015, http://topics.amcham.com.tw/2015/05/taiwans-defense-strategy-maintaining-deterrence/ // wyo-cjh] | *Richard Fisher is Senior Fellow on Asian Military Affairs at the International Assessment and Strategy Center
genuine military experts stress the cost that the United States would have to bear in coming to Taiwan’s rescue, and many wonder whether the American public would support the effort. U.S. Air Force Major Chris... | experts stress the cost the United States would bear in coming to Taiwan’s rescue U.S. “attempts to deploy will result in loss of life the United States would have great difficulty sustaining such losses Defending democracy in Asia might not be enough motivation to continue abandoning Taiwan to Chinese aggression would... | *Richard Fisher is Senior Fellow on Asian Military Affairs at the International Assessment and Strategy Center
Even genuine military experts stress the cost that the United States would have to bear in coming to Taiwan’s rescue, and many wonder whether the American public would support the effort. In a paper for the U.... | 4,669 | <h4><strong>Taiwan conflict causes regional arms races, and collapses democracy globally</h4><p>Ferry 15</p><p></strong>[Tim Ferry is Taiwan Business Topics magazine’s associate editor and reporter. “Taiwan’s Defense Strategy: Maintaining Deterrence,” Taiwan Business Topics, MAY 15, 2015, http://topics.amcham.com.tw/20... | 2AC/1AR (LD) | Flashpoints/Taiwan | 2AC Impact Run | 476,244 | 4 | 126,088 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/HoWo/Kent%20Denver-Ho-Woodard-Aff-UC%20Berkeley%20Invitational-Round5.docx | 660,779 | A | UC Berkeley Invitational | 5 | Davis WK | Hanna Wilson | 1AC
- FlashpointsTaiwan
- Relations
- Grand Bargain Solvency
1NC
- Topicality (Military)
- Discussion Counter Plan
- Japan DA
- Taiwan
- Relations | hspolicy16/KentDenver/HoWo/Kent%20Denver-Ho-Woodard-Aff-UC%20Berkeley%20Invitational-Round5.docx | null | 56,032 | HoWo | Kent Denver HoWo | null | Gr..... | Ho..... | Ai..... | Wo..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,122 | First, war with China over Taiwan is coming: | null | null | null | null | null | null | <h4>First, war with China over Taiwan is coming:</h4> | null | 1AC | The Advantage is Taiwan | 1,561,117 | 1 | 126,184 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/KrKi/Kent%20Denver-Krauss-Kim-Aff-Greenhill-Round5.docx | 660,626 | A | Greenhill | 5 | GBS MV | Derek Ziegler | 1AC - Taiwan
1NC - Spanos
2NR - Spanos | hspolicy16/KentDenver/KrKi/Kent%20Denver-Krauss-Kim-Aff-Greenhill-Round5.docx | null | 56,019 | KrKi | Kent Denver KrKi | null | Ni..... | Kr..... | Ja..... | Ki..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,123 | The bubble pops the market – empirics on our side | Fackler 05 - bureau chief of The New York Times (“Take It From Japan: Bubbles Hurt,” Dec 25.2005, http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/25/business/yourmoney/take-it-from-japan-bubbles-hurt.html?_r=0) hk | Martin Fackler 05 - Tokyo bureau chief of The New York Times (“Take It From Japan: Bubbles Hurt,” Dec 25.2005, http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/25/business/yourmoney/take-it-from-japan-bubbles-hurt.html?_r=0) hk | "During a bubble, people don't believe that prices will fall," This has been proven wrong so many times in the past companies tried to outbid one another even for land of little or no use. . And when the market fell, it fell hard. Because of all the corporate speculation, the collapse wiped out company balance sheets, ... | During a bubble, people don't believe that prices will fall This has been proven wrong so many times in the pas companies tried to outbid one another And when the market fell, it fell hard. the collapse wiped out company balance crippled the nation's banks and gave the overall economy a blow Professor Noguchi said he a... | "During a bubble, people don't believe that prices will fall," he said. "This has been proven wrong so many times in the past. But there's something in human nature that makes us unable to learn from history." In the 1980's, Professor Noguchi said, the frenzy in Japan reached such extremes that companies tried to outbi... | 8,938 | <h4>The bubble pops the market – empirics on our side </h4><p>Martin <strong>Fackler 05 - </strong> Tokyo<u><strong> bureau chief of The New York Times (“Take It From Japan: Bubbles Hurt,” Dec 25.2005, http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/25/business/yourmoney/take-it-from-japan-bubbles-hurt.html?_r=0) hk </p><p>"<mark>Duri... | 1NC | 3 | null | 177,691 | 4 | 125,736 | ./documents/hspolicy16/Calhoun/KuBe/Calhoun-Ku-Bearden-Neg-St%20Marks-Round3.docx | 655,094 | N | St Marks | 3 | Harker JW | Viveth K | 1AC Nuclear cooperation
1NC Inherency Green Tech Bubble DA T-Engagement HR Condition CP
2NR Inherency | hspolicy16/Calhoun/KuBe/Calhoun-Ku-Bearden-Neg-St%20Marks-Round3.docx | null | 55,502 | KuBe | Calhoun KuBe | null | Ha..... | Ku..... | Ch..... | Be..... | 20,057 | Calhoun | Calhoun | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,124 | Asian prolif causes nuclear war | Tan ‘15 | Tan ‘15 | [Associate Professor At the University of New South Wales. Andrew T.H., Security and Conflict in East Asia, p. 31]
East Asia’s arms race leads the classic problem of the security dilemma, in which a state that is perceived as becoming too powerful leads to counter-acquisitions by other states. This results in mispercep... | East Asia’s arms race results in conflict the lack of major conflict has lulled many into believing economic interdependence will make war unlikely this is a false premise historical antagonisms have remained. The arms race is dangerous owing to increased risk of miscalc The consequences of conflict will not stay regio... | [Associate Professor At the University of New South Wales. Andrew T.H., Security and Conflict in East Asia, p. 31]
East Asia’s arms race leads the classic problem of the security dilemma, in which a state that is perceived as becoming too powerful leads to counter-acquisitions by other states. This results in mispercep... | 2,867 | <h4><strong>Asian prolif causes nuclear war </h4><p>Tan ‘15</p><p><u>[Associate Professor At the University of New South Wales. Andrew T.H., Security and Conflict in East Asia, p. 31]</p><p><mark>East Asia’s arms race</mark> leads the classic problem of the security dilemma, in which a state that is perceived as becomi... | 1NC | 4 | null | 19,152 | 626 | 125,747 | ./documents/hspolicy16/Calhoun/KuBe/Calhoun-Ku-Bearden-Neg-Michigan%20Round%20Robin-Round1.docx | 655,097 | N | Michigan Round Robin | 1 | Edina RW | Ben Zeppos | 1AC Arms Sales
1NC Psychoanalysis T Military Unconditional Engagement CP and Asian Prolif DA
2NR Pyschoanalysis | hspolicy16/Calhoun/KuBe/Calhoun-Ku-Bearden-Neg-Michigan%20Round%20Robin-Round1.docx | null | 55,502 | KuBe | Calhoun KuBe | null | Ha..... | Ku..... | Ch..... | Be..... | 20,057 | Calhoun | Calhoun | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,125 | Violation – the plan is an unconditional offer – it happens regardless of whether China changes its behavior | null | null | null | null | null | null | <h4><u>Violation</u> – the plan is an unconditional offer – it happens regardless of whether China changes its behavior</h4> | 1NC | T | 1NC T QPQ | 1,561,118 | 1 | 126,162 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/KrKi/Kent%20Denver-Krauss-Kim-Neg-Golden%20Desert-Round6.docx | 660,692 | N | Golden Desert | 6 | Damien MP | Joel Lemuel | 1AC - AIIB
1NC - Xi Politics DA Agenda Politics DA Commission CP T QPQ Dollar Heg Turn On Case Appeasement Turn On Case
2NC - T QPQ Politics DA
1NR - Commission CP
2NR Commission CP Politics DA | hspolicy16/KentDenver/KrKi/Kent%20Denver-Krauss-Kim-Neg-Golden%20Desert-Round6.docx | null | 56,019 | KrKi | Kent Denver KrKi | null | Ni..... | Kr..... | Ja..... | Ki..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,126 | Prefer contextual evidence—cooperation with China over Taiwan is diplomatic engagement | Department of State 2011 | Department of State 2011 (U.S. Department of State, 9-26-2011, Background Briefing on China, Lebanon, and Georgia," Special Briefing Senior State Department Officials New York Cityhttp://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2011/09/174014.htm, Accessed: 10-4-2016, /Kent Denver-MB) | to see U.S.-China relations progress in the period ahead. She then quickly reviewed the upcoming diplomatic calendar and said we would have diplomatic engagement in which U.S.-China cooperation would be key that U.S.-China relations remained of critical importance to Beijing there are issues that require great care in ... | to see U.S.-China relations progress we would have diplomatic engagement in which U.S.-China cooperation would be key , there are issues that require great care with regard to Taiwan | Secretary Clinton began by stating clearly our overarching framework, a desire for a strong, comprehensive, robust relationship between the United States and China. And she underscored the hard work that had been done by the Obama Administration over the course of the last few years and our determination to continue th... | 1,362 | <h4><strong>Prefer contextual evidence—cooperation with China over Taiwan is diplomatic engagement</h4><p>Department of State 2011</strong> (U.S. Department of State, 9-26-2011, Background Briefing on China, Lebanon, and Georgia," Special Briefing Senior State Department Officials New York Cityhttp://www.state.gov/r/pa... | null | 2AC | 2AC – T-Reznick | 1,561,030 | 14 | 126,164 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/KrKi/Kent%20Denver-Krauss-Kim-Aff-Golden%20Desert-Round4.docx | 660,652 | A | Golden Desert | 4 | Notre Dame MP | Jack Lassiter | 1AC - Taiwan (Sorta New You Should Check it Out)
1NC - Security K T-Reznick
2NR - K | hspolicy16/KentDenver/KrKi/Kent%20Denver-Krauss-Kim-Aff-Golden%20Desert-Round4.docx | null | 56,019 | KrKi | Kent Denver KrKi | null | Ni..... | Kr..... | Ja..... | Ki..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,127 | If we win that our vision of the topic focused on policy change by the federal government is desirable than you vote negative, because the benefits of our interpretation are superior to theirs. | null | null | null | null | null | null | <h4>If we win that our vision of the topic focused on policy change by the federal government is desirable than you vote negative, because the benefits of our interpretation are superior to theirs.</h4> | 2NC | K – Legal Reformism | O/V Fram | 1,561,119 | 1 | 126,168 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/HaRo/Kent%20Denver-Hamilton-Rolls-Neg-Berkeley-Round5.docx | 660,775 | N | Berkeley | 5 | McDonogh JN | Anastasia Kazteridis | 1AC - Fugitivity
1NC - Framework Legalism K
2NC - Framework
1NR - Legalism
2NR - Framework K but kicked the alt | hspolicy16/KentDenver/HaRo/Kent%20Denver-Hamilton-Rolls-Neg-Berkeley-Round5.docx | null | 56,031 | HaRo | Kent Denver HaRo | null | Tu..... | Ha..... | Ia..... | Ro..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,128 | Finally, It is a voter for competitive equity—prefer our interpretation, it allows both teams to compete, other roles of the ballot are arbitrary and self serving | null | null | null | null | null | null | <h4>Finally, It is a voter for competitive equity—prefer our interpretation, it allows both teams to compete, other roles of the ballot are arbitrary and self serving</h4> | 2AC | K-Geo Ptx | Framework | 1,561,120 | 1 | 126,106 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/HsTa/Kent%20Denver-Hsia-Tamkin-Aff-Berkeley-Round2.docx | 660,755 | A | Berkeley | 2 | Classical TS | Anastasia Kazteridis | 1AC-Taiwan
Adv 1-Taiwan
Adv 2-Relations
Solvency | hspolicy16/KentDenver/HsTa/Kent%20Denver-Hsia-Tamkin-Aff-Berkeley-Round2.docx | null | 56,025 | HsTa | Kent Denver HsTa | null | Al..... | Hs..... | Da..... | Ta..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,129 | Asian prolif causes nuclear war | Cimbala 15 | Stephen J. Cimbala 15, Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Pennsylvania State University Brandywine, The New Nuclear Disorder: Challenges to Deterrence and Strategy, 2015, pp. 59-63 | the possibility of inadvertent nuclear war or escalation to nuclear from conventional war was very real during the Cold War This has carried forward into the post-Cold War and twenty-first century world Inadvertent nuclear war is the result of an unforeseen combination of human and technical factors inside dope on the ... | the possibility of inadvertent nuclear war carried forward into the twenty-first century planning may be hard to come by, states may infer intentions from guesswork nuclear weapons in Asia presents a matrix of cross-currents contributory to war , others may seek weapons if they feel threatened plausible adversaries li... | Although the construct or policy option of a preventive nuclear war became institutionally unthinkable in Washington and in Moscow, the possibility of inadvertent nuclear war or escalation to nuclear from conventional war was very real during the Cold War. This legacy has carried forward into the post-Cold War and twen... | 8,946 | <h4><strong>Asian prolif causes nuclear war</h4><p></strong>Stephen J. <strong>Cimbala 15</strong>, Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Pennsylvania State University Brandywine, The New Nuclear Disorder: Challenges to Deterrence and Strategy, 2015, pp. 59-63</p><p>Although the construct or policy option of ... | 2AC/1AR (LD) | Flashpoints/Taiwan | 2AC Impact Run | 59,320 | 330 | 126,088 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/HoWo/Kent%20Denver-Ho-Woodard-Aff-UC%20Berkeley%20Invitational-Round5.docx | 660,779 | A | UC Berkeley Invitational | 5 | Davis WK | Hanna Wilson | 1AC
- FlashpointsTaiwan
- Relations
- Grand Bargain Solvency
1NC
- Topicality (Military)
- Discussion Counter Plan
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- Taiwan
- Relations | hspolicy16/KentDenver/HoWo/Kent%20Denver-Ho-Woodard-Aff-UC%20Berkeley%20Invitational-Round5.docx | null | 56,032 | HoWo | Kent Denver HoWo | null | Gr..... | Ho..... | Ai..... | Wo..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,130 | This will eliminate 20 trillion dollars and also disrupt commodities markets—this causes a depression | Billmon ‘8 | Billmon ‘8 (Economics Blogger, “The Next Bubble—Where?” 2-21, http://www.moonofalabama.org/2008/02/alternative-ene.html) | the alternative energy theme will reach a fictitious value of $12 trillion. The infrastructure development industry coming with the alternative energy wave will create another $8 trillion bubble for a total of $20 trillion in speculative wealth. Eventually the bubble will pop and the $20 trillion will vanish. A boom in... | Eventually the bubble will pop and the $20 trillion will vanish. Alternative energy will be decentralized and requires a different electricity network a lot of raw materials will be needed the U.S. is diving into a recession a recession is not the worst possible case if a depression evolves Those could preclude all bub... | Janszen calculates that the basic industry and the infrastructure needed for a full alternative energy boom will have a gross market value of about $2 trillion. Using numbers from the past two bubbles he calcualtes that bubble premiums and financial dervatives formed around the alternative energy theme will reach a fic... | 2,346 | <h4>This will eliminate 20 trillion dollars and also disrupt commodities markets—this causes a depression</h4><p><strong>Billmon ‘8</strong> (Economics Blogger, “The Next Bubble—Where?” 2-21, http://www.moonofalabama.org/2008/02/alternative-ene.html)</p><p>Janszen calculates that the basic industry and the infrastructu... | 1NC | 3 | null | 177,697 | 4 | 125,736 | ./documents/hspolicy16/Calhoun/KuBe/Calhoun-Ku-Bearden-Neg-St%20Marks-Round3.docx | 655,094 | N | St Marks | 3 | Harker JW | Viveth K | 1AC Nuclear cooperation
1NC Inherency Green Tech Bubble DA T-Engagement HR Condition CP
2NR Inherency | hspolicy16/Calhoun/KuBe/Calhoun-Ku-Bearden-Neg-St%20Marks-Round3.docx | null | 55,502 | KuBe | Calhoun KuBe | null | Ha..... | Ku..... | Ch..... | Be..... | 20,057 | Calhoun | Calhoun | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
3,784,131 | 1.) Conflict is likely – election of Tsai increased tensions and recent Taiwanese anti-ship missile misfire towards China – gives China a casus belli to escalate conflict | Bandow 8/15 | Bandow 8/15 (Doug, Bandow is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, specializing in foreign policy and civil liberties. He worked as special assistant to President Ronald Reagan and editor of the political magazine Inquiry. He writes regularly for leading publications such as Fortune magazine, National Interest, the Wa... | Taiwan long has been one of the globe’s most dangerous tripwires China views Taiwan as part of the PRC. As China has grown wealthier, it has created a military increasingly capable of defeating Taiwan economic ties between the two nations have grown, yet the Taiwanese has identified more with Taiwan than the PRC The el... | Taiwan has been the globe’s most dangerous tripwires China views Taiwan part of the PRC The election of Tsai greatly discomfited Beijing American policy grows riskier Taiwanese missile misfire offers a dramatic reminder of the danger of guaranteeing other nations’ security. A vessel shot an anti-ship missile toward Ch... | Taiwan long has been one of the globe’s most dangerous tripwires. Other than a brief period after World War II, the island has not been ruled by the mainland for more than a century. The 23 million people living on what was once called Formosa have made a nation. However, the People’s Republic of China views Taiwan–als... | 4,093 | <h4>1.) <u>Conflict is likely – election of Tsai increased tensions</u> and recent Taiwanese anti-ship missile misfire towards China – gives China a casus belli to escalate conflict </h4><p><strong>Bandow 8/15<u></strong> (Doug, Bandow is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, specializing in foreign policy and civil l... | null | 1AC | The Advantage is Taiwan | 1,560,101 | 46 | 126,184 | ./documents/hspolicy16/KentDenver/KrKi/Kent%20Denver-Krauss-Kim-Aff-Greenhill-Round5.docx | 660,626 | A | Greenhill | 5 | GBS MV | Derek Ziegler | 1AC - Taiwan
1NC - Spanos
2NR - Spanos | hspolicy16/KentDenver/KrKi/Kent%20Denver-Krauss-Kim-Aff-Greenhill-Round5.docx | null | 56,019 | KrKi | Kent Denver KrKi | null | Ni..... | Kr..... | Ja..... | Ki..... | 20,163 | KentDenver | Kent Denver | null | null | 1,015 | hspolicy16 | HS Policy 2016-17 | 2,016 | cx | hs | 2 |
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