Gonzaga Debate Institute 2011 Mercury China Coop Aff
Coop Good – Peaceful China Rise
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Coop Good – Peaceful China RiseChina’s economic and military rise is happening – cooperation key to be able to adjust to it Steinberg, Deputy Secretary of State, 10 (James B., American academic and political advisor, U.S. Department of State, 4-11-10, “U.S. - China Cooperation on Global Issues”, http://www.state.gov/s/d/2010/141772.htm, MLF, accessed 7-1-11) I think, as I alluded briefly here and in more detail in an earlier speech I gave, I think one of the great challenges that we face is how we understand and how we adapt to China’s growing military power. We understand and accept the fact that along with economic growth that countries tend to develop their defensive capabilities, and that’s something by itself which is not necessarily objectionable. But at the same time, because China’s approach lacks the kind of transparency that we’d like, we do have questions about the long-term intentions, and that’s why we want to strengthen the opportunity for military-to-military exchanges and dialogues so that we have a better understanding of China’s goals, plans, and intentions and what’s driving its decisions over military modernization, not just in terms of equipment but also in terms of doctrine and its operations, to give us the assurance that what it is seeking to achieve is consistent with the security and broader security, political, and economic interests of others. Cooperation allows China to rise peacefully Logan, Specialist in energy policy, Congressional Research Service 9-29-08 (Jeffrey has a M.S. in environmental science and Master in Public Administration,1995, Indiana University, School of Public and Environmental Affairs B.S. in aerospace engineering and B.A. in general arts and sciences, 1985, Pennsylvania State University http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RS22777.pdf “China’s Space Program: Options for U.S.-China Cooperation” pg 6 accessed: 6-28-11) TJL Offsetting the need for China’s unilateral development. Collaborating with China — instead of isolating it — may keep the country dependent on U.S. technology rather than forcing it to develop technologies alone. This can give the United States leverage in other areas of the relationship Coop Good – China ThreatThe only way to curb Chinese aggression is through cooperative missions and information sharing Scott, Editor of Aviation Week and Space Technology, 8 (William B., Editor of Aviation Week and Space Technology, “CHINA’S PROLIFERATION PRACTICES, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ITS CYBER AND SPACE WARFARE CAPABILITIES,” Hearing before the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, May 20, 2008, Pg. 25, http://www.uscc.gov/hearings/2008hearings/transcripts/08_05_20_trans/08_05_20_trans.pdf, JSkoog) Cooperative U.S.-China space programs, such as joint deep-space exploration initiatives or having China become an International Space Station partner, would go a long way toward developing mutual respect, understanding and positive relationships among the two nations' space professionals. Such an approach can build on the economic ties our two nations already have forged, which are reducing the chances of terrestrial or in-space conflict. Deterrence Through Information Cooperative commercial and civil space programs, guided by a policy of mutually beneficial interaction among U.S. and Chinese space professionals, could lead to what might be termed "deterrence through information." For example, if China's leaders fully understand that shooting dozens of missiles at other nations' satellites would create so much orbital debris that nobody could safely launch a spacecraft for years, perhaps they would think twice about firing an ASAT. Further, if they know that America's advanced-technology weapons can disable Chinese satellites at will, without creating massive debris fields, and that U.S. satellites can maneuver or otherwise protect themselves, a preemptive ASAT strike miight be deemed inadvisable. In short, the message we should impart is: conflict in space would be a catastrophe for both the U.S. and China, so let's not go there. The only way to avoid armed space conflict with China is cooperative threat reduction Bachelder, president of the Worcester Area Mission Society of the United Church of Christ ‘08 (Robert S, 7/1/2008 Christian Century, 00095281, 7/1/2008, Vol. 125, Issue 13 “Shared Space” EBSCO host 7/1/11 BLG) The informal ban on weapons-testing that had been in effect since the end of the cold war was shattered when China fired an ASAT at one of its old polar-orbiting satellites in January 2007. The test was probably a warning that China will contest American efforts to achieve military dominance in space. It confirmed the opinion of the U.S. defense establishment that an arms race is inevitable, and in February 2008 the U.S. Navy fired an Aegis missile at a dying reconnaissance satellite orbiting above the Pacific. The Pentagon said the maneuver was necessary to prevent the satellite from releasing a toxic cloud of hydrazine gas as it fell to earth. Analysts such as Harvard astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell say that there was no danger and that the exercise was intended to test U.S. capabilities and serve as a warning to China. As ethicist Glenn Stassen observes, a good way to reduce the likelihood of armed conflict is to identify and strengthen cooperative forces and trends already at work in the international system. John Clay Moltz of the Center for Non-Proliferation Studies at the Monterrey Institute and Joan Johnson-Freeze of the Naval War College contend that international activity in space can be shaped to become a positive sum game for all nations. They urge the U.S. to pursue a policy of cooperative threat reduction toward China and other potential space rivals. 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