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Armenian Genocide CP 1NC – Relations goodText: The United States federal government should accelerate diplomatic efforts to resolve the bilateral conflict between Turkey and the Republic of Armenia.Armenian genocide talks are straining U.S.-Turkey relations – shifting the focus to Turkish-Armenian diplomacy solves relations, Turkish stability, and prevents nationalism – also solves Turkish EU accessionGordon et al 08 (Philip H. Gordon, Omer Taspinar, and Soli Ozel, “Winning Turkey: How America, Europe, and Turkey can Revive a Fading Partnership”, October 2008, page 76)Turkey's growing alienation from the West has also been exacerbated by its strained relationship with the Republic of Armenia, and in particular by initiatives in Europe and the United States to accuse Turkey of genocide for the massacre during World War I of ethnic Armenians then living within the territory of the Ottoman Empire. The success of such measures in the form of legislative action to officially recognize genocide would further alienate and anger Turkey, undermine efforts to promote reconciliation between Turkey and Armenia, and exacerbate Turkish nationalism. An alternative approach to this difficult set of issues would be for the West to press Turkey to repair its relations with the Republic of Armenia and to allow open debate within Turkey. A Turkey that itself moved to shed greater light on these historical events and allowed open discussion about them would be a more welcome member of the West, would stand a better chance of reconciliation with Armenia and the Armenian diaspora, would improve Turkey's chances of getting into the EU, and would undercut the efforts of Armenian extremists to isolate Turkey. As a first step, U.S. and European leaders should accelerate diplomatic efforts to resolve the bilateral conflict between Turkey and the Republic of Armenia, which has for so long blocked peaceful developments in the Caucasus and complicates Turkey's accession to the EU. When the Soviet Union broke up in 1989, the former Soviet Republic of Armenia occupied Nagorno-Karabakh, an ethnic Armenian enclave within Azerbaijan. This led Turkey to break relations with Armenia and declare a blockade of the landlocked republic. Progress on the issue of Nagorno-Karabakh could provide an opportunity for a major breakthrough across a range of areas. In 2006 France, Russia, and the United States—the co-chairs of the Minsk Group (an organization formed to resolve the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict—proposed the following guidelines for a settlement: —Renunciation of the use of force —Armenian withdrawal from areas of Azerbaijan surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh that they have occupied —An interim status for Nagorno-Karabakh, with substantial international aid, including peacekeepers —Mutual commitment to a referendum on Nagorno-Karabakh's final status after the return of displaced Azeris18 The United States should encourage Turkey to pledge now that if Armenia shows a real commitment to a solution to the Nagorno- Karabakh conflict, Turkey would reestablish diplomatic relations with Armenia, end its blockade, and open the land border between the two countries. Such steps not only would be in the interest of both countries but also could create the climate for a long-term solution in Nagorno-Karabakh as well as much better relations and open trade between Turkey, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. ARmenian genocide CP – Relations badText: The United States Congress should pass the Armenian genocide resolution Passing the Armenian genocide resolution distances the U.S. from Turkey and spills over to other areas Washington Post 2010 [3/4, Armenia-Turkey dispute stirs lobbying frenzy, lexis] Each year, Armenian Americans remember the massacres of hundreds of thousands of men, women and children in the aftermath of World War I. And each year, Congress becomes embroiled in a bitter debate between Armenia and Turkey over whether to label the episode as genocide. The dispute has set off a lobbying frenzy this year in the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Chairman Howard L. Berman (D-Calif.) is scheduled to hold a vote Thursday on a nonbinding resolution that calls on President Obama to formally refer to the 1915 massacre as genocide and to use the term during an annual address on the topic next month. The resolution underscores the depth of emotion on both sides over whether Armenians, many of whom settled in the United States, were the target of a concerted campaign of ethnic cleansing nearly a century ago amid the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. It also poses a thorny political quandary for Obama and two of his top aides, Vice President Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, all of whom strongly supported labeling the massacre as genocide when they were in the Senate. The resolution has prompted an aggressive push by the government of Turkey and its lobbying firm led by former House majority leader Richard A. Gephardt (D-Mo.), who had urged recognition of the Armenian genocide when he was in Congress. Public-relations firm Fleishman-Hillard also has a contract with Turkey worth more than $100,000 a month, records show. A contingent of members of the Turkish parliament visited Washington this week before the vote to meet with key lawmakers of both parties, warning that approval of the genocide resolution would hurt relations between the two countries, including cooperation with the United States on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. A similar vote in committee in 2007 led Turkey to recall its U.S. ambassador and prompted a furious effort by the Bush administration to scuttle a full House vote. armenian Genocide Rez- kills Us-Turkey relationsDirectory: file -> view view -> Western Europe after wwii view -> Author study: paul fleischman view -> Qpa1 7ela study Guide view -> Arctic Oil/Gas Neg view -> November 1970 Approximately 150,000-500,000 deaths Bhola Cyclone Bangladesh view -> Grade Level: 6 Unit of Study: Caribbean glce view -> Citation: Duffield, Katy view -> Table of Contents Lesson # view -> Chinese Wind Energy Disad Download 1.27 Mb. Share with your friends:
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