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European Union CPThe European Union should . We’ll Clarify The EU’s human rights, democracy, and governance record makes it uniquely key for solving public health issues in Sub-Saharan Africa European Union Development Policy 06 [Message from Commissioner Louis Michel, 2006]
EU soft power is high now due to a lack of U.S. influence in the developing world- plan reverses this trend Khanna 1/27 [Parag, “Waving Goodbye to Hegemony”, New York Times, 1/27/08, http://www.paragkhanna.com/2008/01/waving_goodbye_to_hegemony.html] And Europe's influence grows at ………..East Asian Community, the region's answer to America's Apec. EU soft power is key to energy security Ferrero-Waldner 07 [Benita, European Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy, “The European Union and the world: a hard look at soft power”, Columbia University September 24, 2007 ]
Makhijani 98 [Arjun, The Energy-Security Link Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, 1998. http://www.ieer.org/ensec/no-5/es-link.html]
The USIA should be adequately funded and re-established- it is key for any sort of diplomacy and soft power Rugh 04 [William A. Rugh, a career Foreign Service officer with the U.S. Information Agency (1964-1995). He served as U.S. ambassador to Yemen and to the United Arab Emirates. 2004 ‘Fixing Public Diplomacy for Arab and Muslim Audiences’, in S. A. Garfinkle (ed.) A Practical Guide to Winning the War on Terrorism, pp. 145-161. California: Hoover Press, http://media.hoover.org/documents/0817945423_145.pdf] Several other tools have also proven useful in the past and ……………..public diplomacy for Arab and Muslim audiences. The US should recommit to public diplomacy abroad – this is critical to building and sustaining soft power – this overcomes a weakness in policy by explaining the pro’s of American actions – independent studies & experts conclude – and this evidence includes a specific example about how current foreign aid can be improved just through diplomacy Zwiebel 06 Director of Range Infrastructure and Investments, US Army Developmental Test Command [Michael J. Zwiebel, “Why We Need to Reestablish the USIA,” Military Review, http://usacac.leavenworth.army.mil/CAC/milreview/English/NovDec06/Zwiebel.pdf]
Funding for the American Competitiveness Initiative, or the ACI, will pass now- however, earmarks can’t be vetoed and would trade off with research and development spending Boyle 08 [Alan, MSNBC Science and Exploration Reporter, “State of the Science”, MSNBC Cosmic Log, 1/29/08, http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/01/29/619086.aspx] Bush, who isn't usually thought of as the most science-savvy president, ……………was thought to be a factor behind this year's R&D woes. Increases in foreign aid allow for other lobbyists to push through earmarks for other programs Faini 03
(Ricardo Faini, Professor of Political Economy at the University of Rome, “Foreign Aid and Fiscal Policy”, Center for Economic Policy Research, Paper #5721, June) Advocates of greater spending on foreign aid ………… size of the budget deficit deteriorates markedly. The ACI is key to maintaining American economic leadership Morris 06 [Michael G., “Testimony of Michael G. Morris, American Electric Power, on the American Competitiveness Initiative/Science and Math Education”, Business Roundtable Newsroom, 3/2/06, http://www.businessroundtable.org/newsroom/document.aspx?qs=58C6BF807822B0F1AD3468722FB51711FCF53CE]
Witzche 02 [Rolf A. F. Witzsche Economic and Political Researcher and Analyst “Why is the World-Financial and Economic System Crashing? Jan 2002 http://www.rolf-witzsche.com/peace/crash/index.html] MP
A. Law of the Sea will pass now but it will be a fight World Magazine 1-18 [“LOST cause,” http://www.worldmag.com/articles/13691] If President Bush and the Senate ………. legal support for maritime rights. B. C. Political capital is key to a floor vote Boyer 10-29-2007 [Spencer P, americanprogress.org/issues/2007/10/sea.html]
Hamilton 8-27-2007 [Director of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington and director of the Center on Congress at Indiana University, p. Lexis]
Oceans at Risk 2005 [Oceansatrisk.com 05 “Empty Oceans, Empty Nets,” http://www.oceansatrisk.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=page&pageID=443]
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