Hegemony Core 1
Latin America 9
Uniqueness 10
Hegemony Declining Now 11
Hegemony Low Now – Latin America Shifting 13
Hegemony Low Now – Regional Powers 16
Hegemony Low Now – China 18
Hegemony Unsustainable 19
Hegemony Increasing Now 20
Internal Links 23
Engagement Increases Influence 24
Security Cooperation Increases Influence 27
Trade Increases Influence 31
LA Key to US Hegemony 32
Latin American Hegemony Good 39
Stability 40
Democracy 42
AT – Regionalism Solves Vacuum 44
Latin American Hegemony Bad 45
Hegemony Backfires – Counterbalancing 46
AT – US Hegemony Key to Stability 49
Hegemony Bad – Democracy 52
AT – US Hegemony Key to Democracy 54
Latin American Hegemony Bad – Neoliberalism 56
AT – US Hegemony Benign 57
Regional Groups 58
BRICS Rise Now – Latin America 59
Brazil Rise Now 61
AT – Brazil Rise 69
Brazil Hegemony Benign 70
China 71
China Rising Now – Influence 72
China Rising Now – Military 75
AT – China Rise 78
AT – China Rise – Military 80
Iran 82
Iran Rising Now – Latin America 83
Iran Rising Now – Cuba 88
Iran Rising Now – Mexico 90
Iran Rising Now – Venezuela 92
Iran Rising Now – Venezuela – Chavez Not Key 96
Iran Rising Now – Brazil 97
Iran Rising Now – Argentina 100
Engagement Checks Iran 102
Iranian Influence Bad – Proliferation 103
Iranian Influence Bad – Terrorism 105
AT – Iran Rise 107
AT – Iran Rise – Mexico 110
AT – Iran Rise – Venezuela 111
AT – Iran Influence Impact 112
Terrorism 113
Hezbollah Rise Now – Latin America 114
Hezbollah Rise Now – Venezuela 115
Hezbollah Influence Bad – Laundry List 117
Narco-Terrorism Rise Now – Latin America 118
Narco-Terrorism Rise – Venezuela 120
AT – Latin American Terrorism Impact 122
Internal Links 124
Latin America Relations 125
Uniqueness – Current Policies Undercut Hegemony 126
Engagement Increases Credibility 128
Relations Increase Credibility 132
AT – Latin America Key 134
AT – Relations Boost Influence 135
Hard Power 140
General 141
Navy 144
Air Power 147
Readiness 148
Soft Power 150
General Key to Hegemony 151
Outweighs Hard Power 153
Solves Terrorism 154
Alt Causes 156
Credibility 158
Humanitarian 160
Hard Power Undercuts Soft Power 161
Economy 162
Key to Hegemony 163
Economic Hegemony is Key to Military Hegemony 165
Economic Leverage Key to Exercising Hegemony 167
Economic Power Key to Soft & Hard Power 168
Economy Outweighs Military 169
Economy Outweighs Credibility 171
Mexico Specific 172
AT – Economy Key to Hegemony 173
Trade 177
Trade Good For Hegemony 178
Proliferation 180
Proliferation Undercuts Hegemony 181
Internal Link Answers 183
AT – Hegemony Influences Others 184
Hegemony Inevitable – Power Consolidation 185
Hegemony Inevitable – Other Countries Want Unipolarity 187
Hegemony Inevitable – Nuclear Deterrence 188
Hegemony Inevitable – Multipolarity Fails 189
Hegemony Good 190
Uniqueness 191
Lead Now 192
Lead Now – Military 193
AT – Challengers Now 194
AT – China Threat Now 196
AT – Hegemony Unsustainable/Cost 197
AT – Hegemony Unsustainable 198
AT – Empire Decline 208
AT – Multipolar Transition 209
Hegemony Good Impacts 212
Laundry List 213
Deters Nuclear Crises 217
Deters Regional Crises 219
Deters Conflict 220
Collapse Causes War 228
Decline Hurts Russia-US Relations 234
Decline Causes China War 235
Solves Stability 236
Solves Terrorism 243
Solves Proliferation 246
Cooperation 248
Solves Democracy 249
Human Rights 250
Solves Climate 251
Solves Trade 253
Solves Economy 255
Economy 258
AT – Hegemony Bad Args 260
AT – Hegemony Causes Great Power War 261
AT – Entanglements/Wars 263
AT – Counterbalancing 265
AT – Soft Balancing 271
AT – Hard Counterbalancing 276
AT – China Rise 283
AT – Hierarchy Bad 285
AT – Unipolarity Bad 286
AT – Hegemony Alternatives 287
AT – Multipolarity Good 288
AT – Bipolarity Solves 293
AT – Retrenchment Solves/AT – Posen 294
AT – Offshore Balancing Solves 296
Hegemony Bad 300
1NC – Hegemony Bad Case Turn 301
Uniqueness 305
Transition Now is Key 306
Uniqueness – Brink 307
Transition Now 308
Hegemony Constrained Now 310
Hegemony Low – No Leverage 312
Unsustainable 314
Unsustainable – Rising Powers 322
Multipolarity Coming Now 326
No Unilateralism Now 331
Economy Uniqueness 332
Decline Now 333
Unsustainable – Debt 334
Unsustainable – Budget Cuts 335
China Taking Over 336
AT – China Decline 338
US Won’t Play Leadership Role 339
Economy Not Only Factor 340
Hegemony Bad Impacts 341
Laundry List 342
Prolonging Transition Causes War 346
Causes Entanglements 349
Causes Conflict 350
Causes Terrorism 351
Causes China Conflict 353
Causes Russian-Chinese Alliance 355
Causes Iran Conflict 357
Causes Middle East Instability 358
Causes Oil Dependence 359
Hurts India-US Relations 361
Causes Proliferation 362
Hurts Cooperation 363
Decline Good – Counterbalancing 364
Retrenchment Good – On Balance 365
Hurts the Economy 366
Retrenchment Good – Economy 369
Hegemony Alternatives 370
Offshore Balancing Solves 371
Retrenchment Solves 373
Nuclear Deterrence Solves 375
Multipolarity Helps Cooperation 376
Multipolarity Helps Economy 377
AT – Hegemony Good Args 378
AT – Deterrence 379
AT – Hegemony Solves Conflict 381
AT – Transition Wars 383
AT – Loss of Alliances Causes Violence 387
AT – Cooperation 388
AT – Offshore Balancing Weakens Deterrence 390
AT – Withdrawal Causes Economic Decline 392
AT – Hegemony Key to the Economy 394
AT – Military Hegemony Key to the Economy 397
AT – Military Hegemony Helps the Global Economy 401
AT – Military Hegemony Helps Jobs 402
AT – Hegemony Key to Oil Stability 403
AT – Hegemony Benign 404
AT – History Proves US Leadership Good 406
AT – China Decline 409
AT – Military Primacy Key 410
Heg Authors Wrong 412
Terminal Impacts 414
Free Trade 415
Free Trade Good Impact 416
Democracy 418
Democracy Good Impact 419
AT – Democracy Peace Theory 420
Terrorism 421
Terrorism Retaliation Bad Impact 422
AT – Nuclear Terrorism Impact 424
AT – Loose Nukes 426
AT – Harder to Attribute 428
AT – Deterrence Doesn’t Apply 432
Proliferation 433
Proliferation Bad Impact 434
Russia War 437
Russia-US War Bad Impact 438
Asia 439
China War Impact 440
Asian Instability Bad Impact 442
India-US Relations Good Impact 443
India-Pakistan Nuclear War Impacts 444
AT – China War 446
War 448
Escalation Likely 449
Can’t Solve War 450
Risk of War Low 451
Risk of Missile Attack Low 452