PSI membership requires ratification
Inside the Navy, 9-3-2007
Capt. Patrick Neheer, the director and accepts the treaty, he said
PSI key to solve global prolif
Mark Shulman, 06, www.strategicstudiesinstitute .army.mil/pdffiles/PUB652.pdf
Weapons of mass destruction and prohibits the proliferation of WMD
Common 2NC Ev:
LOS no tech transfers
Taft IV, 2004, FDCH, 5-12
No technology transfers and its security
No tech transfer
Moore 2005, 9-22, J. of Int'l Affairs
The mandatory technology and fail to adhere
LOS key US economy
Sandalow 04, www.brookings.edu/comm/policybr iefs/pb137.htm
The U.S. economy depends and Convention's rules
Key to continental shelf
Sandalow
Under the Convention, coastal and Australia and Brazil
Revenue sharing doesn't hurt the US
Sandalow
Some opponents of ratification and serves U.S. interests
Doesn't hurt sovereignty
Negroponte, 9-28, hearing
Joining the Convention and commercial vessels
Fish extinctions on brink
Kunich 2005, Columbia J. of Envt'l Law, 30 Colum. J. Envtl. L. 1
What evidence can we glean and even more precipitous
Ratification key to solve
Talhelm 00, 25 N.C.J. Int'l L. & Com. Reg. 381
Overfishing is a tremendous and to the agreement
Billions at risk
LAT, 11-26-06
Much is at stake and sea life of oxygen
Diner
SQ Causes inevitable arctic conflicts, LOST key, turns Russia
Oregon statesman, 9-10
In 1982, the UN Convention and consumption and conflict
Huge risk of escalation
Security Innovator, 8-23
Huebert explained that he'd and start to harden
No negative effect on PSI
Yann-Huei Song, Ocean Dev. And INt'l Law, v. 38, iss. 1 and 2, Jan 2007
However, officials from the U.S. Navy and implementation of the Initiative
UNCLOS increases non-prolif cred
Song
This article concludes that and or not
UNCLOS helps PSI
Mullen, 5-12-04, FDCH
We are also laying and customary international law
UNCLOS doesn't hurt PSI
Moore 9-22-05, J. of Int'l Affairs
Myth: The convention is and not harm the PSI
UNCLOS doesn't all UN takeover
Moore
Critics also argue and U.S. troops in Haiti
More
Moore
Myth: the convention and national jurisdiction
Doesn't effect naval mobility
Walsh, 9-27-07, FNS
Admiral Walsh, would you agree that there's no portion and consistent on this point
US only party that constrains
Negroponte, 9-28, Testimony
No international tribunal and military activity
Can't stop military interdiction
Negroponte
The Tribunal has and U.S. military
CANADA DA---
A. Uniqueness
1. Canada is currently the world leader on aid to Africa – their edge relative to other G8 nations is barely "good-enough" to uphold their obsession with being perceived as a leader.
Black '05 (David, of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs – Beyond The Headlines – March 22nd – lexis)
Three years ago, in
leadership claims.
2. International Negotiations are under way for a new conventional weapons treaty – 2008 will be the key year. Press Trust of India '06 (December 7, 2006 – lexis)
"The Secretary-General
This will be considered by the Assembly's sixty-third session, which opens in September 2008.
3. Issue-specific uniqueness – The treaty will likely pass
Regehr '06 (Ernie Regehr – founder of Project Ploughshares, a peace-building agency in Canada – as quoted in The Record – October 28th – lexis)
The peace movement
be another victory.
B. Link -- Plan increases US aid.
This hurts Canada's Soft Power by eroding their distinctiveness relative to the US, and decreasing their edge in the vital area of development.
Rath '04 (Amitav Rath is a director at Policy Research International in Ottawa, specializing in science and technology policy, innovation, and energy and environment -- International Journal -- Oct 1st – lexis)
We live in a complex
neighbour and to acquire a large measure of "soft power" relevant in dealing with the US.
Soft power key to Canadian foreign policy – losing soft power in one area spills-over to unrelated objectives.
Grayson '06 (Dr Kyle Grayson -- Lecturer in International Politics @ Newcastle University --International Journal -- Spring 2006 – lexis)
Canada is a country that relies
style and goals.
C. Impact -- CWC
Canada's soft power contacts are vital to multilateral progress on the trade of conventional weapons.
The Treaty would solve and save many lives.
Common standards would check small arms – these kill far more people per year than WMD.
The Guardian '06 (Oct 28th -- http://www.guardian.co.uk /armstrade/story/0,,1933807,00 .html)
British officials said
arms trade treaty for several years now."