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• 08.09.10
  Map of Nuclear explosions
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• 08.09.10
  Heg Bad Articles
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  One of the important arguments to win when going for heg bad is a solvency takeout- not that the plan doesn’t boost hegemony, but that hegemony doesn’t reduce conflict. Here is a link to a sick cato article that has a bunch of links to other good articles in it on this point. So good it could be a blinders K card… Most in Washington still embraces the notion that America is, and forever will be, the world’s indispensable nation. Some scholars, however, questioned the logic of hegemonic stability theory from the very beginning. A number continue to do so today. They advance ...
  
  
• 08.08.10
  Live From The Topic Committee Meeting: Final Topic List
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  The final list of topic candidates for the 2011-2012 season is as follows: 1. Cyber Warfare: The United States federal government should establish rules of engagement governing its use of cyber warfare. 2. Southeast Asia: The United States federal government should substantially increase its development assistance to Southeast Asia. 3. Space: The United States federal government should substantially increase its exploration and/or development of space beyond the Earth’s mesosphere. 4. India: The United States federal government should substantially increase its cooperation with India in one or more of the following areas: civilian space programs, nuclear proliferation, trade. 5. China: The United States federal government should ...
  
  
• 08.08.10
  Live From The Topic Committee Meeting: Final Voting
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  The NFHS topic committee is meeting this morning to narrow down the list of eight working resolutions to the final five that will appear on the national ballot. Update: 1. The Russia topic was voted out in the first ballot. There were 28 total ballots; each ballot ranked the top five topics. Russia received 8 votes; Urban Renewal finished seventh with 9 votes and so remains on the ballot. 2. The Urban Renewal topic was voted out on the second ballot. One more balloting will occur to eliminate another topic; the final five topics will appear on the national ballot. 3. The ...
  
  
• 08.07.10
  Live From The Topic Committee Meeting: Working Topics
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  It is day two of the NFHS Topic Committee meeting in Deerfield, Illinois. There are eight working topics that were discussed yesterday in committee and that are being discussed by the entire group today. The complete working resolutions (still subject to change, so comments are encouraged) that have been discussed so far include: Cyber Warfare: The United States federal government should establish rules of engagement governing its use of cyber warfare. Previous version: The United States federal government should increase anti-cyber warfare operations. Southeast Asia: The United States federal government should substantially increase its development assistance to Southeast Asia. Russia: The United States ...
  
  
• 08.02.10
  Book by Horowitz
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  Mike Horowitz, a Prof at Penn but more importantly the person who found the Murray card, has a new book coming out with obvious utility for this topic. Dear Friends and Colleagues: I am pleased to announce the release of my first book, The Diffusion of Military Power: Causes and Consequences for International Politics.  It is now available for purchase at Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, and other places.  It is available in paperback, hardcover, and kindle editions.  Published by Princeton University Press, the book assesses the factors that drive the diffusion of new military innovations throughout the international system and the way ...
  
  
• 07.28.10
  SDI Faculty Demonstration Debate and Discussion
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  The Spartan Debate Institute at Michigan State University held its annual Faculty Demonstration Debate this week in East Lansing. With all four- and five-week students in attendance, the debate featured a showdown between faculty members with a combined five appearances in the semifinals of the National Debate Tournament: Kevin Kallmyer, University of Mary Washington ‘10 — 2010 NDT Semifinalist Gabe Murillo, Wayne State University ‘07 — 2006 and 2007 NDT Semifinalist, 2007 NDT Top Speaker Greta Stahl, Michigan State University ‘04 — 2004 NDT Champion, 2002 NDT Semifinalist Carly Wunderlich, Michigan State University ‘10 — 2010 NDT Champion Kevin and Carly represented the affirmative and ...
  
  
• 07.26.10
  Summer Institute Lecture List Updated
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  The list of freely available lectures from this year’s summer debate institutes has been updated this morning. Lectures from the Dartmouth Debate Workshop and Dartmouth Debate Institute are now being posted as an iTunes podcast and the first four episodes have been included in our list. Lectures from the Spartan Debate Institute will be added soon. If anyone notices missing lectures, please post a comment. Share
  
  
• 07.23.10
  Cool feature of “General Onefile” database
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  There is a button on the right side that says “download as mp3″ which you can use to download a computer voice reading the article. Share
  
  
• 07.23.10
  Debate in the news
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  There was a frontpage article in the AJC about the Emory debate camp recently. You can read it here Share
  
  

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