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=Plan=

====The United States federal government should diplomatically engage the People's Republic of China by offering to indefinitely and immediately restart, extend, and include more higher-level officials at the Strategic & Economic Dialogue.====

=Advantage one is Dialogue=

War in the South China sea is increasingly likely –China is distancing from international law and the U.S. is helping their isolation
Days before an international arbitration court rules on the disputed territory in the South China AND , director of the US-Asia Law Institute at New York University.
 * Coonan, 7-9**-16—Chris, citing Jerome A Cohen, director of the US-Asia Law Institute at New York University, "Armed conflict threat as regional rivals await South China Sea ruling," http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/asia-pacific/armed-conflict-threat-as-regional-rivals-await-south-china-sea-ruling-1.2715377 —br

The recent Philippines tribunal brings tensions in the SCS on the brink of global war – a second set of negotiations is the only chance at resolution
Hunt and Hume 7/13 —- [Katie and Tim, "Has South China Sea ruling set scene for next global conflict?" CNN, July 13^^th^^, 2016, http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/13/asia/south-china-sea-global-conflict-risks/]//Mnush Could an old map bring Asia to the brink of war? An international tribunal AND and records. For three decades our claims met no challenge or confrontation."

SCS war goes nuclear – status quo military focus only makes it worse
Symonds '16 —- [Peter, "The danger of nuclear war between the US and China," World Socialist Web Site, May 30^^th^^, 2016, https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/05/30/pers-m30.html]//Mnush In the campaigns currently underway for the US presidency and the Australian federal election, AND fearing imminent attack, unleash the submarine's missiles against pre-determined targets.

Escalation can happen in weeks
Adi-Tabatabi 7/11 —- [Sean, "China On Course For War With America Within Weeks," Your News Wire, July 11^^th^^, 2016, http://yournewswire.com/china-on-course-for-war-with-america-within-weeks/]//Mnush China could go to war with America within weeks over South China Sea dispute World AND normal naval activity which "is not connected with specific events or countries".

These disputes are part of a broader trend - strategic mistrust is fueling multiple flashpoints within the region – high level talks are necessary to avoid escalation into a cold war

 * Zhao 2015** - Professor and Director of the Center for China–US Cooperation at Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver

Suisheng, "A New Model of Big Power Relations? China–US strategic rivalry and balance of power in the Asia–Pacific," Journal of Contemporary China Volume 24, Issue 93, 2015, p 377-397 The Asia–Pacific region has become a test ground to determine whether China and AND become one of the most dangerous flashpoints in the twenty-first century.

Status quo containment fails inevitably – absent understanding, the U.S. and China will go to war

 * Ilamn 2016** - Currently works in Pacivis (Global Civil Society Research Center) of U of Indonesia

Zidy, "Is the South China Sea the Stage for the Next World War?," Jul 3, nationalinterest.org/feature/the-south-china-sea-the-stage-the-next-world-war-16833?page=show What is happening today is that China has gathered enough power and is becoming powerful AND States to reverse the negative trend, she surely has much to do.

U.S – China war risks extinction
Wittner, 12 - Professor of History emeritus, SUNY Albany (Lawrence, "Is a Nuclear War With China Possible?" Huffington Post, 1/30, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lawrence-wittner/nuclear-war-china_b_1116556.html But what would that "victory" entail? An attack with these Chinese nuclear AND — destroying agriculture, creating worldwide famine, and generating chaos and destruction.

The plan solves South China Sea
What Next? James Kraska and other Western trained international lawyers are confident that that AND proceed, or else use its findings as the basis for a deal.
 * ====China is looking for a way to save its legitimacy and accepts communication – it feels buyer's remorse====**
 * Rosen, 6-21**—Mark, Prof @ George Washington University School of Law, "After the South China Sea Arbitration; Where do we go after the panel has spoken?" The Diplomat, http://thediplomat.com/2016/06/after-the-south-china-sea-arbitration/ —br

Even if China doesn't back down - Initiating dialogue is vital to diffusing miscalc and all-out war
The showdown over the South China Sea began Tuesday when an international court in The AND uphold the rule of law. All options must be on the table."
 * Thompson 7/12** (Mark, American investigative reporter who won the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for public service journalism. "Showdown Now Looming Over the South China Sea" TIME http://time.com/4402562/south-china-sea-hague-ruling/ 9:25 a.m. 2016)//masonw

Dialogue is key – it diffuses SCS tensions and lowers the risk of miscalculation
Bader 7/13 —- senior fellow in the John L. Thornton China Center at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. From 2009 until 2011, Bader was special assistant to the president of the United States for national security affairs at the National Security Council. In that capacity, he was the principal advisor to President Obama on Asia. Bader served from 2005 to 2009 as the director of the China Initiative and subsequently as the first director of the John L. Thornton China Center [Jeffrey A, "What the United States and China should do in the wake of the South China Sea ruling," Brookings, July 13^^th^^, 2016, http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/order-from-chaos/posts/2016/07/13-us-policy-south-china-sea-ruling-bader]//Mnush The Permanent Court of Arbitration unanimously decided to uphold virtually all of the Philippines' claims AND will not by themselves compel all the actors to behave wisely and peacefully.

Specifically, the plan's updated mechanism in the S&ED prevents conflicts in the SCS
Tension in the South China Sea does not necessarily mean an impasse. If think AND strategic issues even is that means fewer outcomes for the media to broadcast.
 * Xiaochen and** **Yudi** **7/19/16** Chen Xiaochen is a researcher at Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China Chang Yudi, RDCY intern researcher, and Pang Jiakai, RDCY intern, also contributed research. July 19^^th^^ 2016"Seeking a US-China Consensus in the South China Sea", http://thediplomat.com/2016/07/seeking-a-us-china-consensus-in-the-south-china-sea/ //Deej

It's reverse causal - Top level dialogue is necessary to signaling China and challenging SCS sovereignty – solves salami slicing

 * Lundy 2016** - policy engagement advisor at the ANU's National Security College

Derek, "How to respond to China's 'salami tactics' in South China Sea," Jul 11, www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/2016/07/11/How-to-respond-to-Chinas-salami-tactics-in-South-China-Sea.aspx The other tricky problem in the South China Sea has been China's use of 'salami AND crises with the idea of pushing conflict back towards a lessening of tensions.

The eighth and final round of Strategic and Economic Dialogue concluded in June — future candidates are unlikely to extend it – Try or Die
Kleiman 6/8/16 Gary N. Kleiman is an emerging markets specialist who runs Kleiman International in Washington, D.C. "Economic monitor: China's overbearing strategic dialogue strains", http://atimes.com/2016/06/chinas-overbearing-strategic-dialogue-strains/ //Deej The Chinese and Indian stock markets, both with MSCI index losses through May, AND structural Dialogue underpinning for restored confidence to reverse this year's heavy outflow trend.

High level dialogue in the S&ED is necessary to overcome the rising probability of conflict in the SCS and electoral rhetoric
Last week's ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague has led some AND the 5th put on by Tsinghua University, will run through this Sunday.
 * Ge 7/17/**16 Su Ge is president of China Institute of International Studies. "Restrain things from escalation: expert on Sino-US relations", http://english.cri.cn/12394/2016/07/17/3746s934510.htm //Deej

Reforming the S&ED signals commitment and solves any alt causes - changes make for more effective discussions

 * Reade 2016** - Senior Associate with the Freeman chair in China Studies @ CSIS

Claire, "The U.S.-China S&ED: Time to Tinker, Not to Toss," Jun 27, https://www.csis.org/analysis/us-china-sed-time-tinker-not-toss The last U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED AND impressive S&ED gathering, while increasing the effectiveness of the effort.

The plan is key - reviving the SED to include presidential dialogue builds crisis management mechanisms which solves all future cooperation obstacles

 * Rudd 2015** - Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs & Former Prime Minister, Australia

Kevin, "US-China 21: The Future of US-China Relations Under Xi Jinping," belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/files/Summary%20Report%20US-China%2021.pdf Beyond the two countries' embassies, the principal mechanism for managing the breadth and depth AND 周恩来 ). This is now necessary because the stakes today are even higher.


 * ====The status quo doesn't solve – S&ED allow for communication in crisis scenarios among high-level officials====**
 * Dai 2016** - Former State Councilor of China

Bingguo, "On Building a New Model of Major-Country Relations Between China and the United States," Jun 20, www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/wjb_663304/zzjg_663340/bmdyzs_664814/xwlb_664816/t1350752.shtml For the past decades, China and the US have basically sticked to the path AND The path will be bumpy, but it leads to a bright future.

=Advantage 2 is warming=

A new S&ED is empirically proven to allows for climate initiatives

 * Reynolds 2016** - writer and foreign policy analyst based in New York

Ben, "Climate Change Outcomes of the 2016 Strategic and Economic Dialogue," Jun 30, www.chinausfocus.com/finance-economy/climate-change-outcomes-of-the-2016-strategic-and-economic-dialogue/ At this year's S&ED, the U.S. and China launched AND that we place the fate of our children before the struggle for hegemony.

CLIMATE change puts humanity at risk. The Pope's celebrated encyclical letter on the subject AND be very effective in overcoming the current inertia that climate negotiations suffer from.
 * ====Expert consensus that warming is real and existential – melting glaciers ignite a cascade that exceeds cost-benefit analysis ====**
 * Treich and Rheinberger, 15**—Christoph Rheinberger (Professor of Health Policy and Management @ Harvard) and Nicolas Treich (Professor at the Toulouse School of Economics). Citing Weitzman (economist @ Harvard) and Bostrom (prof @ Oxford). "On the economics of the end of the world as we know it," The Economist, http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2015/07/climate-change — br

Current initiatives are necessary but not sufficient – m fast reforms that are critical now to reduce emissions

 * Shi et al 2014 -**Key Lab of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Longyu Shi, Weichen Ma, Guofan Shao, Lina Tang, Yangyang Wang & Haowei Wang, "The US and China need to turn ongoing bilateral dialogue into immediate joint mitigation," International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology Volume 22, Issue 1, 2015, p 25-29 Climate change mitigation is an important consideration for sustainable development at both national (Halsnæs AND cooperation is supposed to have synergic effects but nothing can happen without action.

US-China cooperation is key – they're the two largest emitters and drive multilateral action
The Paris Summit in December 2015 is being seen as the "last chance" AND government retreats from efforts to curb emissions in favor of stabilizing economic growth.
 * Hongzhou, 15**—Zhang, Associate Research Fellow with the China Programme @ S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) at Nanyang Technological University (Singapore). "China-US Climate Change Cooperation: Beyond Energy," The Diplomat, Oct 13, http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/china-us-climate-change-cooperation-beyond-energy/ —br

US-China climate cooperation facilitates mitigation and adaptation strategies globally – solves extinction
(Xiaoyu, "China-US Cooperation: Key to the Global Future," China Institute of International Studies, http://www.ciis.org.cn/english/2014-01/13/content_6606656.htm) • Cooperation on climate change mitigation, adaptation, and consequence management. China- AND US businesses as well as lower costs and widely disseminate clean energy technologies.
 * Li 14** – MA in Global Studies @ U Denver, Int'l Affairs Coordinator @ UN

Warming is real, anthropogenic, and threatens extinction
Although most of us worry about other things, climate scientists have become increasingly worried AND the whole world to replace dirty energy with clean as soon as possible.
 * Griffin, 15 –** Professor of Philosophy at Claremont, David, "The climate is ruined. So can civilization even survive?", 4-14, http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/14/opinion/co2-crisis-griffin/


 * 1ac extra cards - these are cards we've read in previous 1acs**

=1ac extra cards=

Warming is real, anthropogenic, and threatens extinction
Although most of us worry about other things, climate scientists have become increasingly worried AND the whole world to replace dirty energy with clean as soon as possible.
 * Griffin, 15 –** Professor of Philosophy at Claremont, David, "The climate is ruined. So can civilization even survive?", 4-14, http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/14/opinion/co2-crisis-griffin/

The eighth and final round of Strategic and Economic Dialogue concluded in June – new talks are key to keep our path from disaster

 * Shen 2016** - professor and Vice Dean at the Institute of International Studies, Fudan University

Dingli, "Strategic Dialogue Advances Partnership, with a Limit," Jun 14, www.chinausfocus.com/foreign-policy/strategic-dialogue-advances-partnership-with-a-limit/ China and the US have just conducted their eighth round of Strategic and Economic Dialogue AND which was rich in ideological confrontation but lacked economic and people-based cooperation

It's try or die for dialogue and diplomatic engagement
Ivanov 7-16 —- CEO, Asia Society Australia (Phillipp Ivanov, 7-13-2016, "After the Ruling — What's Next in the South China Sea?" Asia Society, 7-16-2016, http://asiasociety.org/blog/asia/after-ruling-%E2%80%94-whats-next-south-china-sea)//jonah The ruling is a test of the Asia-Pacific security architecture and more broadly AND may see the escalation of its diplomatic and rhetorical engagement on the issue.

By developing already existing mechanisms, the plan solves any alt causes

 * Yung 2016**- Donald Bren Chair of Non-Western Strategic Thought at the U.S. Marine Corps University

Christopher and Wang Dang, "THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA CAN GET ALONG IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA," Jul 6, warontherocks.com/2016/07/the-united-states-and-china-can-get-along-in-the-south-china-sea/ China and the United States have fundamentally different philosophies about the nature and meaning of AND maritime interests may vary, the joint interest in preserving stability remains paramount.

note - this is our second aff, we may run it against Ks, if we run it against you, nothing personal, y'all are just good so we prepared for you.
 * =**1ac v K —- Arctic aff - Warming

=1ac—K Affs=

It's not too late – action on warming can prevent devastating impacts,
Sam Kutesa (Uganda), Assembly President, said the well-being of the AND contested. The threat was global in nature, which required global action.
 * UN 15** (United Nations, "Failure to Constrain Climate Change Will Create 'Climate Chaos', Secretary-General Says at High-Level General Assembly Event Aimed at Inspiring Ambitious Accord," 6-29-15, http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/ga11658.doc.htm)

US-China cooperation on warming is key – they're the two largest emitters and drive multilateral action – renewed cooperation is vital
The Paris Summit in December 2015 is being seen as the "last chance" AND government retreats from efforts to curb emissions in favor of stabilizing economic growth.
 * Hongzhou, 15**—Zhang, Associate Research Fellow with the China Programme @ S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) at Nanyang Technological University (Singapore). "China-US Climate Change Cooperation: Beyond Energy," The Diplomat, Oct 13, http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/china-us-climate-change-cooperation-beyond-energy/ —br

China's not backing Arctic warming initiatives now, decking broader US-China warming cooperation – supporting Beijing's Arctic status is key
On Sunday and Monday, foreign ministers and other international leaders met in Anchorage, AND Paris summit, and for U.S.-China cooperation in general.
 * Tiezzi, 15**—Shannon, Editor at The Diplomat, previously served as a research associate at the U.S.-China Policy Foundation, MA @ Harvard, also studied at Tsinghua University in Beijing. "Why Did China Opt Out of the Arctic Climate Change Statement?" The Diplomat, Sept 1, http://thediplomat.com/2015/09/why-did-china-opt-out-of-the-arctic-climate-change-statement/ —br

Cooperation is on the brink – China's carefully assessing US signals of commitment
The Supreme Court's surprise decision Tuesday to halt the carrying out of President Obama's climate AND . Then President George W. Bush pulled the United States out entirely.
 * Davenport, 16**—Coral, covers energy and climate change policy at The New York Times, previously a fellow with the Metcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting and covered energy and the environment for National Journal, Politico, and Congressional Quarterly. "Supreme Court's Blow to Emissions Efforts May Imperil Paris Climate Accord," New York Times (NYT), Feb 10, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/11/us/politics/carbon-emissions-paris-climate-accord.html —br

Only the plan can revive cooperation – it spurs highly-visible, lasting change to combat warming
Fifth, joint Arctic marine research is an arena with much promise. Joint oceanographic AND within their already existing dialogue and in international organizations including the Arctic Council.
 * Slayton and Brigham, 15**—David Slayton is research fellow, co-chair and executive director of the Arctic Security Initiative at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. Lawson W. Brigham is distinguished professor of geography and Arctic policy at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, a fellow at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy's Center for Arctic Study & Policy, and a member of Hoover's Arctic Security Initiative. "Strengthen Arctic cooperation between the US and China," Aug 27, Alaska Dispatch News (ADN), http://www.adn.com/article/20150827/strengthen-arctic-cooperation-between-us-and-china —br

The China-U.S. relationship is a daily and recurring, sometimes AND , World Meteorological Organization, and International Hydrographic Organization, among other institutions.
 * ====Acting now is key to reviving US-China Arctic cooperation – it's try or die ====**
 * Slayton and Brigham, 15**—David Slayton is research fellow, co-chair and executive director of the Arctic Security Initiative at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. Lawson W. Brigham is distinguished professor of geography and Arctic policy at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, a fellow at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy's Center for Arctic Study & Policy, and a member of Hoover's Arctic Security Initiative. "Strengthen Arctic cooperation between the US and China," Aug 27, Alaska Dispatch News (ADN), http://www.adn.com/article/20150827/strengthen-arctic-cooperation-between-us-and-china —br

Arctic cooperation is vital to combatting warming – it's the epicenter of wider US-China climate efforts
Five key areas of cooperation can enhance Arctic cooperation between the U.S. AND the linkages of the polar regions to global change is another fruitful course ahead
 * Slayton and Brigham, 15**—David Slayton is research fellow, co-chair and executive director of the Arctic Security Initiative at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. Lawson W. Brigham is distinguished professor of geography and Arctic policy at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, a fellow at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy's Center for Arctic Study & Policy, and a member of Hoover's Arctic Security Initiative. "Strengthen Arctic cooperation between the US and China," Aug 27, Alaska Dispatch News (ADN), http://www.adn.com/article/20150827/strengthen-arctic-cooperation-between-us-and-china —br

Warming is real, anthropogenic, and threatens extinction
Although most of us worry about other things, climate scientists have become increasingly worried AND the whole world to replace dirty energy with clean as soon as possible.
 * Griffin, 15 –** Professor of Philosophy at Claremont, David, "The climate is ruined. So can civilization even survive?", 4-14, http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/14/opinion/co2-crisis-griffin/

Representations of warming is motivating and spurs individual activism
Veldman 12 – PhD Candidate Religion and Nature at U of Florida (Robin- National Foundation Fellow at the Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship, Spring, "Narrating the Environmental Apocalypse: How Imagining the End Facilitates Moral Reasoning Among Environmental Activists" Ethics and the Environment, Vol 17 No 1, ProjectMuse) Environmental Apocalypticism and Activism As we saw in the introduction, critics often argue that AND apocalypticism and moral reasoning looks like in practice. [End Page 12]

====The United States federal government should offer to support and pursue full member status in the Arctic Council for China if China agrees to participate in bilateral cooperative agreements regarding Arctic scientific research, environmental monitoring and environmental policy issues.====

—Framing Contention
Underlying his plan is an overlooked but crucial subsidiary benefit that he outlined: offloading AND are scientifically convoluted cataclysms in which casualties are postponed, often for generations.
 * ====Prioritize solutions to warming-its impacts are underrepresented in decision calculus====**
 * Nixon 11** (Rob Nixon is the Rachel Carson Professor of English, University of Wisconsin-Madison, NY Times Contributor and former is an affiliate of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies the Harvard University Press 2011 "Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor" Pg 2-3 http://www.elimeyerhoff.com/books/nixon-rob—slow-violence-and-the-environmentalism-of-the-poor.pdf)

No war—-deterrence, interdependence, social changes, and political and business elites
Aziz 14 (John Aziz is the former economics and business editor at TheWeek.com, Don't worry: World War III will almost certainly never happen, 3/6/14, http://theweek.com/article/index/257517/dont-worry-world-war-iii-will-almost-certainly-never-happen) Next year will be the seventieth anniversary of the end of the last global conflict AND countries are less desperate to go to war to seize other people's stuff.

Actively engaging and pressuring institutions is necessary to counter climate change
(Christian Parenti, former visiting fellow at CUNY's Center for Place, Culture and Politics, as well as a Soros Senior Justice Fellow, teaches in the Liberal Studies program at New York University, interview with Vincent Emanuele, writer, activist and radio journalist who lives and works in the Rust Belt, "Climate Change, Militarism, Neoliberalism and the State," May 17, 2015, http://ouleft.sp-mesolite.tilted.net/?p=1980) You mention mutual aid and how it was overhyped by the left in the aftermath AND of climate science very seriously, I am something of a carbon fundamentalist.
 * Parenti & Emanuele 15**

This short advisory paper collates a set of recommendations about how best to shape mass AND dying of dehydration to know that an informal triage is already at work.
 * ====Institutions are key to solve warming—individual action fails and trades off====**
 * CAG 10**—Climate Change Communication Advisory Group. Dr Adam Corner School of Psychology, Cardiff University - Dr Tom Crompton Change Strategist, WWF-UK - Scott Davidson Programme Manager, Global Action Plan - Richard Hawkins Senior Researcher, Public Interest Research Centre - Professor Tim Kasser, Psychology department, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, USA. - Dr Renee Lertzman, Center for Sustainable Processes & Practices, Portland State University, US. - Peter Lipman, Policy Director, Sustrans. - Dr Irene Lorenzoni, Centre for Environmental Risk, University of East Anglia. - George Marshall, Founding Director, Climate Outreach, Information Network - Dr Ciaran Mundy, Director, Transition Bristol - Dr Saffron O'Neil, Department of Resource Management and Geography, University of Melbourne, Australia. - Professor Nick Pidgeon, Director, Understanding Risk Research Group, School of Psychology, Cardiff University. - Dr Anna Rabinovich, School of Psychology, University of Exeter - Rosemary Randall, Founder and director of Cambridge Carbon Footprint - Dr Lorraine Whitmarsh, School of Psychology, Cardiff University & Visiting Fellow at the, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research. (Communicating climate change to mass public audience, http://pirc.info/downloads/communicating_climate_mass_audiences.pdf)

Climate discourse breaks down securitization—it totally transforms the nature of human ethical responsibility and what constitutes a "security" risk
The two main arguments against considering the environment as a security issue come from Realists AND how the "climate security discourse" has evolved and transformed security practices.
 * Trombetta '8** (Maria Julia, Professor of Economics of Infrastructures of Delft University of Technology, "The meaning and function of climate security" http://tudelft.academia.edu/MariaJuliaTrombetta/Papers/899481/The_meaning_and_function_of_climate_security)

====Criticisms of the United States must take into account its contribution to the existential crisis of climate change. The impact is both systemic and predictive. Strategies that do not acknowledge the complexity of climate change are ethically irresponsible and preclude effective solutions.==== While it is true that queer is, as Alexander Doty pointed out, best AND expected to experience more intense storms resembling Katrina and Rita in the future.
 * Hall** 20**14** – Professor of Philosophy and Faculty Affiliate of Women's Studies and Sustainable Development, Appalachian State University (Kim Q., "No Failure: Climate Change, Radical Hope, and Queer Crip Feminist Eco-Futures," Radical Philosophy Review, Vol. 17, No. 1, p. 203-225)