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Global industrial agriculture is unsustainable
Peters, 10 **–** LL.M. expected 2011, University of Arkansas School of Law, Graduate Program in Agricultural and Food Law; J.D. 2010, University of Oregon School of Law (Kathryn, “Creating a Sustainable Urban Agriculture Revolution” J. ENVTL. LAW AND LITIGATION [Vol. 25, 203, http://law.uoregon.edu/org/jell/docs/251/peters.pdf)

The U.S. agricultural system to ensure food security.

Cuba’s model of urban agriculture is a sustainable alternative
Peters, 10 **–** LL.M. expected 2011, University of Arkansas School of Law, Graduate Program in Agricultural and Food Law; J.D. 2010, University of Oregon School of Law (Kathryn, “Creating a Sustainable Urban Agriculture Revolution” J. ENVTL. LAW AND LITIGATION [Vol. 25, 203, http://law.uoregon.edu/org/jell/docs/251/peters.pdf)

While urban agriculture was the environment or society.

First, the plan spreads organoponic production, revitalizing urban spaces
Shkolnick, 12 - J.D. Candidate, Drake University Law School (Jacob, “SIN EMBARGO: n1 THE CUBAN AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE UNITED STATES” 17 Drake J. Agric. L. 683, Fall, lexis)

VI. New Opportunities While investment in Cuban businesses urban agriculture to flourish.

Second, Access to the __US export market__ is spreads the Cuban model
Kost, 4 – agricultural economist, Specialty Crops Branch, Economic Research. Service, US Department of Agriculture (William, “CUBAN AGRICULTURE: TO BE OR NOT TO BE ORGANIC?” http://www.ascecuba.org/publications/proceedings/volume14/pdfs/kost.pdf)

In addition to the above are just not available.

Third, normalizing trade relations gives preferential status to cuban exports

 * Ashby, 11** -, a Florida-based attorney, is CEO of Federal Regulatory Compliance Services and Counsel with the International law firm SNR Denton. He served at the US Commerce Department, International Trade Administration, as Director of the Office of Mexico and the Caribbean and acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Western Hemisphere (Timothy, States News Service, “HELPING CUBAN REFORMS THROUGH AGRICULTURAL TRADE”, 11/22, lexis)

Cuba's private farmers are grown in the U.S.

This prevents the collapse of US agriculture
Peters, 10 **–** LL.M. expected 2011, University of Arkansas School of Law, Graduate Program in Agricultural and Food Law; J.D. 2010, University of Oregon School of Law (Kathryn, “Creating a Sustainable Urban Agriculture Revolution” J. ENVTL. LAW AND LITIGATION [Vol. 25, 203, http://law.uoregon.edu/org/jell/docs/251/peters.pdf)

An adequate food supply of fresh, nutritious food.

Industrial agriculture crushes the environment and bio-diversity, threatening extinction
- humanity’s survival is threatened by enviro problems - humanity depends on other species - scarce resources, overexploited ag, etc. interact __ Ehrlich & Ehrlich 13 __ – Professor of Biology & Senior Research Scientist in Biology @ Stanford University (Paul R. Ehrlich (President of the Center for Conservation Biology @ Stanford University) & Anne H. Ehrlich, “Can a collapse of global civilization be avoided?,” Proceedings of the Royal Society Biological Sciences, Proc. R. Soc. B 2013 280, published online 9 January 2013)//HA

Virtually every past civilization people would disappear. pg. 1-2

US leadership is unsustainable without a highly visible commitment to multilateralism
Lake, 10 **–** Professor of Social Sciences, distinguished professor of political science at UC San Diego (David A., “Making America Safe for the World: Multilateralism and the Rehabilitation of US authority”, [])//NG

The safeguarding of US authority a new world order.

First, repeal would represent a commitment to multilateralism for the international community
Burgsdorff, 9 **–** Ph. D in Political Science from Freiburg University, EU Fellow at the University of Miami (Sven Kühn von, “Problems and Opportunities for the Incoming Obama Administration”, [])//NG

6.3 How would the international //steps towards effective multilateralism.//

Second, the plan fosters a credible conflict resolution model-status quo policies risk disengagement
Dickerson 10 – Lieutenant Colonel, US Army, paper submitted in fulfillment of a Master of Strategic Studies Degree at the US Army War College (Sergio M, “UNITED STATES SECURITY STRATEGY TOWARDS CUBA,” 1/14/10, http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a518053.pdf)//SJF

At the international political level, for years to come.

Cuba would distract the US from other hotspots
Regardless of the succession, transition to post-Castro Cuba?
 * Gorrell, 5 -** Lieutenant Colonel, US Army, paper submitted for the USAWC STRATEGY RESEARCH PROJECT (Tim, “CUBA: THE NEXT UNANTICIPATED ANTICIPATED STRATEGIC CRISIS?” [] **GWOT=Global War on Terrorism**

Third, the plan sends a clear signal of latin American cooperation and reinvigorate the OAS

 * White, 13**-Senior fellow at the Center for International Policy and former U.S. ambassador to Paraguay and El Salvador (Robert, “After Chávez, a Chance to Rethink Relations With Cuba”, New York Times, 3/7/13, []

__FOR most of our history,__ to a historical footnote.

That bolsters influence in international institutions, allowing the US to lead multilateral forums
President Obama called Latin America … outside broader, global strategic concerns.
 * Sabatini and Berger 12,** Christopher Sabatini is editor-in-chief of Americas Quarterly and senior director of policy at Americas Society/Council of the Americas. Ryan Berger is a policy associate at the Americas Society/Council of the Americas(Christopher/Ryan, "Why the U.S. can't afford to ignore Latin America" 6/13/12, CNN/Global Public Square, http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2012/06/13/why-the-u-s-cant-afford-to-ignore-latin-america/)//AD

Multilateralism promotes bandwagoning and international coalitions, resolving anti-americanism
Ikenberry and Kupchan, 4 (John Ikenberry and Charles Kupchan, “Liberal Realism: The Foundations of a Democratic Foreign Policy,” National Interest (Fall 2004))

It is misguided, however, in the international system.

Unilateralism ensures autarcic trading blocs, leading to great power wars
Kupchan, 12 – Ph.D. in international relations from Oxford, Associate Professor of International Relations @gtown, Senior Fellow and Director of Europe Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (Charles Kupchan, “Sorry, Mitt: It Won't Be an American Century”, FEBRUARY 6, 2012, http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/02/06/it_won_t_be_an_american_century?page=0,2)

In an election season to consensus and cooperation.

Great power war goes nuclear

 * Kugler, 6–** Professor of World Politics at Claremont Graduate University (Jacek, “The Asian Ascent: Opportunity for Peace or Precondition for War?”, [])//NG

Given the fundamental importance anticipated from a nuclear war

Multilateralism leads to greater power sharing and international cooperation, resolving conflict
Pouliot 11 — Professor of Political Science at McGill University (Vincent Pouliot, “Multilateralism as an End in Itself,” __International Studies Perspectives__ (2011) 12, 18–26)//NG

Because it rests on open, … the impetus for multilateral dialog. Pg. 21-23

The unconditional offer of normal trade relations boosts US-Cuban relations and fosters a stable transition

 * Koenig, 10** – US Army Colonel, paper submitted for a Masters in Strategic Studies at the US Army War College (Lance, “Time for a New Cuba Policy” [])

The option with the nations of the Americas.

Normal Trade Relations is vital – no trade occurs without it

 * French, 9** – editor of and a frequent contributor to The Havana Note. She has led more than two dozen research trips to Cuba (Anya, “Options for Engagement A Resource Guide for Reforming U.S. Policy toward Cuba” [])

the path to “normal” trade relations If the United States statutory and regulatory changes.

Cuba will veto conditional reform- unconditional engagement is key
http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=2496)
 * Ratliff, 9 -** Research Fellow at the Independent Institute and a member of the Board of Advisors of the Institute’s Center on Global Prosperity. He is also a Research Fellow and Curator of the Americas Collection at the Hoover Institution(William, “Why and How to Lift the U.S. Embargo on Cuba”, 5/7,

How has the embargo , hypocritical and counterproductive policy.

Prior bad faith ensures only unconditional engagement solves

 * Landau French, 13** - editor of and a frequent contributor to The Havana Note. She has led more than two dozen research trips to Cuba. Landau French has published on U.S.-Cuban relations and Cuban affairs for more than a decade (Anya, “Secretary Kerry: Will He or Won't He Take On Cuba?” 2/10, The Havana Note, http://thehavananote.com/2013/02/secretary_kerry_will_he_or_wont_he_take_cuba)

And, then there’s the remains largely in place.

Cuban nationalism makes conditional engagement fail
Thale 8 – Program Director at the Washington Office on Latin America (Geoff, “Opting for Engagement,” April 2008, [|http://www.wola.org/sites/default/files/downloadable/Cuba/past/Opting%20for%20Engagement.pdf)//SJF]

Independence and national sovereignty interference in Cuban affairs.