Anant+Jindani+and+Aditya+Sitaram


 * 1AC – AIIB**


 * Plan: The United States federal government should substantially increase its economic and diplomatic engagement with the People's Republic of China to develop sustainable investment standards in China's financing institutions**


 * Contention 1 is Warming**

//International finance: Going green or brown? In the post-Paris era,// //AND// //be another constructive plank in the U.S.-China climate relationship.//
 * Current AIIB investment trends fuel mega infrastructure projects and coal plants – US engagement facilitates guideline harmonization and allows partnered global climate leadership**
 * Hart et al., 6/13/16** (Melanie Hart, Pete Ogden, Kelly Sims Gallagher, Melanie Hart is a Senior Fellow and Director of China Policy at the Center for American Progress. Pete Ogden is a Senior Fellow at the Center. Kelly Sims Gallagher is professor of energy and environmental policy at The Fletcher School, Tufts University. 6-13-2016, "Green Finance: The Next Frontier for U.S.-China Climate Cooperation," Center For American Progress, https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/security/report/2016/06/13/139276/green-finance-the-next-frontier-for-u-s-china-climate-cooperation/ //PD)//

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (the AIIB or the Bank) is poised to AND to achieve its stated aim to be "lean, clean and green".
 * That determines the 2° Celsius temp threshold**
 * Nassiry and Nakhooda, 16** [Darius, head of international cooperation department at Global Green Growth Institute, Director at Millennium Challenge Corporation where he led teams for development of investment programs in Asia, Smita, Climate finance fellow at World Resources Institute, "The AIIB and investment in action on climate change", Working Paper 433, April 2016, https://www.odi.org/sites/odi.org.uk/files/resource-documents/the_aiib_and_investment_in_action_final_20160413.pdf] MG

On October 24 this year, 21 Asian countries signed an agreement in Beijing that AND development of the most populous and fastest-growing region in the world.
 * China is willing to improve and accept US expertise**
 * Ma, 14** (Yuge Ma, DPhil Candidate at the Environmental Change Institute (ECI), University of Oxford, 12-5-2014, "The Environmental Implications of China's New Bank," Diplomat, http://thediplomat.com/2014/12/the-environmental-implications-of-chinas-new-bank/ PD)

In recent years, China has moved into development finance in a very big way AND . perspective, leaning in should be the only option on the table.
 * The plan increases AIIB cooperation while stimulating reform in the World Bank, IMF and ADB and new Chinese lending institutions – direct U.S. engagement is key**
 * Elgin-Cossart & Hart, 9/22/15** —- *Senior Fellow at American Progress, where she works on issues involving foreign policy, international development, and global conflict, AND Senior Fellow and Director of China Policy at American Progress (Molly Elgin-Cossart and Melanie Hart, "China's New International Financing Institutions; Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Investment Standards," https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/security/report/2015/09/22/121668/chinas-new-international-financing-institutions/, article downloaded 4/23/16, JMP)

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.
 * Warming is real, anthropogenic, and threatens extinction**
 * 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/


 * Contention 2 is China Rise**

In 2005, then United States Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick famously called on AND will be able to justly claim they are truly acting as responsible stakeholders.
 * US AIIB engagement policy sends a perception of containment**
 * Scott Kennedy 15** —- Deputy Director of the Freeman Chair in China Studies and Director of the Project on Chinese Business and Political Economy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies(Scott; "What Went Wrong With U.S. Strategy on China's New Bank and What Should Washington Do Now?"; March 25^^th^^; https://www.chinafile.com/conversation/what-went-wrong-us-strategy-chinas-new-bank-and-what-should-washington-do-now)//pk

Nye suggests that the greatest threat to U.S. influence may not be AND world order." Here's to hoping that the United States heeds that judgment.
 * Engagement replaces security competition with economic dialogue**
 * Wyne, 15** —- contributing analyst at Wikistrat and a global fellow at the Project for the Study of the 21st Century (6/1/15, Ali, "Is America's Mind-set the Greatest Threat to Its Future?" http://nationalinterest.org/feature/america%E2%80%99s-mind-set-the-greatest-threat-its-future-13004?page=show, article downloaded 5/3/16, JMP) *Joseph Nye is a professor at the Harvard Kennedy School and one of the most esteemed analysts of world affairs

In 2011, U.S. president Barack Obama announced plans to "pivot AND . cooperation. Development lending could prove a minimally politically sensitive testing ground.
 * AIIB is the focal point of cooperation – solves SCS and cyber conflict**
 * Noori, et. al, 15** —- Program Specialist, Middle East & North Africa Programs at United States Institute of Peace (8/24/15, Maral Noori, Daniel Jasper and Jason Tower, "Overcoming Barriers to U.S.-China Cooperation," http://www.usip.org/publications/2015/08/24/overcoming-barriers-us-china-cooperation, downloaded on 4/21/16, JMP)

It is very worrying for the world that American policy makers should be capable of AND us hope the appropriate lessons are learned. Pax Americana is still needed.
 * Opposition to AIIB hinders US power and makes World War 3 inevitable**
 * Lehmann, 15** —- Emeritus Professor at IMD, Lausanne (Switzerland), currently Visiting Professor at Hong Kong University and at NIIT University in Neemrana, Rajasthan (India) (4/2/15, Jean-Pierre Lehmann, "China And The US: The AIIB Fiasco &amp; America's Colossal Loss Of Face," http://www.forbes.com/sites/jplehmann/2015/04/02/china-and-the-us-the-aiib-fiasco-americas-colossal-loss-of-face/print/, article downloaded 6/14/16, JMP)

One reason for this is that no consensus exists in East Asia on the territorial AND conditions in which a technologically superior foe attacks crucial targets with conventional weapons.
 * South China Sea conflict goes nuclear**
 * Christensen 6/5/15** – Thomas J., Boswell professor of world politics and director of the China and the World Program at Princeton University, is a former U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, "China's Rising Military: Now for the Hard Part" http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-06-05/china-s-rising-military-now-for-the-hard-part

Japan DA, Elections DA, T-QPQ, T-Unconditional, Consult Japan CP 
 * Neg -**

=1AC – AIIB=

1AC – AIIB
====Plan: The United States federal government should substantially increase its economic and diplomatic engagement with the People's Republic of China to develop sustainable investment standards in China's financing institutions====

Current AIIB investment trends fuel mega infrastructure projects and coal plants – US engagement facilitates guideline harmonization and allows partnered global climate leadership
Hart et al., 6/13/16 (Melanie Hart, Pete Ogden, Kelly Sims Gallagher, Melanie Hart is a Senior Fellow and Director of China Policy at the Center for American Progress. Pete Ogden is a Senior Fellow at the Center. Kelly Sims Gallagher is professor of energy and environmental policy at The Fletcher School, Tufts University. 6-13-2016, "Green Finance: The Next Frontier for U.S.-China Climate Cooperation," Center For American Progress, https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/security/report/2016/06/13/139276/green-finance-the-next-frontier-for-u-s-china-climate-cooperation/ // PD) International finance: Going green or brown? In the post-Paris era, AND be another constructive plank in the U.S.-China climate relationship.

That determines the 2° Celsius temp threshold
Nassiry and Nakhooda, 16 [Darius, head of international cooperation department at Global Green Growth Institute, Director at Millennium Challenge Corporation where he led teams for development of investment programs in Asia, Smita, Climate finance fellow at World Resources Institute, "The AIIB and investment in action on climate change", Working Paper 433, April 2016, https://www.odi.org/sites/odi.org.uk/files/resource-documents/the_aiib_and_investment_in_action_final_20160413.pdf] MG The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (the AIIB or the Bank) is poised to AND to achieve its stated aim to be "lean, clean and green".

China is willing to improve and accept US expertise
Ma, 14 (Yuge Ma, DPhil Candidate at the Environmental Change Institute (ECI), University of Oxford, 12-5-2014, "The Environmental Implications of China's New Bank," Diplomat, http://thediplomat.com/2014/12/the-environmental-implications-of-chinas-new-bank/ // PD) On October 24 this year, 21 Asian countries signed an agreement in Beijing that AND development of the most populous and fastest-growing region in the world.

The plan increases AIIB cooperation while stimulating reform in the World Bank, IMF and ADB and new Chinese lending institutions – direct U.S. engagement is key
Elgin-Cossart & Hart, 9/22/15 —- *Senior Fellow at American Progress, where she works on issues involving foreign policy, international development, and global conflict, AND **Senior Fellow and Director of China Policy at American Progress (Molly Elgin-Cossart and Melanie Hart, "China's New International Financing Institutions; Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Investment Standards," https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/security/report/2015/09/22/121668/chinas-new-international-financing-institutions/, article downloaded 4/23/16, JMP) In recent years, China has moved into development finance in a very big way AND . perspective, leaning in should be the only option on the table.

Warming is real, anthropogenic, and threatens extinction
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/ 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.

US AIIB engagement policy s**ends a perception of containment
Scott Kennedy 15 —- Deputy Director of the Freeman Chair in China Studies and Director of the Project on Chinese Business and Political Economy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies(Scott; "What Went Wrong With U.S. Strategy on China's New Bank and What Should Washington Do Now?"; March 25^^th^^; https://www.chinafile.com/conversation/what-went-wrong-us-strategy-chinas-new-bank-and-what-should-washington-do-now)//pk In 2005, then United States Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick famously called on AND will be able to justly claim they are truly acting as responsible stakeholders.

Engagement replaces security competition with economic dialogue
Wyne, 15 —- contributing analyst at Wikistrat and a global fellow at the Project for the Study of the 21st Century (6/1/15, Ali, "Is America's Mind-set the Greatest Threat to Its Future?" http://nationalinterest.org/feature/america%E2%80%99s-mind-set-the-greatest-threat-its-future-13004?page=show, article downloaded 5/3/16, JMP) ***Joseph Nye is a professor at the Harvard Kennedy School and one of the most esteemed analysts of world affairs Nye suggests that the greatest threat to U.S. influence may not be AND world order." Here's to hoping that the United States heeds that judgment.

AIIB is the focal point of cooperation – solves SCS and cyber conflict
Noori, et. al, 15 —- Program Specialist, Middle East & North Africa Programs at United States Institute of Peace (8/24/15, Maral Noori, Daniel Jasper and Jason Tower, "Overcoming Barriers to U.S.-China Cooperation," http://www.usip.org/publications/2015/08/24/overcoming-barriers-us-china-cooperation, downloaded on 4/21/16, JMP) In 2011, U.S. president Barack Obama announced plans to "pivot AND . cooperation. Development lending could prove a minimally politically sensitive testing ground.

Opposition to AIIB hinders US power and makes World War 3 inevitable Lehmann, 15 —- Emeritus Professor at IMD, Lausanne (Switzerland), currently Visiting Professor at Hong Kong University and at NIIT University in Neemrana, Rajasthan (India) (4/2/15, Jean-Pierre Lehmann, "China And The US: The AIIB Fiasco &amp; America's Colossal Loss Of Face," http://www.forbes.com/sites/jplehmann/2015/04/02/china-and-the-us-the-aiib-fiasco-americas-colossal-loss-of-face/print/, article downloaded 6/14/16, JMP) It is very worrying for the world that American policy makers should be capable of AND us hope the appropriate lessons are learned. Pax Americana is still needed.

South China Sea conflict goes nuclear
Christensen 6/5/15 – Thomas J., Boswell professor of world politics and director of the China and the World Program at Princeton University, is a former U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, "China's Rising Military: Now for the Hard Part" http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-06-05/china-s-rising-military-now-for-the-hard-part One reason for this is that no consensus exists in East Asia on the territorial AND conditions in which a technologically superior foe attacks crucial targets with conventional weapons.