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Plan:
The United States federal government should normalize its economic relations with Cuba.

US leadership is unsustainable without a highly visible commitment to multilateralism
The safeguarding of US authority requires multilateralism that is broader and certainly deeper than in AND own self-interest, lead the way to a new world order.
 * 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", http://dss.ucsd.edu/dlake/documents/LakeMakingAmericaSafe.pdf )//NG-http://dss.ucsd.edu/~dlake/documents/LakeMakingAmericaSafe.pdf)//NG

The plan establishes that perception
6.3 How would the international community react? At international level all major AND it would be interpreted by the international community as steps towards effective multilateralism.
 * 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", http://aei.pitt.edu.proxy.lib.umich.edu/11047/1/vonBurgsdorfUSvsCubalong09edi.pdf-http://aei.pitt.edu.proxy.lib.umich.edu/11047/1/vonBurgsdorfUSvsCubalong09edi.pdf )//NG

The alternative is counterproductive unilateral militarism – the plan ensures hemispheric diplomacy that sustains US leadership
Washington~’s relations with Latin America—particularly in terms of the gap between what its AND would be meaningless without Brazil, South America~’s largest and most dynamic economy. The U.S. would scale back its military operations in Colombia—including AND power, and political paralysis quicken the U.S.~’s fall.
 * Grandin 10** – teaches history at New York University and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Greg, "Empire~’s Senescence: U.S. Policy in Latin America," New Labor Forum, 19:1, Winter 2010, pg. 14-23)//SJF

That spills over to global multilateral conflict resolution
At the international political level, President Obama sees resuming relations with Cuba as a AND decline in the greater global order bringing true peace for years to come.
 * 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

unilateralism will collapse US leadership and cause global nuclear war
Unilateralism is the wrong approach for American Diplomacy. There is nothing to suggest its AND U.S. Army (Currently on his second tour in Iraq) Concerns over economic stability, limited resources and security have divided us. Now is the time to create rather than divide common ground.
 * Montalván, 10 -** a 17-year veteran of the U.S. Army including multiple combat tours in Iraq, master~’s of science from Columbia University~’s Graduate School of Journalism (Luis, "Multilateralism is Essential for Peace in the 21st Century" Huffington Post, 4/23, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/luis-carlos-montalvan/multilateralism-is-essent_b_550332.html)

Unconditional action key to global perception of multilateralism
(Jose Miguel, "Restraint, not force, will bring change to Cuba", humans rights watch, 12/22/06, http://www.hrw.org/news/2006/12/21/restraint-not-force-will-bring-change-cuba-http://www.hrw.org/news/2006/12/21/restraint-not-force-will-bring-change-cuba , google scholar)//KW This reluctance would be understandable but misguided. Most Cubans do want change. If AND when the US stops acting like Goliath will Cuba stop looking like David.
 * Vivanco 6**- LLM from Harvard Law School, Americas director of Humans Rights Watch

Removing the embargo restores US-Cuba relations
<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">[] **)** Hugo Chávez~’s departure furnishes Barack Obama with an opportunity to repair US ties with Venezuela AND build confidence with Venezuela, the Castro regime~’s key backer, she suggested.
 * Tisdall ~’13 (Simon, Death of Hugo Chávez brings chance of fresh start for US and Latin America, 3/5/13, **

Now is the key time – both economic and political issues align
But Obama~’s approach is the antithesis of the politics of hate and division. He AND and, as Mao Zedong once said, let a hundred flowers bloom.
 * Tisdall ~’13 (Simon, 4/8/13, Time for U.S. and Cuba to kiss and make up, http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/08/opinion/opinion-simon-tisdall-cuba)**

Increased economic engagement is uniquely key
Your second term presents a rare opportunity to turn the page of history from an AND pave the way for greater U.S. leadership in the region.
 * Piccone ~’13 (Joseph, Brookings Institute Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Foreign Policy, Opening to Havana** Increased economic engagement is uniquely key====
 * , 1/17/13, http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2013/01/opening-to-havana)**

The plan is critical to normalize economic engagement
The changes in U.S. Cuba policy announced Friday by the Obama administration AND promise of fostering positive and real change in Cuba. Amen to that.
 * Creamer ~’11 (Robert, political organizer and strategist for four decades, Changes in U.S. Cuba Policy Good First Step — But It~’s Time to Normalize Relations, 1/18/11, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-creamer/changes-in-us-cuba-policy_b_810161.html)**

normalized relations with Cuba are key to prevent Russian expansionism
Containment requires that United States counter Russian expansionism at every turn, crafting a new AND not outright inaccessible. In many ways, this is containment in reverse.
 * Stratfor ~’8 **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt;">[ The Russian Resurgence and the New-Old Front<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt;">, http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/20080915_russian_resurgence_and_new_old_front]

Russian imperialism will cause a US/Russian nuclear war
An American defense of Georgia could risk nuclear war, yet the Bush administration seems AND and threatening to re-militarize Cuba. Defense of Georgia or even of <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 5pt;">her oil pipelines seems inadequate rationale for potential nuclear war, yet the Bush administration seems determined to turn this regional brush fire into a Cuban Missile Crisis-like international stare-down. The chief motive for the exaggerated hullabaloo is the expansion of NATO, which continues to absorb more nations and redefine its organizational mission almost two decades after the disintegration of the Soviet Union. What was once touted as a military alliance to defend the West and its interests against the communist menace has been reinvented AND and Moscow much more likely than it ever was during the Cold War.
 * Scaliger ~’8<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt;"> (Charles Scaliger, staff writer for the New American, 9/30/2008, Fanning the Flames in Georgia, The New American, p. http://www.thenewamerican.com/world-mainmenu-26/europe-mainmenu-35/394)

US/Russian war causes extinction
<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt;">(Nick Bostrom, professor of philosophy - Oxford University, March, 2002, Existential Risks: Analyzing Human Extinction Scenarios and Related Hazards, Journal of Evolution and Technology, p. http://www.nickbostrom.com/existential/risks.html) A much greater existential risk emerged with the build-up of nuclear arsenals in AND preludes to the existential risks that we will encounter in the 21st century.
 * Bostrom ~’2**

US-Cuba relations zero sum with china
Additionally, Venezuela remains the fourth largest importer of oil to the United States and AND circumstances but have well-served the commercial interests of all parties involved.
 * Benjamin-Alvadaro ~’6** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">(Jonathan, Report for the Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University, PhD, Professor of Political Science at University of Nebraska at Omaha, Director of the Intelligence Community Centers of Academic Excellence Program at UNO, Treasurer of the American Political Science Association, "The Current Status and Future Prospects for Oil Exploration in Cuba: A Special," [])

US influence in the region is critical to deter conflict
Focused on military operations in the Middle East, nuclear threats in Iran and North AND
 * Dowd ~’12** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt;">(Alan, Senior Fellow with the American Security Council Foundation, "Crisis in the America~’s," <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">http://www.ascfusa.org/content_pages/view/crisisinamericas-http://www.ascfusa.org/content_pages/view/crisisinamericas <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt;">)
 * There is room for only one great power in the Western Hemisphere.

Chinese influence risks war over Taiwan
Taiwan – domestic, or foreign policy?¶ China~’s goals in the region amount to AND the PRC to conclude a settlement on Taiwan, perhaps by force.
 * Fergusson ~’12** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt;">(Robbie, Researcher at Royal Society for the Arts, Featured Contributor at International Business Times, Former Conference %26 Research Assistant at Security Watch, Former Researcher at University College London, Master of Science, China in the International Arena, The University of Glasgow, "The Chinese Challenge to the Monroe Doctrine," http://www.e-ir.info/2012/07/23/does-chinese-growth-in-latin-america-threaten-american-interests/)

Global nuclear war
A war between China, Taiwan and the United States has the potential to escalate AND in which the United States and China are the two most dominant members.
 * Hunkovic 9**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt;"> – American Military University (Lee J., "The Chinese-Taiwanese Conflict: Possible Futures of a Confrontation between China, Taiwan and the United States of America," http://www.lamp-method.org/eCommons/Hunkovic.pdf)

Conditions allows Cuba to veto the plan
<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt;">http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=2496) How has the embargo failed? It has not brought down the Castro brothers, AND that it will rid us of a demeaning, hypocritical and counterproductive policy. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt;">~’
 * Ratliff, 9** - <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt;">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,

Cuba is stability on the brink now—only plan can solve the timeframe
For Cuba, the destitute economy can wait no longer. The Cuban Minister of AND capital and if invested, would help prime the Cuban economic engine. 24
 * Iglesias, 12** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt;">– Commander, US Navy. Paper submitted for the Master of Strategic Studies Degree at the the US Army War College (Carlos, "United States Security Policy Implications of a Post-Fidel Cuba" <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA560408 ) GOC = Government of Cuba, FAR = Cuban military

Bipartisan support for easing the embargo
(Lissa,"Washington~’s Irrational Cuba Policy", World Policy Institute, Spring 2004, [], JSTOR)//KW Congress: The Real Battleground Just as the Cuban- American community and Florida are AND on Cuba, which function as caucuses to help rally action on Cuba.
 * Weinmann 2004 - **Master of international affairs from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University