Tournament: Grapevine | Round: 2 | Opponent: St Agnes EH | Judge: Patel, Vandan
Khullar 21. ~(Dhruv Khullar is a contributing writer at The New Yorker, where he writes primarily about medicine, health care, and politics. He is also a practicing physician and an assistant professor at Weill Cornell Medical College) "India's Crisis Marks a New Phase in the Pandemic," The New Yorker, May 13, 2021. https://www.newyorker.com/science/medical-dispatch/indias-crisis-marks-a-new-phase-in-the-pandemic~~
Laxminarayan's walks have changed in recent weeks. Coronavirus deaths in India have skyrocketed,
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a great system if you think this is the last pandemic we'll face."
Somos 20. ~Christy Somos is a CTVNews.ca Writer) "COVID-19 has escalated armed conflict in India, Pakistan, Iraq, Libya and the Philippines, study finds," CTV News, December 17, 2020. https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/covid-19-has-escalated-armed-conflict-in-india-pakistan-iraq-libya-and-the-philippines-study-finds-1.5236738~~
INDIA India saw a rise in armed conflict during the study period, with violent
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crisis, which saw an increase of attacks by Taliban groups in May.
Roblin 21. ~(Sébastien Roblin holds a master's degree in Conflict Resolution from Georgetown University and served as a university instructor for the Peace Corps in China, "If the Next India-Pakistan War Goes Nuclear, It Will Destroy the World," The National Interest, March 26, 2021. https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/if-next-india-pakistan-war-goes-nuclear-it-will-destroy-world-181134~~
Here's What You Need to Remember: India and Pakistan account for over one-
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New Delhi and Islamabad work together to change the nature of their relationship.
The third wave of the pandemic is fueling instability in South Africa.
Egwu 21. ~(Patrick Egwu is a Nigerian freelance journalist currently based in Johannesburg, where he is an Open Society Foundations fellow at the University of the Witwatersrand) "South Africa's Twin Crises Are Feeding Each Other," Foreign Policy, July 20, 2021. https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/07/20/south-africa-covid-19-struggles-deadly-third-wave-zuma-violence/~~
South Africa is coping with two crises at once—a political storm caused by
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least one dose of the vaccine, according to the Department of Health.
COVID is pummeling South Africa's fragile economy and fueling the worst rioting since 1994.
Steinhauser and Parkinson 21. ~(Gabriele Steinhauser writes about politics and economics in southern Africa and beyond and helps manage The Wall Street Journal's reporters on the continent. Joe Parkinson is the Wall Street Journal's Africa Bureau Chief, leading a team of correspondents chronicling business, policy and geopolitical trends across the continent. "Third Covid Wave Upends Fragile South Africa, a Warning for Developing World," The Wall Street Journal, July 19, 2021. https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-pandemic-south-africa-riots-a-warning-for-developing-world-11626711622~~
Wave after wave of coronavirus is pummeling South Africa's fragile economy and its largely unvaccinated
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people to the brink of famine, according to the World Food Program.
Mead 13. ~(Walter Mead is a James Clarke Chace Professor of Foreign Affairs and Humanities, Bard College) "Peace in The Congo? Why the World Should Care," The American Interest, December 15, 2013. https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/12/15/peace-in-the-congo-why-the-world-should-care/
One of the biggest questions of the 21st century is whether this destructive dynamic can
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play much more direct role in potential crises of greater concern to us.
The plan solves both scenarios and WTO IP rules are a barrier to scaled-up vaccine production.
Pandey 21. ~(Ashutosh Pandey) "Rich countries block India, South Africa's bid to ban COVID vaccine patents," DW, April 2, 2021. https://www.dw.com/en/rich-countries-block-india-south-africas-bid-to-ban-covid-vaccine-patents/a-56460175
The World Trade Organization (WTO) talks on a proposal by India and South
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of vaccines and other much needed medical equipment in poor countries.