Tournament: Grapevine | Round: 1 | Opponent: Round Rock SV | Judge: Gearing, Christopher
- substantially increase production and global distribution of the COVID-19 Vaccine, specifically providing all necessary vaccines to India and South Africa, and
- cooperate with allies to achieve increased production and global distribution of the COVID-19 Vaccine.
The US should take the lead – otherwise, China and Russia will use vaccine diplomacy to advance foreign policy goals. The counterplan alone solves and reinvigorates US leadership.
Gayle et al 21. ~(HELENE GAYLE is President and CEO of the Chicago Community Trust and has served in global health and development roles with CARE, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. GORDON LaFORGE is a Senior Researcher at Princeton University and a lecturer at Arizona State University's Thunderbird School of Global Management. ANNE-MARIE SLAUGHTER is CEO of New America and former Director of Policy Planning at the U.S. State Department) "America Can—and Should—Vaccinate the World," Foreign Affairs, March 19, 2021. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2021-03-19/america-can-and-should-vaccinate-world~~ TDI
These initiatives come not a moment too soon. In tackling the worst global crisis
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not only "back" but looking—and leading—far ahead.
Maintenance of the ILO is key to reduce a host of existential threats – establishes great-power peace.
Brands 18. ~(Hal Brands is a Henry Kissinger Distinguished Professor at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies, Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. "America's Global Order Is Worth Fighting For, Bloomberg Opinion, Politics and Policy," August 14, 2018, Bloomberg. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-08-14/america-s-global-order-is-worth-fighting-for~~ TDI
The first argument is easily disposed of. Yes, the postwar world has been
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likely to remain the world's strongest power for decades to come.