General Topic Bibliography (Updated Daily!)  Daily Evidence Update Topicality  United States Federal Government Should Reduce *Reduce means the plan has to break a current contract *Reduce means the plan has to break a proposed contract *Reduce means a reduction from proposed future sales *Reduce means less, not a freeze/suspension Substantially *Substantially means without material qualification — no condition on the reduction *Substantially means X%+ *Substantially means in the main

US restraints don’t create norms, countries will turn to alternate suppliers Ted R. Bromund, Ph.D., is a senior research fellow in Anglo-American Relations in The Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at The Heritage Foundation, May 23, 2019, https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/445254-trumps-rejection-of-the-arms-trade-treaty-is-based-on, Trump’s rejection of the Arms Trade Treaty Is based on reality If nations around the world want to not sell arms to dictators, all they need to do is not sell. No

All DebateUS arms sales resources  Case Intro Essay   Aff Essay   Neg Essay Video Lecture Background — US Policy Trump declares emergency to expedite sale of weapons to Saudi Arabia, UAE, Jordan. (2019). Trump administration has declared an emergency to bypass Congress and expedite billions of dollars in arms sales to various countries — including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates — citing the need to deter what it called

Full argument list and resources Saudi Arms Sales Resources  Daily Update BACKGROUND Topic Paper Topic paper by Dustin Rimmey  Backround — History Dwight Eisenhower’s Military Industrial Complex Speech (1961) Corporate Power and Profiteering (2015) Background (articles) — Process and Topicality Foreign Military Sales and Direct Commercial sales. This article explains what both of these are. Foreign Military Sales v. Direct Commercial Sales. This brief article explains what each of these

Trump blocking asylum claims, reducing immigration but leaving asylees vulnerable to violence and threatening international law Dara Lind, 8-6, 18, Vox, https://www.vox.com/explainers/2018/8/6/17501404/trump-asylum-separate-legal-definition Beyond family separation: Trump’s ongoing war on asylum, explained The family separation crisis has officially passed its peak. More than half of the families once separated have been reunited; the number of remaining separated families has fallen from thousands to hundreds, and is likely, under judicial supervision, to

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