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2003-4 Ocean Policy Topic Guide
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I. Introductory Issues
A. Ocean Policy Basics: What Everyone Needs to Know
B. More than Semantics: A Strategic Approach to Definitional Issues
II. Harms & Advantages
A. Debating Environmental Harms
B. Species Extinction
C. Animal Rights
D. Climate Change Science
E. Debating Climate Change Science
F. Oil Spills
G. Natural Resource Conflicts
H. U.S. Leadership, Hegemony, and Multilateralism
III. Plans & Cases
A. More than Oceans: The Strategic Necessity of Debating U.S. Environmental Policy
B. Law of the Sea (LOS) Ratification
C. Fishing Regulation
D. Marine Protected Areas
E. Dolphin Protection
F. Sea Turtle Protection
G. Whaling
H. Aquaculture
I. Maritime Security
J. Non-Point Source Pollution
K. Military Sonar Regulation
L. Oil Spill Prevention
M. Outer Continental Shelf Regulation
N. Hazardous Waste Control
O. Coral Reef Protection
P. Ocean Policies that Address Climate Change Issues
Q. Debating Kyoto Ratification
R. Ballast Water Regulation
S. Cruise Ship Regulation
T. South China Sea (SCS) Dispute Resolution
U. Japan Nuclear Waste Trafficking
V. Bioprospecting
W. Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
IV. Disadvantages
A. Federalism
B. Inflation
C. Business Confidence
D. Oil Disadvantages
E. GATT/WTO
F. Civil-Military Relations
G. Self-Determination
H. Environmental Movements
I. Japan Soft Power
V. Counterplans
A. Courts
B. States
C. Voluntary
D. Exempt Indigenous Groups
E. Lopez Counterplan
F. Subsidies-Style Lopez
VI. Kritiks
A. A Word from the Academic Left: What are those Kritik Debaters Talking About?
B. Feminism & IR Theory
VII. Sample Arguments
VIII. Research
IX. Reference
X. Strategy
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