Debate Presentation on U.S. Putting Economic and Diplomatic Pressure on China
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Road map: give our observations then negate the affirms observations
This debate discusses the issue over whether the U.S. should pressure China in the area of weapons non-proliferation in sole regard to North Korea. The affirmative believes that by having China pressure North Korea economically and diplomatically, North Korea will be forced to disarm. However that is simply not true. In fact not only do we believe that economic and diplomatic pressure will have little or no effect on North Korea and we the negative team will put forth compelling evidence against. After hearing our two contentions that the STAUS QUO SOLVES and PRESSURE ON NORTH KOREA BY CHINA FAILS you will have no choice but to negative the resolution: The U.S. should increase diplomatic and economic pressure on the People’s Republic of China.
Our first observation is that the STATUS QUO SOLVES. North Korea has been engaging in multi-lateral talks with five other nations: the U.S., Russia, China, South Korea, and Japan since 2003. These talks have been successful as proof of the latest most current research that states that North Korea has agreed to abandon its continuation of testing and production of nuclear weapons. On Monday September 19, North Korea came to a historic agreement in which it finally agreed to end their nuclear ambitions and weapons programs as a result of ongoing multilateral talks the last three years. Proof of this is conveyed in the following quote by the joint statement released from the six party nuclear arms talks in Beijing that says, “North Korea is committed to abandoning all nuclear weapons and existing nuclear programs and returning at an early date to the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and to abide by International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards.” (Grant 1). As part of the agreement and in return for North Korea disarming, the U.S., China and the five other nations will willingly provide energy assistance to North Korea and promote economic cooperation. In addition, the U.S. and China will give North Korea light water reactors to use for energy. China helped play a role in the talks by proposing language in the talks and agreement to give North Korea its reactors for electricity energy in return for disarmament and by allowing weapons inspectors to check North Korea’s weapons. (Cody 2). Furthermore North Korea has already agreed to dismantle the Yongbyon reactor which produces plutonium. As incentive and part of the agreement, North Korea could possible receive much needed aid in billions of dollars in economic assistance. Through the ongoing status quo of using compromise North Korea will be successfully disarmed.
Our last observation is that putting PRESSURE ON NORTH KOREA BY CHINA FAILS. The North Korean leader, Kim Jong Il has shown time again he is using nuclear weapons as a threat against the western nations to gain concessions to help his country. North Korea is a very poor country and more than a third of its children are starving or malnourished because of severe food shortages. The World Food Program needs funding to provide for 6.5 million hungry North Korean people. In fact food prices in North Korea continue to soar while daily rations decrease each day. Economic pressure from China wouldn’t help the situation and it would in fact make it severely worse, leading to the death of millions more people. Lawmaker Won Hee Ryong stated that “Do we really want a nuclear free Korea without the Kim Jong Il regime at the cost of millions dead.” (Time International 05). History has shown that by cutting of food aid North Korean leader Jong will not necessarily change his policies. He will simply allow more and more people to die as a result without caring about the situation. If this happens then thousands of refugees will flee to China and overload the border causing chaos and a lack of jobs and a decline in the economy. (Bremmer 01). The North Korean leader Kim’s primary goal is to get his country more economic support and to preserve North Korea long enough for one of his children to inherit it. (Bremmer 05). Jong is looking for long term stability and knows that by testing or continuing the production of nuclear weapons he will be ousted from power.
