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Resolved: Failed nations are a greater threat to the United States than stable nations.

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METADEBATE

• FAILED/FAILING STATES DEFINED
  
• HEALTHY STATES DEFINED
  
• NO CLEAR LINE EXISTS FOR A “FAILED STATE”
  
• FAILED STATE DEFINITION: EXACT DEFINITION NOT A PROBLEM
  
• EVERY STATE IS A FAILED STATE!
  
• MUST CONSIDER EACH STATE INDEPENDENTLY
  

PRO EVIDENCE

• MANY COUNTRIES ON THE VERGE OF COLLAPSE
  
• END OF COLD WAR MAKES FAILED STATES GREATEST THREAT
  
• FAILED STATES = GREATEST RISK TO THE UNITED STATES
  
• FAILED STATES = INCUBATED THREATS
  
• FAILED STATES = GREATER CHANCE FOR WAR/ATTACK
  
• FAILED STATES = RISK OF US/MAJOR POWER GETTING SUCKED INTO WAR
  
• FAILED STATES = TERRORISM
  
• FAILED STATES = PIRACY
  
• FAILED STATES = BREAKDOWN OF THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM
  
• CON EVIDENCE BIASED: ASSUMED COLD WAR FRAMEWORK
  
• A/T: FAILED STATE FRAMEWORK CRITIQUES
  

CON EVIDENCE

• FAILED STATE FRAMEWORK FLAWED: GENERICS
  
• FAILED STATE FRAMEWORK FLAWED: LEAVE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY UNABLE TO DEAL WITH REALITY
  
• FAILED STATE FRAMEWORK FLAWED: MUST STOP INSISTENCE OF STATE ANALYSIS
  
• FAILED STATE FRAMEWORK FLAWED: LABELING STATES MAKES THE STATE A FAILURE
  
• FAILED STATE FRAMEWORK FLAWED: COMPLETE NATION-STATE STATUS WORLDWIDE IS IMPOSSIBLE
  
• FAILED STATE FRAMEWORK FLAWED: FAILED STATE FRAMEWORK = IMPERIALISM
  
• FAILED STATE FRAMEWORK FLAWED: EXCLUDE VALUES OF NON-WESTERN CIVILIZATIONS
  
• FAILED STATE FRAMEWORK FLAWED: FORCING A “STATE” IMPOSES CONFLICT
  
• ALTERNATIVE ADVOCACY: MUST LOOK FOR ALTERNATIVES TO THE STATE SYSTEM
  
• FAILED STATES TOO WEAK TO POSE A THREAT
  
• FAILED STATE THREAT TOO LITTLE TO JUSTIFY MILITARY RESPONSE
  
• FAILED STATES DO NOT MEAN TERRORISM
  
• CLAIMING FAILED STATES = TERRORISM PERPETUATES IMPERIALISM AND RACISM
  
• AL QAEDA OPERATES IN BOTH FAILED AND STABLE STATES
  
• PRIORITIZING FAILED STATES INVITES TRADITIONAL STATES TO THREATEN THE UNITED STATES
  

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