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Category Archives: Public-Forum
Public Forum: North and South Korea and Anti-Missile System
2017 September/October Topic Area: Korean Peninsula • Resolved: Deployment of anti-missile systems is in South Korea’s best interest. Doug Bandow in The National Interest provides an overview of recent developments with U.S./South Korea relations. Both the U.S. and S.K. have relatively new Presidents … Continue reading
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Humanitarian or Security Priorities for U.S. East Africa Policy?
How can the U.S. government deal with security and humanitarian challenges in East African countries? The NSDA’s Public Forum resolution on SpeechandDebate.org: Public Forum Debate – 2017 Nationals PF Topic Area: Africa Resolved: In East Africa, the United States federal government … Continue reading
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Campaign Changes Without Electoral College
2017 Apr Public Forum Topic Area: Election Reform Resolved: The United States ought to replace the Electoral College with a direct national popular vote. For the April Public Forum topic students can research the history, politics, and incentives created by the Electoral College … Continue reading
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More Startups, not States
Much has changed in the Middle East over the last twenty years. Israel’s economy has shifted to more open and less socialist, and average income has increased. The Israeli government still controls much of the economy and subsidizes money-losing firms, … Continue reading
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March (US/Israel) Public Forum: Entrepreneurs vs. Oligarchy
A Princeton study claimed U.S. governance is more an oligarchy now than a democracy and offered this definition of an oligarchy: An oligarchy is a system where power is effectively wielded by a small number of individuals defined by their status called … Continue reading
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China to Palestine: Economic Freedom and Charters
Nation-states can be more trouble than they’re worth. For the Middle East, federalism, soft-partition, enclaves, and charter cities offer non-state paths to peace and prosperity. The March Public Forum topic: “Resolved: The United States should no longer pressure Israel to work toward … Continue reading
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Pollution and Politics for Cuban Embargo and Sugar Quotas
Ending the Cuba trade embargo would shift sugar production back to Cuba and away from ecologically fragile lands in the U.S. “Protect the Everglades, not sugar farmers,” (Florida Sun Sentinel, Feb 16, 2017) argues: Unfortunately, the most important state agency involved with Everglades restoration … Continue reading
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