NFA+BP+Aff

= China DA = A. Uniqueness The US and China are in a period of relative stability giving them a better chance to deal with significant issues like Iran Bates **Gill** et. al, Senior Fellow at Center for Strategic and International Studies, January, 20**07**, p. [|http://www.csis.org/media/csis /pubs/chinainafrica.pdf]

China is to join the US in support for global security and prosperity. The U.S’s goal is to help China frame its choices, as China becomes world power. China is key on issues primarily on Iran nuclear stabilization (Thomas J. **Christensen,** Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, March 27, 20**07**,Statement Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment, [|http://www.state.gov/p/eap/rls /rm/2007/82276.htm]) B. link- China perceives Iran as an instrument to combat U.S. influence. The plan would force china to shift their stance in terms of world relations and aid Iran in proliferation. This leads to Iran power projection (**PINR**(Power and Interest News Report), October 6 20**06**, China and Iran Strengthen their Bilateral Relationship, [|http://www.pinr.com/report.php ?ac=view_report&report_id=455]) C. Internal Link -Influence is zero sum – the plan would diminish Chinese influence. **Lovelace** – **7** (Douglas, director of strategic studies institute, “Political Warfare in Sub-Saharan Africa”, March)

D. Impact - The risk of Iran nuclear transfer is a major concern (Dingli **Shen**, professor and executive dean at the Institute of International Studies and deputy director of the Center for American Studies at Fudan University in Shanghai, SPRING 20**06**, THE WASHINGTON QUARTERLY, Iran’s Nuclear AmbitionsTest China’s Wisdom, [|__http://www.twq.com/06spring /docs/06spr__] ng_shen.pdf)

Allowing Iran to acquire nuclear weapons will destabilize the world and lead to nuclear war **Reuters**, Tue Sep 25, 20**07**, Letting Iran go nuclear could cause war: Sarkozy, [|http://www.reuters.com/article /gc04/idUSN2537944920070925] = = = = = EU counterplan =

**Observation III: Solvency-**
**__European Union Development Policy__**, **__2006__** [Message from Commissioner Louis Michel]

**Observation IV: Net Benefit- Democracy** Andrew **__Moravcsik__** **__2005__** [Newsweek International, January 31, 2005 Dream On America, [|__http://www.commondreams.org /headlines05/0125-01.htm__] ] B. **US aid to Africa is a pretext for democracy promotion** Raymond W. **__Copson__** **__2005__** [Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division, May 10, 2005 Africa: U.S. Foreign Assistance Issues, [|http://fpc.state.gov/documents /organization/48443.pdf]]
 * 1) **Nations are modeling their democracies after Europe, not the United States**


 * 1) **EU has a divergent approach to democracy from the United States and they have empirically actively distanced themselves from US democracy promotion- it trades off with US approaches**

John **__Calabrese__** **__2005__**, [Book review editor at the Middle East Journal and assistant professor at American University, Mediterranean Quaterly, Freedom on the March in the Middle East—And Transatlantic Relations on a New Course? Project Muse]

**__The National Interest__ __2005__**, [Edward D. Mansfield & Jack Snyder, Winter 2005 Prone to Violence, Lexis]
 * 1) **Turns case and leads to global war and terrorism – the US approach is forced and too rapid**

**__Alexander 2003__** (Yonah, professor and director of the Inter-University for Terrorism Studies in Israel and the United States, August 28, The Washington Times l/n)
 * 1) **Terrorism culminates in extinction**

We also read eu soft power

Politics- Lost good RRW bad