Lincoln-Douglas Debate Resources

Southern California's NFA-LD Site

Lafayette College Debate Camp Lecture Series

NFA Caselist Wiki

2008-2009 Resolution

RESOLVED: The United States Federal Government should substantially increase its constructive engagement with Cuba.

• Discussion of "Constructive Engagement" from the 2007 topic.
  Maffie, Michael and Steve Mancuso. "constructive engagement." Engaging the Middle East. Oxford, Ohio: Miami University, 2007. 104-106. Available online at http://www.cedatopic.com/Middle_East_07.pdf.
• Background on Cuba
• Council on Foreign Relations
• Libertad Act
• State Department Background
• Initiative for Cuba
• Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba
• CIA World Fact Book - Cuba
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  Hartford Web Publishing, World History Archives, "United States foreign policy toward Cuba"
• Schulz, Donald E. "The United States and Cuba: From a Strategy of Conflict to Constructive Engagement." Journal of Interamerican Studies 35 (1993): 81-102. Available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/165945.
• The Center for Democracy in the Americas
• SoCal-LD.net's Resources Page
• Lafayette College Debate Camp Evidence Packet
• Center of International Policy's Cuba Program

Flowsheets

• Legal (8-1/2" x 14")
• Letter (8-1/2" x 11")

Ballots

• Legal (8-1/2" x 14")
• Letter (8-1/2" x 11")

Rounds

• 9th Annual Star Invitational: Florida Community College at Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
  • Preliminary Round 3
    Texas Southern Andre Wagner (Neg) def. Florida Atlantic Robert Bruton (Aff)
    • Affirmative Constructive
    • Negative Cross-Examination
    • Negative Constructive
    • Affirmative Cross-Examination
    • First Affirmative Rebuttal
    • Negative Rebuttal
    • Second Affirmative Rebuttal