Pro Rebuttal Blocks
AT: Russia will lash out militarily –
AT: Russia won’t cooperate on Syrian
AT: Russia won’t cooperate on Afghanistan
AT: Russia will cut-off energy supplies to the Baltics
AT: Russia will cut-off energy supplies to Europe
AT: General US-Russian relations impacts
AT: US-Russian arms race
AT: Russia will invade the Ukraine
AT: Military Bases support sexual exploitation
AT: Military bases and movements hurt the environment
AT: Baltic should defend themselves
AT: Europe should defend itself –
AT: NATO Bad
AT: Better to focus on defending Asia/vs China
AT: Economic Decline Stops Russian Aggression
AT: US Hegemony Bad
AT: Increased security commitments drive Russia & China into an alliance
Con Rebuttal Blocks
AT: Russia threat to the Baltics
AT: Russia threat (general)
AT: Russia cyber threat
AT: Russia grey zone warfare
AT: Increased defense commitments solves Russia threat
AT: Need to improve air defenses
AT: Need to improve sea defenses
AT: Trades-off with military resources needed against China
AT: Trades-off with military resources needed to fight terrorism
AT: Need to Protect/Spread Democracy – J
AT: Need to Increase Foreign Investment
AT: Need to strengthen general credibility of our alliances
AT: Hegemony good
AT: Need to boost NATO credibility post-Afghanistan