The September-October PF topic has been released — Resolved: Deployment of anti-missile systems is in South Korea’s best interest.
We have a number of resources to get you started with your preparations
Evidence
Free novice cases — Constructive speeches and key “Answers to” briefs. These are available to anyone with a free account on our site.
Novice cases and Started Packet by Bilal Butt. These are available to our subscribers.
Two core topic releases — One by Brian Manuel and the other by Stefan Bauschard. These files have been updated through August 8th! Brian has also combined these into a Master File
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37+ Cards for subscribers. This post is now updated daily, with 5-10 new cards for our subscribers each day.
Files Links —
Lectures
Our original Facebook Live topic lectures were view more than 1700 times!
General Topic Area Lecture — New Lecture 8/11
1 New Lecture — Intro to Korea and Missile Defense from Stefan Bauschard on Vimeo.
Missile Defense Specific Lecture — New Lecture 8/11
Lecture — The Korea missile defense debate, with a focus on THAAD from Stefan Bauschard on Vimeo.
Essays
As the Topic Turns — Developments in the topic based on current events
The H-Bomb, Sixth Nuclear Test, and Topic Developments
Why Missile Defense Fails
Why China is Not the Answer
Topic Intro
Topic Strategy
Topic Definitions and Topicality
What the missile launch over Japan means for the topic
What Attacking (or threatening to attack) North Korea is a terrible idea
The new Security Council resolution and what it means for the topic.
Answering the argument that THAAD causes arms races
Cayman’s original topic analysis
Staying on top of the Korean debate — what are the best websites to check for updates?
More coming soon!