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2022-23 Resolution

Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its security cooperation with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in one or more of the following areas: artificial intelligence, biotechnology, cybersecurity.

2022-23 Debate Resources

Novice case areas for the 2022-2023 Policy Debate Topic:

• Artificial Intelligence: Restrict development and/or use of Lethal Autonomous Weapons (LAWs)

• Biotechnology: Ban the use of germline genetic engineering in humans

• Biotechnology: Substantially increase funding for vaccine research

• Cyber: Ban offensive cyber operations

2022-23 Topic Resources

Podcasts - NATO in general

• Stuff You Should Know - What’s NATO All About?

• Why It Matters - The One Where We Talk About NATO at a Party

• YouTube - History of NATO

• WSJ YouTube - How Finland and Sweden Would Transform NATO’s Military Capabilities

Genetic Engineering

• Top 10 CRISPR Podcasts Every Scientist (& Non-Scientist) Will Love

• Antibodies Part 1: CRISPR

Vaccine Research

• Vaccines 101

• Vaccine Media Recommendations — Podcasts, Books, and Videos

• TedTalk: How CRISPR lets us edit our DNA

Readings - NATO

• What is NATO? (Council on Foreign Relations)

• Summary of the NATO Artificial Intelligence Strategy

Readings - Cyber

• The Role of Offensive Cyber Operations in NATO’s Collective Defence

• Pressing Questions: Offensive Cyber Operations and NATO Strategy

• NATO Allies’ Offensive Cyber Policy: A Growing Divide?

• Cyber Defense (NATO)

Readings - Lethal Autonomous Weapons

• Killer Robots Are Here — and We Need to Regulate Them

• Building Principles for Lawful Cyber Lethal Autonomous Weapons

• Predictability, Distinction & Due Care in the use of Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems

Novice Resources

Where should I go to learn about debate?

Textbooks

• Policy Debate (Allison Hahn, Taylor Ward Hahn, Marie-Odile N. Hobeika)

• The “How to” of Debate (T. Russell Hanes)

• Minnesota Debate Manual

• Debate 101 (NAUDL)

Presentations

• Intro to CX debate 1 and Intro to CX debate 2 (Minnesota Urban Debate League)

• What is an argument?

YouTube

• Policy Debate v. Public Speaking

• Novice Series (Playlist)

• Intro to Debate Part I

• Intro to Debate Part 2

• The Format of Debate

• Common Novice Mistakes

Additional Resources

Affirmatives

• How to Be Aff Part 1

• How to Be Aff Part 2

• How to Be Aff Part 3

• Answering the Neg - Cheat Sheet

Negative

• How to Be Negative Part 1

• How to Be Negative Part 2

• How to Be Negative Part 3

Cross Examination

• Cross-Ex: The Basics

• Cross-Ex: Conquering Cross-Ex

Topicality

• Topicality - The Basics

• Topicality - How to Run T

• Topicality - Developing T

• Topicality Lecture (Notes)

Disadvantages

• Intro to Disadvantages

• Disadvantages - The Basics

• Disadvantages - DA in Debates

• Disadvantages - Aff Answers

• Answering Disadvantages

• How to Prep a DA

• Federalism DA

• Politics DA - Aff and Neg

• Politics DA - The File

• Politics DA - Neg

Counterplans

• Introductions to Counterplans Part 1

• Introductions to Counterplans Part 2

• Introductions to Counterplans Part 3

• Introductions to Counterplans Part 4

• How to Prep a CP File

• CP Theory File (Eric Atcheson)

Kritiks

• Introduction to the Kritik

• Kritiks

• Answering Kritiks

• K Lecture Notes (Word Doc)

• General K Answers (Planet Debate)

• Non Traditional, Performance, and Kritikal Affirmatives

Evidence and Card Cutting

• Why Research is Important

• How to Cut a Card

• Card Formatting (Word Doc)

• How to Download and Install Verbatim

• How to Use Verbatim to Cut Cards

• Evidence and Reasoning Handout (Boston Debate League)

• Critiquing the News

Demo debates & Flowing practice

• Flowing in Debate

• Demo Debate with Flow

• Advanced Demo Debate

Speaking Skills and Drills

Skills:

• Impact Calc

• Final Rebuttals

• Speaker Points Do’s and Don’ts

Drills:

• Impact Calc (Worksheet)

• Refutation Handout (Worksheet)

Preparation

• Using Judges’ Feedback

• Preparing for Tournaments

Tournaments

• Competing on Speechwire

• Viewing your ballots

Self Care

• Debate and Angst-iety

• Emotional Impact of Debate

• Novices- I’m Overwhelmed! (Checklist)

College Help

• The College Process