Tournament: Navy | Round: Finals | Opponent: Liberty CW | Judge: Lindsey Shook, DJ Spiker, Tom OGorman

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Securitization excludes the gender from its concern, despite the many gendered implications of war and peace.

Tickner 01, Professor of International Relations, ’01
(Ann, Gendering World Politics: Issues and Approaches in the Post-Cold War Era, pg 33, RSF)

Security specialists in universities and research institutions played an important role in designing U.
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To the mainstream, they often appear to be outside traditional disciplinary boundaries.
I begin this chapter by overviewing traditional thinking on security, most of which is
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these unhelpful dichotomies and contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of security issues.

====The Alternative is to reject the affirmative as an intellectual refusal of androcentric thought ====
Peterson 92 ~V. Spike Peterson, "Gendered States: Feminist (re)visions of International Relations Theory", 1992, http://www.questia.com/read/98189720?title=Gendered20States3a20Feminist2028Re29Visions20of20International20Relations20Theory~~23~~
Attempts to rectify this systematic exclusion of women constitute a second "moment" in
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," everyday practices and women’s activities—especially when differentiated by class, ethnicity

War is the inevitable result of the rigid accounts of gender the aff deploys.

Workman 96, Assistant Professor of Political Science University of New Brunswick, ’96
(Thom, Univ. New Brunswic Publications, "Pandora’s Sons: The Nominal Paradox of Patriarchy and War " Jan. 96, Accessed 7-1-9)

The gender critique of war provides a generalized account of wars and the way they
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Carol Cohn’s recounting of the musings of a white male physicist is telling:

Tournament: West Conn | Round: 1 | Opponent: ALL | Judge: Everyone

Politics – 1NC

No Sanctions- Obama PC is key to prevent nuclear Iran and war

Raju and Everett 2/6 Bill Clinton, AIPAC urge delay on Iran sanctions, MANU RAJU and BURGESS EVERETT, 2/6/14, http://www.politico.com/story/2014/02/bill-clinton-iran-sanctions-103219.html

The White House’s push to delay an Iran sanctions vote got a big boost this
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war, equally unacceptable. We have to give these negotiations a chance."

Fights over war powers devastate Obama’s Iran strategy

Lawrence J. Haas 13 is former communications director for Vice President Gore, writes widely on foreign affairs and is author of "Sound the Trumpet: The United States and Human Rights Promotion."  "President-Congress Clash Over Iran Sanctions Won’t Serve U.S. Interests," 12-12-13, http://www.ibtimes.com/president-congress-clash-over-iran-sanctions-wont-serve-us-interests-1507102, DOA: 1-30-14, y2k

A congressional push for more sanctions against Iran raises a difficult question related to the
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. That won’t do his successor, or the nation, any good. 

Nuclear war

Edelman et al 11 The Dangers of a Nuclear Iran, The Limits of Containment, Eric S. Edelman, Andrew F. Krepinevich Jr, and Evan Braden Montgomery JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2011, ERIC S. EDELMAN is a Distinguished Fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments; he was U.S. Undersecretary of Defense for Policy in 2005-9. ANDREW F. KREPINEVICH is President of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. EVAN BRADEN MONTGOMERY is a Research Fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/67162/eric-s-edelman-andrew-f-krepinevich-jr-and-evan-braden-montgomer/the-dangers-of-a-nuclear-iran

Yet this view is far too sanguine. Above all, it rests on the
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capabilities, raising the possibility of a highly unstable regional nuclear arms race.