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ADMIT RUSSIA TO THE WTO-NEG.....................................................................1
INHERENCY...........................................................................................................3
It’s about to be done… (Needs Ev.)........................................................................................................3
We already gave our support to Russian access to WTO as long as the protect IPR.............................3
The US supports Russia’s entry into the WTO.......................................................................................3
HARMS/ADVANTAGES.........................................................................................4
AT: “We need Russian trading so as to have a fall back from Arabian oil”............................................4
Energy dependence on Russia=Not cool.....................................................................................................4
Russia uses energy dependence as a weapon..........................................................................................4
AT: “We need Russian cooperation for security”.......................................................................................4

Russia=/=good security partner...................................................................................................................4
Russia’s political systems are “corrupt and brittle”, compromising security cooperation.....................4
Russia is hostile toward US security interests........................................................................................4
Russia is an aggressor that negatively intervenes in other nations.........................................................4
SOLVENCY............................................................................................................5
Russia doesn't want to be in the WTO....................................................................................................5
Russia no longer wants to be in the WTO if it has to comply with WTO rules.....................................5
AT: “Russian president says he wants to join the WTO” (text response)..............................................5
US Businesses are against Russia joining WTO… (Needs Ev.).............................................................6
US support won’t be enough for Russia to join… (Needs Ev.)..............................................................6
Obstacles:.........................................................................................................................................................6
IPR violations...............................................................................................................................................6
IPR violations stop Russia from joining the WTO.................................................................................6
IPR violations stop Russia from joining the WTO.................................................................................6
Georgia.........................................................................................................................................................7
The situation in Georgia blocks WTO membership...............................................................................7
The situation in Georgia blocks WTO membership...............................................................................7
Georgia (A WTO member) will block Russian membership unless they deny rights and self
determination to the people of South Ossetia.........................................................................................7
Georgia will block Russian WTO membership......................................................................................7
Other............................................................................................................................................................8
Russia has many policies that are not allowable under WTO rules........................................................8
DISADVANTAGES.................................................................................................9
DA 1) Rights violations ..................................................................................................................................9
Property right violations are a big problem in Russia which has cost the US tons of money, and it’s
not being punished..................................................................................................................................9
IPR violations are a huge problem in Russia and fuel organized crime.................................................9
Definition of IPR........................................................................................................................................10
Definition of IPR:..................................................................................................................................10
Definition of IPR:..................................................................................................................................10
AT: “Russia’s working on it” Humph.......................................................................................................10
Russia has failed to comply..................................................................................................................10
Enforcement by Russia fails and IPR violations thrive........................................................................11
AT: “Part IV of the Civil Code solved it”.............................................................................................11
AT: “The side letter to the November 19, 2006 Hanoi, Vietnam treaty solves it”...............................12
Intellectual Property Rights rock hardcore…(Needs Ev.).........................................................................12
IPR protection increases economic productivity by over 70%...(Needs better source since it was
copied from wikepedia, need to cut ev from footnoted article)............................................................12
KRITIK..................................................................................................................12
Democracy K.................................................................................................................................................12
Framework:................................................................................................................................................12
Link: ..........................................................................................................................................................13
Analysis/Impact: Undermines rule of law.................................................................................................13
Democracy is opposed to the Rule of Law...........................................................................................13
Alternative: Reject aff and uphold the Rule of Law..................................................................................13
America must uphold the rule of law....................................................................................................13
We Must Act Morally, Even If It Means Our Own Death....................................................................14
ADDITIONAL CREDENTIALS.............................................................................15
Credentials and members of the task force of the counsel of foreign relations....................................15
Inherency
It’s about to be done… (Needs Ev.)
(NOTE: Don’t run with Solv unless Inh card only says ‘WTO will allow Russia to join”,
then they wouldn’t contradict cause it would just be the aff plan in SQ without solvency.)
We already gave our support to Russian access to WTO as long as the protect IPR
Esprit Eugster [J.D. Candidate (2010), Washington University School of Law.], Published in the
Washington University Global Studies Law Review [9 Wash. U. Global Stud. L. Rev. 131],
January 1, 2010, "NOTE: EVOLUTION AND ENFORCEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW
IN RUSSIA" [Accessed via Lexis-Nexis] also available via the free library at
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Evolution+and+enforcement+of+intellectual+property+law+in+Russia.-
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“Until 2006, any legitimate attempts by Russia to join the WTO were blocked by the
United States, in part because of Russia's egregious intellectual property violations. (8)
On November 19, 2006, in Hanoi, Vietnam, a binding, bilateral WTO market access
agreement was signed by United States Trade Representative, Susan C. Schwab, and
Russian Minister of Trade and Economic Development, German Gref. (9) Included in
this agreement was a Side Letter concerning Russian implementation of key legislation
for the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights. (10)”
The US supports Russia’s entry into the WTO

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“After more than a decade of negotiations, the pressure put on Russia to improve its
intellectual property laws concluded in the signing of an over eight hundred-page
document in Hanoi, Vietnam on November 19, 2006 (intellectual property was not the
only focus). (97) This bilateral agreement has proven to be partially effective at inducing
Russia to continue raising enforcement standards, and as a result, the United States now
supports Russia's bid to enter the WTO. (98)”
Harms/Advantages
AT: “We need Russian trading so as to have a fall back from
Arabian oil”
Energy dependence on Russia=Not cool
Russia uses energy dependence as a weapon

The Counsel on Foreign Relations (See additional credentials) “Task Force Report: Russia's Wrong
Direction; What the United States Can and Should Do” March 2006
http://www.cfr.org/publication/9997/russias_wrong_direction.html
“Russia has used energy exports as a foreign policy weapon: intervening in Ukraine’s
politics, putting pressure on its foreign policy choices, and curtailing supplies to the rest
of Europe. The reassertion of government control over the Russian energy sector
increases the risk this weapon will be used again.”
AT: “We need Russian cooperation for security”

Russia=/=good security partner
Russia’s political systems are “corrupt and brittle”, compromising security

cooperation.
“Russian political institutions are becoming ‘corrupt and brittle.’ As a result, ‘Russia’s
capacity to address security concerns of fundamental importance to the United States and
its allies is reduced. And many kinds of cooperation—from securing nuclear materials to
intelligence sharing—are undermined.’”
Russia is hostile toward US security interests

“The Task Force finds ‘a seeming Russian effort to curtail U.S. and NATO military
access to Central Asian bases,’ a sign that Russia is retreating from the idea that ‘success
in Afghanistan serves a common interest.’”
Russia is an aggressor that negatively intervenes in other nations

“A country that has in the space of a single year supported massive fraud in the elections
of its largest European neighbor and then punished it for voting wrong by turning off its
gas supply has to be at least on informal probation at a meeting of the world’s industrial
democracies.”
Solvency
Russia doesn't want to be in the WTO
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"Unfortunately, once the agreement with the United States was made, Russia's accession
seems to have been blocked by a conflict with Georgia over trade and recognition of
territories. n102 Since there has been even more delay in their accession, Russian
politicians, Prime Minister Putin in particular, have said that Russia is no longer eager to
join the WTO and that it would instead be primarily a burden. n103 This also means, as
stated by Russian First Deputy Prime Minister, a "withdrawal from accords that
contradict its interests." n104 While this retreat from its previous position is primarily
over concerns with Georgia, n105 it may tempt Russian officials to again place
intellectual property enforcement on the backburner, allowing the corruption and apathy
of the past to again overshadow positive movements to join the international economic
community."
(OTHER THINGS TO NOTE: This is after the US agreement so even if the US is now ok
with them joining Russia doesn’t like us anymore because of our stance on Georgia.
Additionally: IPR may be put on back burner.)
(NOTE: If aff fiats Russia to join then pester them on theory (Limits, neg ground, utopian
fiat, etc) and K them for something along the lines of violation of self government etc…)
Russia no longer wants to be in the WTO if it has to comply with WTO rules
BBC News, 26 August 2008 “Doubts grow on Russia's WTO plans”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7582079.stm
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said he saw "no advantages" and "only burdens" to joining
the WTO, after warnings from the West about its conflict in Georgia.
AT: “Russian president says he wants to join the WTO” (text response)
Text of aff card= Russia's president Dimitry Medveded May 25, 2010 quoted by RIANOVOSTI
news (Russian news service), “Russia hopes for U.S. support in its WTO bid”
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20100525/159153402.html
“Russia's admission to the World Trade Organization would significantly alter the
general atmosphere. We would like this and we hope that the U.S. government, the U.S.
administration and business community will throw their support behind this idea, because
we are tired of sitting in the waiting room trying to join this organization,"
Responses:
1) Political infighting: There will be political infighting since many politicians
including the prime minister no longer wish to join and thus the aff can’t
guarantee solvency
2) Other barriers: Their card states that they need the support of US business; aff
has no fiat over this.
3) No solvency proof Their card never states that US support will lead to Russian
WTO status, it’s just a single politician stating his wishes.
4) Property rights violations: The same article that their card came from says:
RIANOVOSTI news (Russian news service), May 25, 2010 “Russia hopes for U.S. support in its
WTO bid” http://en.rian.ru/russia/20100525/159153402.html
“He [Russian president Dimitry Medveded] admitted Russia still had problems with
intellectual property rights protection, a major impediment to WTO accession”
US Businesses are against Russia joining WTO… (Needs Ev.)
US support won’t be enough for Russia to join… (Needs Ev.)
Obstacles:
IPR violations
IPR violations stop Russia from joining the WTO

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“Russia's ability to further join the international marketplace may be jeopardized by its
lax enforcement of intellectual property rights and legislation, which falls short of
international standards and treaties. (4) Russia has the dubious honor of being one of the
world's worst intellectual property offenders. (5) Russia's reluctance to protect and enforce
intellectual property rights forestalls its progress in several ways. For example, Russia has been
unsuccessful in its attempts to accede to the World Trade Organization ("WTO"), (6) and low investor
confidence in Russian protection of privately held intellectual property keeps many industries
underperforming.”
IPR violations stop Russia from joining the WTO

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“Until 2006, any legitimate attempts by Russia to join the WTO were blocked by the United
States, in part because of Russia's egregious intellectual property violations.”
Georgia
The situation in Georgia blocks WTO membership

The decision to formally recognise Abkhazia and South Ossetia has heightened tensions
with the West - prompting some WTO members to warn they will not allow Russia to
join until it pulls out of the region.
The situation in Georgia blocks WTO membership

"The West has been saying it won't allow Russia to join the WTO until it pulls out its
troops from Georgia," said Yevgeny Gavrilenkov, Troika Dialog investment bank's chief
economist. "Now (Russia is) virtually saying we don't want WTO membership on these
terms."
Georgia (A WTO member) will block Russian membership unless they deny rights
and self determination to the people of South Ossetia
BBC News, 26 August 2008
“Doubts grow on Russia's WTO plans” http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7582079.stm
Russia faces a further hurdle to joining the WTO from Georgia itself, which has
demanded Russia cease trading with the breakaway republics of South Ossetia and
Abkhazia. Georgia has been a member of the WTO since 2000.
Georgia will block Russian WTO membership

Daily news and economic review, August 6, 2010
“Tiny Georgia standing in way of Russian WTO bid” http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=tiny-
georgia-standing-in-way-of-russian-wto-bid-2010-08-06
Georgia is refusing to compromise in its opposition to Russia joining the World Trade
Organization, threatening to derail Moscow's efforts to finally become a member of the global trade
body.
As a WTO member, tiny ex-Soviet Georgia has the right to veto any new entrant and,
amid continued tensions after the 2008 Georgia-Russia war, analysts said Tbilisi is keen to use one of its
few levers of international influence over Moscow.
In an interview with Agence France-Presse, Prime Minister Nika Gilauri insisted Georgia will not drop
its demand that Russia allow Georgia to set up border checkpoints in the Russian-backed
breakaway Georgian regions, despite a recent joint commitment from Moscow and Washington to
see Russia join the WTO within the coming months.
"We have only one demand and this is the only demand we have always put in front of the WTO and in
front of Russia... And this only demand is to have customs checkpoints on the Russian-Georgian borders,"
Gilauri said.
Asked if Georgia would be willing to compromise, he said: "This is the only demand that we have.... Ask
our [Russian] counterparts."
"If our demand were satisfied, we would love to see Russia join the WTO," he said, adding that entry
would put pressure on Moscow to lift trade embargoes on Georgia.
Georgia's demand that Russia allow jointly controlled checkpoints in the breakaway
regions – at the Psou River border crossing in Abkhazia and the Roki Tunnel in South Ossetia – is all
but impossible since Moscow recognized both regions as independent states after the war
Other
Russia has many policies that are not allowable under WTO rules
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7582079.stm [NOTE: context is spec to WTO]
Russia's accession to the trade bloc has been delayed by a number of issues, including
rules governing Russian state monopolies such as Gazprom, export taxes, and agricultural
subsidies.
IMPACT: rule of law K
Disadvantages
DA 1) Rights violations
(You could C-apply under solvency; Respecting IPR is necessary for WTO status)
Property right violations are a big problem in Russia which has cost the US tons of
money, and it’s not being punished.
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“Despite evolving legislation and increasing numbers of police raids, losses due to piracy
are still growing. (85) It is estimated that U.S. industries lost $1.430 billion to Russian
piracy in 2007, and $1.955 billion in 2006. (86) Though the numbers of raids have increased over
the past several years, (87) the percentage of criminal penalties following these raids remains low. (88)
Criminal trials against intellectual property violators are needed. Instead of criminal penalties, sanctions
have been primarily civil or administrative penalties, with few offenders facing heavy fines or jail time.
(89) Furthermore, despite the growing number of raids, (90) the capacity to produce pirated optical
discs continues to rise, (91) some of the production of which occurs on state-owned
property. (92) “The Russian market has not grown in proportion to the increasing capacity
to produce pirated materials, which indicates that pirated goods made in Russia do not
always stay in Russia. (93) Further, the international implications of the volume of pirated
goods produced reflect an increased involvement by organized crime and its increased
revenue, without corresponding criminal penalties to compensate for the lucrative, yet
economically damaging, enterprise. (94) It is important for Russian courts to demonstrate
that intellectual property rights enforcement is a priority. Without judicial support,
political and police efforts will be without force.”
IPR violations are a huge problem in Russia and fuel organized crime
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“Russia's losses due to intellectual property violations are not confined to those
associated with foreign relations. (22) Reports suggest that Russia loses $823 million in
taxes and thousands of jobs because legitimate markets are replaced by markets for
pirated goods. (23) Also, a high percentage of Russia's pirated goods and piracy
operations are controlled by organized crime. (24) It is thought that piratical activities
create as much revenue for organized crime groups as the trafficking of illegal drugs.25 In
order to have a real impact on the activities of organized criminal groups, strong stances are needed both in
legislation and enforcement. Local authorities must be willing to withstand corruption and exercise
vigilance in gathering evidence against leaders of these syndicates. Above this, Russian courts need to be
willing to impose deterrent penalties in terms of fines and jail time for owners of facilities that produce
pirated material. Until there are strong deterrents against intellectual property violations,
organized crime will continue to profit from piracy.
Russia's ability to join the world marketplace has important implications for the United States as well. With
acceptable intellectual property rights protection, Russia's legitimate entertainment and business market
will expand. Counterfeit items currently comprise up to eighty percent of markets in major
Russian cities, leaving little market space for legitimate products.”
(NOTE: SQ policy better, if they enforce IPR then we support their bid and their market
will expand, but we would be supporting organized crime to allow them in without the
SQ caveat)
Definition of IPR
Definition of IPR:
The Free Dictionary ©2010 by Farlex, inc.
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Intellectual+property+rights
“Intellectual property (IP) is a legal field that refers to creations of the mind such as
musical, literary, and artistic works; inventions; and symbols, names, images, and designs
used in commerce, including copyrights, trademarks, patents, and related rights. Under
intellectual property law, the holder of one of these abstract "properties" has certain
exclusive rights to the creative work, commercial symbol, or invention by which it is
covered.”
Definition of IPR:
“Intellectual property rights are a bundle of exclusive rights over creations of the mind,
both artistic and commercial. The former is covered by copyright laws, which protect
creative works such as books, movies, music, paintings, photographs, and software and
gives the copyright holder exclusive right to control reproduction or adaptation of such
works for a certain period of time.[1]
The second category is collectively known as "industrial properties", as they are typically
created and used for industrial or commercial purposes. A patent may be granted for a
new, useful, and non-obvious invention, and gives the patent holder a right to prevent
others from practicing the invention without a license from the inventor for a certain
period of time. A trademark is a distinctive sign which is used to prevent confusion
among products in the marketplace.”
AT: “Russia’s working on it” Humph
Russia has failed to comply.


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“Until 2006, any legitimate attempts by Russia to join the WTO were blocked by the United States, in part
because of Russia's egregious intellectual property violations. (8) On November 19, 2006, in Hanoi,
Vietnam, a binding, bilateral WTO market access agreement was signed by United States
Trade Representative, Susan C. Schwab, and Russian Minister of Trade and Economic Development,
German Gref. (9) [Representatives] Included in this agreement was a Side Letter concerning
Russian implementation of key legislation for the protection and enforcement of
intellectual property rights. (10)
Unfortunately, however, Russia has failed to meet the requirements of this Side Letter.
While the country has made many amendments to its intellectual property legislation, (11) there are still
glaring deficiencies in its legal scheme. Moreover, despite enhanced police and agency
enforcement, Russian courts remain notoriously reluctant to engage in decisions
regarding intellectual property violations. (12) Despite seizures of goods and arrests,
charges are seldom pursued to conviction, offenders are often freed only to resume
pirating activities, and illegal copies are returned to the streets for sale.”
Enforcement by Russia fails and IPR violations thrive

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“However, until enforcement of intellectual property rights is effective enough to actually
deter offenders, these legal reforms will be little more than lip service to the international
community and violations will continue, costing local and foreign markets billions of
dollars while funding organized crime.”
AT: “Part IV of the Civil Code solved it”

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“The most notable and recent reform was the adoption of Part IV of the Civil Code ("Part
IV"), which was signed on December 19, 2006 and went into force on January 1, 2008.
This legislation replaced the then existing Russian intellectual property rights regime.
(78) However, after years of international pressure to improve intellectual property right
protection, the enactment of Part IV left many unsatisfied, citing difficulties in amending
the Civil Code and Russia's continual lack of compliance with international treaties. (79)
There is also concern that under Part IV, criminal remedies will continue to be avoided in
favor of pertinent administrative fines and, when coupled with the still limited nature of
civil remedies, progress made in the adequate enforcement of these new laws will be
limited. (80) This concern is even greater when dealing with the organized crime aspect
of piracy. (81)”
AT: “The side letter to the November 19, 2006 Hanoi, Vietnam treaty solves it”
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“Despite some movement toward implementing the policies outlined in the Side Letter,
there still remains much to be done, and some of the progress is less hopeful than it
would initially seem. (99) Also, the June 1, 2007 deadlines were not met for many of the
aspects of the agreement, including optical disc production and criminal law
enforcement.”
Intellectual Property Rights rock hardcore…(Needs Ev.)
IPR protection increases economic productivity by over 70%...(Needs better source

since it was copied from wikepedia, need to cut ev from footnoted article)
“Economists estimate that two-thirds of the value of large businesses in the U.S. can be
traced to intangible assets. Likewise, industries which rely on IP protections are estimated
to produce 72 percent more value per added employee than non-IP industries. [2]”
[2]: ^ Economic Effects of Intellectual Property-Intensive Manufacturing in the United
States, Robert Shapiro and Nam Pham, July 2007
(Other arg could just be deontological in nature, basically, we do it could it is right

rather than using pragmatics.)
Kritik
Democracy K
Framework:
You ought to be able to wing this, but just in case you can’t here’s a framework by Will
Malson that ought to work:
“Judge, no matter who wins this round, the world of domestic policy is no different.
Whether you cast your vote for AFF or NEG, in reality, nothing changes. But actions in
this round, the words we use, & most importantly, the mindsets we knowingly or
unknowingly advocate DO have an impact on the real world, so we should weigh those a
priori.”
Link:
Aff says the reason to put Russia on the WTO is so that there will be better representation
of the worlds economies and populations so as to make things more fair and democratic
(Might ought to get a link in cx, something like: “So is the/a main reason to make the
WTO more democratic by better representing the world economy?”).
Analysis/Impact: Undermines rule of law

When we value democracy we allow what people want or wish to take precedent over the
rule of law and what is truly right.
Democracy is opposed to the Rule of Law

Doug Hammerstrom (J.D. Active Attorney) “The Rule Of Law versus Democracy” published in By
What Authority (Vol. 5, No. 1 -- Winter 2002) http://www.ratical.com/corporations/RoLvDem.html
“We who seek to build democracy must not be bound by the false assertion that the rule
of law is democratic. A re-examination of history teaches us that our powerful legal
system is a massive fortress against popular sovereignty.”
We see this explicitly in the aff case where they are willing to ignore Russia’s non
conformance with the rule of law (not protecting IPR, subsidies/tariffs, energy
dependence as a weapon, etc,) in order to make to WTO more ‘democratic’, by doing so
they set aside the rule of law and encourage others to break the rule of law if doing so
would lead to an accurate “representation’ of the peoples will.
Alternative: Reject aff and uphold the Rule of Law

We don’t want wrongdoing and violation of law represented and elevated to a position of
prominence instead we urge you to reject the affirmative and uphold the rule of law: as
Professor Barry Kellman noted:
America must uphold the rule of law

Barry Kellman, Professor of international law (at the DePaul University College of Law), Duke Law
Journal, December 1989, p. 1597-1602
America must uphold its historical commitment to be a nation of law. Our strength grows
from the resolve to subject military force to constitutional authority. [He goes on to
state] The very underpinnings of constitutional governance are threatened by those who
contend that the rule of law weakens the execution of military policy. Their argument -- that because
our adversaries are not restricted by our Constitution, we should become more like our
adversaries to secure ourselves -- cannot be sustained if our tradition of adherence to the
rule of law is to be maintained. To the contrary, the judiciary must be willing to demand
adherence to legal principles by assessing responsibility.
We Must Act Morally, Even If It Means Our Own Death

Watson, philosophy professor, (at Washington University), “WORLD HUNGER AND MORAL
OBLIGATION”, 1977, pp. 118-9.
One may even have to sacrifice one’s life or one’s nation to be moral in situations where
practical behavior would preserve it. For example, if a prisoner of war undergoing torture
is to be a (perhaps dead) patriot even when reason tells him that collaboration will hurt no
one, he remains silent. [He goes on to state]. That an action is necessary to save one’s
life is no excuse for behaving unpatriotically or immorally if one wishes to be a patriot or
moral. No principle of morality absolves one of behaving immorally simply to save one’s
life or nation. There is a strict analogy here between adhering to moral principles for the
sake of being moral, and adhering to Christian principles for the sake of being Christian.
The moral world contains pits and lions, but one looks always to the highest light. The
ultimate test always harks back to the highest principle – recant or die – and it is pathetic
to profess morality if one quits when the going gets rough.
Additional credentials
Credentials and members of the task force of the counsel of foreign relations
The Counsel on Foreign Relations “members of the task force”
Stephen E. Biegun is the Vice President for International Governmental Affairs at Ford
Motor Company. He formerly served as the National Security Adviser to Senate Majority
Leader Bill Frist. He worked in the White House from 2001 to 2003 as Executive
Secretary of the National Security Council and before that served for fourteen years as a
foreign policy adviser to members of both the House of Representatives and the Senate.
From 1992 to 1994, he was the Resident Director in the Russian Federation for the
International Republican Institute.
Coit D. Blacker is Director of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and
the Olivier Nomellini Family University Fellow in Undergraduate Education at Stanford
University. He also serves as Cochair for Stanford’s International Initiative. During the
first Clinton administration, he served as Special Assistant to the President for National
Security Affairs and Senior Director for Russian, Ukrainian, and Eurasian Affairs on the
staff of the National Security Council.
Robert D. Blackwill joined Barbour Griffith and Rogers International as President in
November 2004, after serving as Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National
Security Adviser for Strategic Planning under President George W. Bush. He also served
as Presidential Envoy to Iraq, as the Bush administration’s coordinator for U.S. policies
regarding Afghanistan and Iran, and as U.S. Ambassador to India. Prior to that, he was
the Belfer Lecturer in International Security at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy
School of Government.
Antonina W. Bouis is a consultant on cultural affairs involving Russia for businesses,
museums, and nongovernmental organizations. The founding Executive Director of the
Soros Foundations (1987-92), she is Vice President of the Andrei Sakharov Foundation
and a member of the advisory board of American Friends of the Tretyakov Gallery and
the PENTranslation Committee.
Mark F. Brzezinski is a partner at the law firm of McGuireWoods LLP, where he
manages the international law practice in Washington, DC. He served on the National
Security Council staff in the Clinton administration, and from 1999 to 2000 served as its
Director for Russia and Eurasia.
Richard R. Burt serves as Chairman of Diligence Inc., an international business
intelligence and risk advisory services firm. He is also a Senior Adviser to the Center for
Strategic and International Studies. He was U.S. Ambassador to the Federal Republic of
Germany from 1985 to 1989 and, prior to this, he worked at the State Department as
Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs. From 1977 to 1980, he
worked in Washington as the national security correspondent for the New York Times.
(List of people/creds continues on the next page)
John Edwards, cochair of the Task Force, is the Director of the Center on Poverty,
Work, and Opportunity at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He
represented North Carolina in the Senate from 1999 to 2005. In 2004, he was chosen as
the Democratic nominee for Vice President of the United States.
Robert J. Einhorn is Senior Adviser at the International Security Program of the Center
for Strategic and International Studies. Previously, he served in the U.S. Department of
State for twenty-nine years, and from 1999 to 2001, he was Assistant Secretary of State
for Nonproliferation.
John Lewis Gaddis is the Robert A. Lovett Professor at Yale University, where he
teaches Cold War history, grand strategy, and biography.
John A. Gordon served as the president’s Homeland Security Adviser, as the Deputy
National Security Adviser for Counterterrorism, and as the National Director for
Counterterrorism. A retired U.S. Air Force General, he was Undersecretary of Energy
and the first administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration. He has also
served as Deputy Director of Central Intelligence and spent thirty-two years in the Air
Force with a concentration on research and development, strategic planning, missile and
space operations, intergovernmental operations, and international negotiations.
James A. Harmon is Chairman of Harmon and Co., a financial advisory firm, and
Chairman of the World Resources Institute, a global policy and research institution. He is
also a Senior Adviser to the Rothschild Group, a global corporate advisory firm. He was
Chairman and CEO of the U.S. Export-Import Bank from 1997 to 2001. From 1974 to
1986, he was a Partner of Wertheim and Co. (an investment bank) and was Chairman and
CEO of Wertheim Schroder from 1986 to 1996. He is also a member of the boards of
directors of a number of companies.
Steven E. Hellman is the Chairman and Cofounder of OILspace, a web-based
technology solutions provider for the international oil industry. He also cofounded one of
the world’s largest physical oil-trading companies, a real estate investment company
operating in Russia and the United States, and a mortgage securitization company.
Fiona Hill is a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC. She was
previously Director of Strategic Planning at the Eurasia Foundation. From 1991 to 1999,
she held various positions at Harvard University, including Associate Director of the
Strengthening Democratic Institutions Project at the John F. Kennedy School of
Government, Director of Harvard’s Project on Ethnic Conflict in the former Soviet
Union, and Coordinator of Harvard’s Trilateral Study on Japanese-Russian-U.S.
Relations.
Jack Kemp, cochair of the Task Force, is Founder and Chairman of Kemp Partners, a
strategic consulting firm that seeks to provide clients with strategic counsel, relationship
development, and marketing advice in helping them accomplish business and policy
objectives. From January 1993 until July 2004, he was Codirector of Empower America,
a Washington, DC-based public policy and advocacy organization he cofounded with
William Bennett and Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick. Prior to that, he served as Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development and represented New York in the House of
Representatives for eighteen years. In 1996, he received the Republican Party’s
nomination for Vice President of the United States.
(List of people/creds continues on the next page)
Clifford A. Kupchan is Director for Europe and Eurasia at the Eurasia Group, the
political risk consultancy. Previously, he served as Vice President of the Nixon Center,
and before that worked on Russian affairs at the U.S. Department of State.
Jessica T. Mathews is President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace,
which in addition to its Washington, DC, headquarters, maintains a forty-person office in
Russia: the Carnegie Moscow Center. Previously, she worked on Capitol Hill, in two
presidential administrations, as a member of the Editorial Board and as a columnist for
the Washington Post, and for ten years as Vice President and Director of Research at the
World Resources Institute.
Michael A. McFaul is the Peter and Helen Bing Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution,
where he codirects the Iran Democracy Project. He is also the Director of the Center on
Democracy, Development, and Rule of Law at the Freeman Spogli Institute and an
Associate Professor of Political Science at Stanford University. He is also a nonresident
Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Mark C. Medish is a partner at the law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld LLP in
Washington, DC, and a Visiting Scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace. He served on the staff of the National Security Council as Senior Director for
Russian, Ukrainian, and Eurasian Affairs from 2000 to 2001, and worked at the
Department of the Treasury as Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Affairs from
1997 to 2000. He also served as a Senior Advisor at the U.S. Agency for International
Development and the United Nations Development Programme from 1994 to 1996. Prior
to that, he practiced law at Covington and Burling.
Stephen Sestanovich, director of the Task Force, is the George F. Kennan Senior Fellow
for Russian and Eurasian Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. He is also Kathryn
and Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of International Diplomacy at Columbia University.
From 1997 to 2001, he served as Ambassador-at-Large and Special Adviser to the
Secretary of State for the Newly Independent States.
David R. Slade is a Project Finance Partner in the New York office of Allen and Overy,
an international law firm. He focuses on oil and gas and other natural-resource and
energy-infrastructure projects in the states of the former Soviet Union, frequently acting
for the U.S. Export-Import Bank and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. He
and his firm have worked on the Russian Oil and Gas Framework Agreement, the
Vysotsk oil terminal, the Caspian oil pipeline, the Kovyka gas pipeline, the Sakhalin oil
projects, and the Azeri early oil and BTC pipeline projects, among others.
Walter B. Slocombe is a member of the Washington, DC, law firm of Caplin and
Drysdale, Chartered. He has held a variety of senior positions in the Department of
Defense, including Undersecretary of Defense for Policy from 1994 to 2001. During
May-November 2003, he worked in Baghdad as the Coalition Provisional Authority’s
Senior Adviser for National Security and Defense. He has also served on the Presidential
Commission on Intelligence Capabilities Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction.
Strobe Talbott is President of the Brookings Institution. He served as Deputy Secretary
of State from 1994 to 2001 and, before that, as Ambassador-at-Large and Special Adviser
to the Secretary of State for the Newly Independent States. He has written several books
on U.S.-Soviet relations, as well as The Russia Hand: A Memoir of Presidential
Diplomacy. (List of people/creds continues on the next page)
Judyth L. Twigg is Associate Professor and Associate Director at the L. Douglas Wilder
School of Government and Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University. Her
work focuses on issues of health, demographic change, and health care reform in Russia.
She has been a consultant to the World Bank, the U.S. government, and several leading
nongovernmental and research organizations.
Margaret D. Williams directs the World Wildlife Fund’s Bering Sea Program and
Russia projects. She serves as the Chair of the WWF’s Arctic team and is also editor of
Russian Conservation News, a quarterly journal. Previously, she served as a consultant to
the World Bank on biodiversity projects in Central Asia and Macedonia.
Dov S. Zakheim is Vice President of Booz Allen Hamilton, a global strategy and
technology consulting firm. From 2001 to 2004, he served as the Undersecretary of
Defense (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer for the Department of Defense. He
previously served as Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Planning and Resources
(1985-87).

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Admit Russia to the WTO-Neg

ADMIT RUSSIA TO THE WTO-NEG.....................................................................1

AT: “We need Russian cooperation for security”.......................................................................................4

The US supports Russia’s entry into the WTO

Russia uses energy dependence as a weapon

AT: “We need Russian cooperation for security”

Russia’s political systems are “corrupt and brittle”, compromising security

Russia is hostile toward US security interests

Russia is an aggressor that negatively intervenes in other nations

US Businesses are against Russia joining WTO… (Needs Ev.)

US support won’t be enough for Russia to join… (Needs Ev.)

IPR violations stop Russia from joining the WTO

IPR violations stop Russia from joining the WTO

The situation in Georgia blocks WTO membership

The situation in Georgia blocks WTO membership

Georgia will block Russian WTO membership

AT: “Russia’s working on it” Humph

Russia has failed to comply.

January 1, 2010, "NOTE: EVOLUTION AND ENFORCEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

Enforcement by Russia fails and IPR violations thrive

AT: “Part IV of the Civil Code solved it”

Intellectual Property Rights rock hardcore…(Needs Ev.)

IPR protection increases economic productivity by over 70%...(Needs better source

(Other arg could just be deontological in nature, basically, we do it could it is right

Analysis/Impact: Undermines rule of law

Democracy is opposed to the Rule of Law

Alternative: Reject aff and uphold the Rule of Law

America must uphold the rule of law

We Must Act Morally, Even If It Means Our Own Death

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