1. Critical Approaches to the Topic
A Quick Introduction
Erik Mathis—SDI 2016

2. Purpose of today’s lecture
Not a discussion about K specifics
Intro to critical options for topic
Q & A

3. Why the Kritik (cont..) Kritiks don’t have uniqueness
The deep rooted history of the West and China.
Kritiks are generics and speak to larger them in the US vs China debate

4. Why the Kritik
1st- U/Q issues means hard to win DAs

5. Why the Kritik 2nd- The types of affirmatives
Anything could be diplomatic = lots of Affs

6. Why the Kritik (cont..)
Thus, all of these could be T

7. Why the Kritik (cont..)
3rd- The history of the China and the West

8. Critical IR/Security/Pan
Critical IR – Is a study of how we should act
Should we act based on how we want the world to be? Or how the world is?
Multiple link options- Because of multiple ways “states” interact with one another

9. Critical IR/Security/Pan (cont..)
Kritik of geopolitics: Also known as “states aren't real”.
Similar Security-K’s in its argumentation
Thesis– The nation-state was human created
By participating in the myth of the Nation-State

10. Critical IR/Security/Pan (cont..)
Places where this could potentially show up.
Aff’s that try to justify China as a threat

11. Critical IR/Security/Pan (cont..)
John Mearsheimer— is an American political scientist. He proposed the theory of offensive realism which the describes the interaction between great powers as a rationale desire to achieve hegemony.
Many scholars cite him as their justification for China threat rhetoric

12. Critical IR/Security/Pan (cont..)
For example: Ikenberry

13. Critical IR/Security/Pan (cont..)
Also Pan aka “knowing China-k”

14. Critical IR/Security/Pan (cont..)
How does this tie into Geopolitics?

15. Critical IR/Security/Pan (cont..)
The Pan—K aka Knowing China K
“Geopolitics of Fear and Fantasy”

16. Critical IR/Security/Pan (cont..)
The security-K
Preservation of the nation-state is paramount
That preservation produces violence intervention & oppression.
Security-K’s will be big

17. Critical IR/Security/Pan (cont..)
The Pan-k
Historical domination
Spanos/Edward Said-
Def of Orientalism- Said
“Orientalism is a style of thought based upon ontological and epistemological distinction made between "the Orient" and (most of the time) "the Occident." Thus a very large mass of writers, among who are poet, novelists, philosophers, political theorists, economists, and imperial administrators, have accepted the basic distinction between East and West as the starting point for elaborate accounts concerning the Orient, its people, customs, "mind," destiny, and so on”

18. Critical IR/Security/Pan (cont..)
The strength of the Pan-K

19. Cap Spoiler Alert!!!! Capitalism vs Neoliberalism
Hard to tell the difference

20. Cap (cont..)
Neolib is like Chocolate ice cream/Capitalism is like Vanilla ice cream.
Neoliib= deregulation/ but not full deregulation
90% neoliberal right now

21. Cap (cont..) Why does this matter for debate
How not to answer neoliberalism

22. HR promotion & Imperialism
This topic really is about human rights promotion vs imperialism vs cultural relativism- “West is best/colonialism”

23. HR promotion & Imperialism (cont...)