February PF Brief (FREE)
The February 2019 Public Forum Debate topic is “Resolved: The United States should end its arms sales to Saudi Arabia.
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This brief includes 50 pieces of evidence to give you a running start on researching this topic. It’s best viewed in draft mode/layout with the navigation pane displayed (in your View menu). On PRO, we’ve provided evidence concerning the war in Yemen, larger conflicts in the Middle East, and human rights. On CON, we have evidence concerning Saudi nuclear proliferation, oil trade, counterterror efforts, and balancing Iranian influence in the region.
We want to remind readers about standard brief practice to get the most out of this file. Best practice is to use this as a guide for further research. Use the citations to locate the articles and read them for your own personal knowledge. You’ll find even better evidence that way. Remember, briefs can be a tremendous resource but you need to familiarize yourself with the underlying material first.
We’re always looking for ways to make the briefs better, so please, let us know what you think! This is our first PF brief in a while, so PF debaters, let us know what we can do to improve! And, if you use these briefs please help us direct other debaters to premierdebate.com/briefs where we will continue uploading .doc versions of the briefs.
If you like what we’re doing and these cards have been helpful to you, stay tuned for future announcements about Public Forum Debate on PremierDebate.com. We primarily work with LD debaters, but we have coaching resources for PF available and more PF offerings in the works.
Finally, we’d like to thank our researchers Peter Zhang, Amy Santos, Danny Li, Kevin Krotz, and members of the Loyola HS debate team for their help with compiling this file. This is some of the best, round-ready evidence you’ll see on the topic, and we couldn’t have done it without them!
