AFFIRMATIVE

Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening my most esteemed attendees, for today’s
motion we have “As Joe Biden, This House Would aggressively re-establish and seek for closer
ties with Middle East in order to counter China current foreign policy” .

On March 6, 2023, China has brokered a discussion between representatives from Iran and
Saudi Arabia in Beijing to decide the diplomatic relations between the two countries.After seven
years of hostility towards each other, whether in military or diplomatic, the two gulf powers
agreed to work toward resolving their disagreements based on a set of international rules and two
bilateral agreements signed in 1998 and 2001.

Many questions and assumptions have sparked regarding this information, some condone while
others spurn.Such reaction is acceptable as it is a very important news yet very shocking.But
mainly As Joe Biden, we would present to you a few arrangements of arguments as of to why
our decision to seek closer ties with Middle Eastern Countries, especially Saudi Arabia, will
benefit both parties.

Of course such decision wouldn’t have been made if it weren’t going to bring benefits to the
table, Therefore we are giving you three main point of arguments so you can get a general idea
why this is necessary to be done.

This house’s first point , the US can offer assistance in many sectors, especially in security, for
over seventy years, the US and Saudi Arabia have maintained a close alliance based on an
exchange of security for oil. Saudi Arabia is the United States’ largest foreign military sales (FMS)
customer, with more than $100 billion in active FMS cases. Through FMS, the United States has
supported three key security assistance organizations in Saudi Arabia—the Ministry of Defense, the
National Guard, and the Ministry of Interior. Since the 1950s, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has
also played a vital role in military and civilian construction in Saudi Arabia.With such bond and
mutualism,

This house’s second point , both Saudi Arabia and The United States share a mutualistic symbiosis
towards each other in aspect of economics. The United States is Saudi Arabia’s second largest
trading
partner, and Saudi Arabia is one of the United States’ largest trading partners in the Middle East.
Saudi
Arabia is the third leading source of imported oil for the United States, providing about half a million
barrels per day of oil to the U.S. market. The United States and Saudi Arabia have signed a Trade
Investment Framework Agreement.
This house’s third and last point , is The United States and Saudi Arabia also enjoy robust cultural
and educational ties with tens of thousands of Saudi students studying in U.S. colleges and
universities and scores of educational and cultural exchange visitors each year. The United States
also provides promising youth and emerging Saudi leaders the opportunity to experience the United
States and its institutions through the International Visitor Leadership Program and various other
exchange programs.This can then improve the relationship between the two countries, both sharing
different ideologies and cultures to one another.

Our main conclusion is that the US and Middle East have had such a long partnership which benefits
us both, and despite the many misunderstandings that have occurred in the past, there ‘s still time to
reach a better understanding between each other to work together again in the future.Hence why we
are looking forward to establish closer ties with Middle Eastern Countries.
 OPPOSITION

Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening my most esteemed attendees, for today’s
motion we have “As Joe Biden, This House Would aggressively re-establish and seek for closer
ties with Middle East in order to counter China current foreign policy” .

On March 6, 2023, China has brokered a discussion between representatives from Iran and
Saudi Arabia in Beijing to decide the diplomatic relations between the two countries.After seven
years of hostility towards each other, whether in military or diplomatic, the two gulf powers
agreed to work toward resolving their disagreements based on a set of international rules and two
bilateral agreements signed in 1998 and 2001.

Many questions and assumptions have sparked regarding this information, some condone while
others spurn.Such reaction is acceptable as it is a very important news yet very shocking.But
mainly As Joe Biden, we would present to you a few arrangements of arguments as of to why
our decision to seek closer ties with Middle Eastern Countries, especially Saudi Arabia, will
NOT benefit both parties.

Of course we have our own reasons why we wouldn’t seek closer ties with Middle Eastern
Countries, we will be presenting to you some assortment of arguments which supports our
decision.

This house’s first point , is that the United States no longer depends on the Middle East in its
need for energy resources.In the recent years, there is one country that the United States have
been working with for oil trade, and that country is Canada. Canada produces more oil and
natural gas than we need to meet energy demand within our country, so the remainder is
exported. Currently, almost all of Canada’s oil and natural gas exports go to one customer: the
United States. Canada and the U.S. share a comprehensive trading relationship of which energy
is a major part. Canada is uniquely positioned to contribute to meeting U.S. energy demand .
According to the US Energy Information Agency, in 2021, Canada supplied 62% of all US
crude oil imports. The International Energy Agency estimates that Canada is the world's fifth
largest producer of oil and holds the third largest proven oil reserves. Canada’s energy regulator
reports that in 2021 the country produced 4.4 million barrels of crude oil per day,
and could exceed 6.5 million daily barrels by 2050.It has been known that the United States and
Middle Eastern countries’ relationship are largely based in an exchange in oil for security, but
that dependency no longer obligates us to keep working together with the Middle East.
This house’s second and last point , as of recently the United States have been prioritizing to build
partnership with the Pacific Islands by strengthening our shared democratic values and developing
our economic links to combat the climate crisis, and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and to
protect the free and open Pacific.According to the official white house website, The United States
has directly provided over $1.5 billion to support the Pacific Islands over the past decade and
today has announced over $810 million in additional expanded programs. These initiatives seek
to improve the lives and wellbeing of all Pacific Islanders by expanding diplomatic engagement.
Partnership with the Pacific Island countries have opened so many profiting opportunities for both
the United States and the PICs, the US supports the growth of the PICs, and the PICs providing
benefit for the US in the long run. The United States look forward to advance economic growth and
sustainable growth in the Pacific, We will be expanding our cooperation to enhance the
development of the sustainable blue economy, including small- and medium-sized enterprises,
labor, forestry, fisheries, agriculture, trade, tourism, and addressing supply chains issues and
food security.This partnership with the Pacific Islands proves to be more healthy than to continue
our relationship with the Middle Eastern, as they seem to have found a new promising partner,
which is China, and we cannot force the middle East.

Our main point is, we already have our own alternatives that prove to be as if not more beneficial for
us than our previous partnership with the Middle Eastern countries.Moreover we cannot force a
broken bond wand must move on to what path will bring us to a better future