| 1 | 2 Teams in debate:
JGU1 (OG)
Jena1 (OO)
UWA 1 (CG)
KC 2 (CO) | 1 | | | Diego DuarteⒸ , Beatrice Cuizon , Sneha Verma | TH, as South Korea, would aim to significantly increase its cross-border economic cooperation with North Korea |
| 2 | 4 Teams in debate:
Must 1 (OG)
KC 2 (OO)
UTech Ja. 1 (CG)
Edinburgh D (CO) | 4 | | | Dan “I could chair this whole tournament” LahavⒸ , David McArthur , Emery Taylor | THW ban social media companies from independently deplatforming politicians |
| 3 | 2 Teams in debate:
KC 2 (OG)
GLC A (OO)
Otago A (CG)
Harvard C (CO) | 5 | | | Ron LeizrowiceⒸ , Fedora Daga , Matthew Pernes | TH prefers environmental movements heavily prioritizing a local agenda over a global one (e.g., focusing on local pollution rather than climate change) |
| 4 | 1 Teams in debate:
NU B (OG)
NTU 1 (OO)
KC 2 (CG)
NUL (CO) | 5 | | | Senkai HsiaⒸ , Jaleelah Ammar , Naomi Green , Eza QamarⓉ | TH opposes the glorification of professional e-sports players |
| 5 | 2 Teams in debate:
KC 2 (OG)
CUHK A (OO)
Ghana 1 (CG)
Cambridge FM (CO) | 6 | | | Mohammed Wasif Amin KhanⒸ , Bilal Moin , Millie Caughey | TH opposes the general approach of companies to grow by massively sacrificing short-term profitability with the hope of gaining a large portion of the market*
*e.g. the original business model of companies such as Uber or Amazon |
| 6 | 3 Teams in debate:
IIUM 4 (OG)
KC 2 (OO)
ABSU GM (CG)
W&M 3 (CO) | 8 | | | Thamera NaickerⒸ , Alberto Nakakogue , Leslie Douglas , Xiaochun "Jennette" Zhu | THBT it is in the interest of the Catholic church to officially recognize Folk Saints |
| 7 | 1 Teams in debate:
Must 1 (OG)
HKU 3 (OO)
ACG 1 (CG)
KC 2 (CO) | 8 | | | Nir KligsbergⒸ , Natalie Short , Qudus Ajibade Adeyemi | THBT pursuing strong expansionist policies* in the Arctic region is in the Russian interest
*Including but not limited to: building artificial islands in order to claim additional territory, trying to significantly limit foreign presence, stationing warships and troops |
| 8 | 4 Teams in debate:
BUET B (OG)
UFMG 2 (OO)
KC 2 (CG)
IITB 2 (CO) | 11 | | | Sameer ShaikhⒸ , Baljeetkaur Bhaund , Osborn Agyei | TH opposes the academisation* of social justice movements
*The increasingly significant presence of academics and academic terminology, processes and structures in many parts of the world |
| 9 | 3 Teams in debate:
KC 2 (OG)
SMU B (OO)
WCMQ 1 (CG)
IIUM 3 (CO) | 13 | | | Avi VijayvergiyaⒸ , Ben Xiang , Francisca Mansa Fuah | THBT states should classify organized crime syndicates as terrorist groups*
*classification as a terrorist group would legally allow law enforcement to pursue tactics such as targeted extra-judicial killings, reducing barriers to law enforcement gathering evidence, using military forces, criminalizing membership, etc |