| 1 | 2 Teams in debate:
Durham B (OG)
Otago A (OO)
Wits 1 (CG)
Pep Belgrade A (CO) | 1 | | | Syed Shadab TajwarⒸ , Afreen Khan , Naomi Green | TH, as South Korea, would aim to significantly increase its cross-border economic cooperation with North Korea |
| 2 | 3 Teams in debate:
SSMC (OG)
St Petersburg 1 (OO)
NNU 1 (CG)
Durham B (CO) | 3 | | | Janko DjordjevicⒸ , ZEFROON AFSARY , Olivia YinⓉ | THW ban social media companies from independently deplatforming politicians |
| 3 | 4 Teams in debate:
CUHK B (OG)
Malaya 3 (OO)
Durham B (CG)
UST 1 (CO) | 6 | | | Diego DuarteⒸ , Daria Chill , Simon Luo | TH prefers environmental movements heavily prioritizing a local agenda over a global one (e.g., focusing on local pollution rather than climate change) |
| 4 | 3 Teams in debate:
GUU B (OG)
Durham B (OO)
Cornell 2 (CG)
HWS A (CO) | 8 | | | Udai KamathⒸ , Kit Wa Victoria Fong , Lawrence Neequaye | TH opposes the glorification of professional e-sports players |
| 5 | 3 Teams in debate:
FEU A (OG)
IBA-DU 2 (OO)
Durham A (CG)
Durham B (CO) | 10 | | | Roy SchulmanⒸ , Aditya Kumar , Ben Scherzer | 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:
St Petersburg 1 (OG)
Durham B (OO)
GUU C (CG)
TCD Hist 3 (CO) | 12 | | | Enting LeeⒸ , Ben Xiang , Branko Stajic | THBT it is in the interest of the Catholic church to officially recognize Folk Saints |
| 7 | 1 Teams in debate:
Durham B (OG)
Chicago B (OO)
Sydney D (CG)
Belgrade A (CO) | 12 | | | Sebastian “sorry was sleeping, just seeing this” DassoⒸ , Hamzah Mahmood , Nimaya Harris | 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 | 3 Teams in debate:
UWO S (OG)
De La Salle 2 (OO)
Durham B (CG)
JGU1 (CO) | 14 | | | Juanita HincapiéⒸ , Naman Gupta , Samuel Johnson | 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 | 2 Teams in debate:
Duke 1 (OG)
SDS 1 (OO)
CUDS A (CG)
Durham B (CO) | 15 | | | Pranav KagalkarⒸ , Andy Chen , Ethan John Floro | 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 |