| 1 | 4 Teams in debate:
NUS B (OG)
NSU A (OO)
GUU A (CG)
BDU 2 (CO) | 3 | | | Roy SchulmanⒸ , Afia Foriwaa , Dongbin Lee | TH, as South Korea, would aim to significantly increase its cross-border economic cooperation with North Korea |
| 2 | 2 Teams in debate:
Harvard A (OG)
Indonesia 4 (OO)
St Andrews A (CG)
GUU A (CO) | 4 | | | Mubarrat “I swear I’m not a lifer” WasseyⒸ , Matt Aydin , Nichar Chuaykoom | THW ban social media companies from independently deplatforming politicians |
| 3 | 4 Teams in debate:
MAD 1 (OG)
GUU A (OO)
LSE D (CG)
Auckland C (CO) | 7 | | | Emily FrizellⒸ , Arthur Deng , Ayman Zaman , Syafa Sabha SafiraⓉ | TH prefers environmental movements heavily prioritizing a local agenda over a global one (e.g., focusing on local pollution rather than climate change) |
| 4 | 2 Teams in debate:
GUU A (OG)
Otago A (OO)
Ateneo de Manila 2 (CG)
Edinburgh A (CO) | 8 | | | Ben JacksonⒸ , Raphael Opoku Kwasi , Ruth Selorme Acolatse , Steven Paul SiawanⓉ | TH opposes the glorification of professional e-sports players |
| 5 | 1 Teams in debate:
GUU A (OG)
UADS 2 (OO)
Indonesia 4 (CG)
UBC2 (CO) | 8 | | | Udai KamathⒸ , Dmitriy Bessedin , Fatima Anika , Romeo Tweneboah Koduah | 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 | 2 Teams in debate:
JHU A (OG)
UCL A (OO)
GUU A (CG)
Chicago B (CO) | 9 | | | Djordje JovicevicⒸ , Aaron Wang , Guilherme Carvalho , Kayque dos Santos | THBT it is in the interest of the Catholic church to officially recognize Folk Saints |
| 7 | 3 Teams in debate:
SMU B (OG)
GUU A (OO)
ADDU 1 (CG)
KNUST C (CO) | 11 | | | Amichay Even ChenⒸ , Alex Lovell , Shmuel Satat | 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:
NTU 3 (OG)
Zagreb C (OO)
UCD L&H A (CG)
GUU A (CO) | 14 | | | Uphie AbdurrahmanⒸ , Rody Visotski , Syauqi Shuhaimi | 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 | 1 Teams in debate:
Princeton A (OG)
Auckland A (OO)
GUU A (CG)
LUMS B (CO) | 14 | | | Sooyoung “I just moved to Central” ParkⒸ , Da'Von Boyd , Khalid Aurnab | 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 |