| 1 | 2 Teams in debate:
Taylor’s 1 (OG)
KNUST A (OO)
UNAL A (CG)
NUS C (CO) | 1 | | | Katherine HarrisⒸ , Benjamin Diskin , Vim Rubin | TH, as South Korea, would aim to significantly increase its cross-border economic cooperation with North Korea |
| 2 | 1 Teams in debate:
KNUST A (OG)
NUL (OO)
Korea B (CG)
Melbourne 3 (CO) | 1 | | | Ron LeizrowiceⒸ , Kanika Kaur , Karen Chen | THW ban social media companies from independently deplatforming politicians |
| 3 | 3 Teams in debate:
FUTO A (OG)
DAE1 (OO)
KNUST A (CG)
Chittagong B (CO) | 3 | | | Aroon ParthasarathyⒸ , Einsteine Veliyanka , Prateek Sharma | TH prefers environmental movements heavily prioritizing a local agenda over a global one (e.g., focusing on local pollution rather than climate change) |
| 4 | 4 Teams in debate:
IDC 1 (OG)
KC 1 (OO)
W&M 2 (CG)
KNUST A (CO) | 6 | | | Nimaya HarrisⒸ , Josef Florendo , Travis Barton | TH opposes the glorification of professional e-sports players |
| 5 | 1 Teams in debate:
GUU B (OG)
NUJS 1 (OO)
KNUST A (CG)
UFMG 1 (CO) | 6 | | | Miraz RahmanⒸ , Guilherme Carvalho , Sneha Verma | 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:
KNUST A (OG)
TEC CEM 1 (OO)
STRATH 2 (CG)
EDS 1 (CO) | 7 | | | Eyal HorowitzⒸ , Afreen Khan , Settanant Thanakitkoses | THBT it is in the interest of the Catholic church to officially recognize Folk Saints |
| 7 | 2 Teams in debate:
Aberdeen BF (OG)
UVM 1 (OO)
UTDT, ARG (CG)
KNUST A (CO) | 8 | | | Thamera NaickerⒸ , Ayman Zaman , Baljeetkaur Bhaund , Ransford Kwesi | 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:
UENR 2 (OG)
KNUST A (OO)
KU 1 (CG)
ETH A (CO) | 11 | | | Uzair TajuddinⒸ , Polina Pashintceva , Shayne Alvarez | 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:
KNUST C (OG)
SEOUL 2 (OO)
KNUST A (CG)
NTUEDS 1 (CO) | 13 | | | Abhishek AcharyaⒸ , Atiya Al-Hammud , ZEFROON AFSARY | 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 |