1 | 3 Teams in debate: ADDU 2 (OG) Strathmore A (OO) Parahyangan 1 (CG) XU 2 (CO) | 2 | | | Jisung JangⒸ , Atiya Al-Hammud , Osborn Agyei | TH, as South Korea, would aim to significantly increase its cross-border economic cooperation with North Korea |
2 | 3 Teams in debate: Harvard D (OG) PKU 3 (OO) St Andrews B (CG) Strathmore A (CO) | 4 | | | Harmen de JongⒸ , Chaemi Lee , Farley Bermeo | THW ban social media companies from independently deplatforming politicians |
3 | 1 Teams in debate: Strathmore A (OG) Haifa A (OO) LSE C (CG) NTU 2 (CO) | 4 | | | Udai KamathⒸ , Ariel Burgess , Steven Paul SiawanⓉ | 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: UGM A (OG) IUTDS A (OO) Strathmore A (CG) GLC A (CO) | 6 | | | Jacky ChaiⒸ , Celeste Tan , Matthew Midlane | TH opposes the glorification of professional e-sports players |
5 | 2 Teams in debate: Strathmore A (OG) Unhas 1 (OO) UCL A (CG) Zagreb C (CO) | 7 | | | Aditya DharⒸ , Afreen Khan , Sharath Nambiar | 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 | 1 Teams in debate: ADDU 1 (OG) Strathmore A (OO) NNU 1 (CG) IITB 1 (CO) | 7 | | | Mohammed Wasif Amin KhanⒸ , Daniel Obiyo , Travis Barton | THBT it is in the interest of the Catholic church to officially recognize Folk Saints |
7 | 4 Teams in debate: ATMA 2 (OG) JMU A (OO) Strathmore A (CG) PU 1 (CO) | 10 | | | Pragyan AcharyaⒸ , Ben Scherzer , Chris Hung , Lelícia Maria Teixeira Troian | 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 | 1 Teams in debate: W&M 3 (OG) UWODS 2 (OO) ATMA 1 (CG) Strathmore A (CO) | 10 | | | Emery TaylorⒸ , Muhammad Bakhtiar , Samuel Blackwood | 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: RUC 1 (OG) Mona (OO) BUP 1 (CG) Strathmore A (CO) | 12 | | | Diego DuarteⒸ , Abrar Muhit , Reut Ginat | 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 |