| 1 | 3 Teams in debate:
RRIS 1 (OG)
HKU 3 (OO)
Harvard A (CG)
BRAC 1 (CO) | 2 | | | Tanvir ShahriarⒸ , Lelan Hu , Sofia ChavezⓉ | TH, as South Korea, would aim to significantly increase its cross-border economic cooperation with North Korea |
| 2 | 4 Teams in debate:
BUET A (OG)
BRAC 1 (OO)
East China 1 (CG)
UNTAR (CO) | 5 | | | Diego DuarteⒸ , Meg Kandarpa , Peter Kipp | THW ban social media companies from independently deplatforming politicians |
| 3 | 1 Teams in debate:
BRAC 1 (OG)
LSE A (OO)
UWODS 1 (CG)
Durham A (CO) | 5 | | | Nicolas LozanoⒸ , Chaemi Lee , Osborn Agyei , Eza QamarⓉ | 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:
UBAYA (OG)
ACG 1 (OO)
BRAC 1 (CG)
Harvard D (CO) | 5 | | | Juanita HincapiéⒸ , Katherine Harris , Rody Visotski , Lydia VlastoⓉ | TH opposes the glorification of professional e-sports players |
| 5 | 4 Teams in debate:
USIU-A 1 (OG)
BRAC 1 (OO)
NTUEDS 1 (CG)
ABSU GM (CO) | 8 | | | Leauren JiⒸ , Josef Florendo , Ransford Kwesi | 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 | 4 Teams in debate:
BRAC 1 (OG)
NUL (OO)
Hart House B (CG)
Covenant 1 (CO) | 11 | | | Adjudicator 283Ⓒ , Chris Hung , Sebastián Ezeta | THBT it is in the interest of the Catholic church to officially recognize Folk Saints |
| 7 | 3 Teams in debate:
UCD LawSoc A (OG)
Cornell 2 (OO)
ANU B (CG)
BRAC 1 (CO) | 13 | | | Tom ManorⒸ , Jisung Jang , Lucy McManus | 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:
NU Q (OG)
BITS Goa 1 (OO)
BRAC 1 (CG)
Durham A (CO) | 13 | | | Hadar GoldbergⒸ , Ken Tieu , Matthew Fricker | 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:
BRAC 1 (OG)
JGU1 (OO)
Rosario B (CG)
IITB 1 (CO) | 14 | | | Banun SabriⒸ , Carolina Amorim Fernandes , Matt Aydin | 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 |