1 | 3 Teams in debate: UTech Ja. B (OG) Monash 3 (OO) Korea D (CG) KU 1 (CO) | 2 | | | Njuguna MachariaⒸ , Cecilia Tiara Liong , Rami OsmanⓉ | TH, as South Korea, would aim to significantly increase its cross-border economic cooperation with North Korea |
2 | 2 Teams in debate: Korea D (OG) Sydney D (OO) UNWE 1 (CG) UAA1 (CO) | 3 | | | Pranav KagalkarⒸ , Ethan Franz Cueva , Lelícia Maria Teixeira Troian | THW ban social media companies from independently deplatforming politicians |
3 | 1 Teams in debate: ILNU B (OG) UPLB 1 (OO) JHU PM (CG) Korea D (CO) | 3 | | | Pragyan AcharyaⒸ , Meg Kandarpa , Jeggo RegisⓉ | 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: BRAC 2 (OG) Korea D (OO) UofK B (CG) Must 1 (CO) | 6 | | | Vladimira ŠuflajⒸ , André Carvalho , Kartik Mathur | TH opposes the glorification of professional e-sports players |
5 | 2 Teams in debate: Korea D (OG) UT MARA B (OO) UWA 1 (CG) Malaya 1 (CO) | 7 | | | Juanita HincapiéⒸ , Benjamin Diskin , Tim Gamez | 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: NLIU (OG) ADDU 2 (OO) Phil C (CG) Korea D (CO) | 7 | | | Umar BuckusⒸ , Karina Wugang , Srijan Poudel | THBT it is in the interest of the Catholic church to officially recognize Folk Saints |
7 | 4 Teams in debate: Premier 1 (OG) UPLB B (OO) Korea D (CG) BUET B (CO) | 10 | | | Aodh Ó LaoideⒸ , Bernardo Lacastagneratte , Syafa Sabha Safira | 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: St Andrews A (OG) Korea D (OO) USIU-A 1 (CG) IIUM 4 (CO) | 13 | | | Rohan GroverⒸ , Fiifi Buabeng-Baiden , Natalie Short | 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: Korea D (OG) YUU1 (OO) ILNU-A (CG) STRATH 2 (CO) | 13 | | | Tom ManorⒸ , Leslie Douglas , Sneha Verma | 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 |