| 1 | 1 Teams in debate:
STRATH 1 (OG)
KNU 1 (OO)
PUCP GV (CG)
McGill B (CO) | | | | Tim GamezⒸ , Branko Stajic , Karina Wugang | TH, as South Korea, would aim to significantly increase its cross-border economic cooperation with North Korea |
| 2 | 4 Teams in debate:
YUU3 (OG)
UPT 1 (OO)
Jena1 (CG)
PUCP GV (CO) | 3 | | | Pragyan AcharyaⒸ , Natalie Short , Oscar Chaffey | THW ban social media companies from independently deplatforming politicians |
| 3 | 4 Teams in debate:
PUCP GV (OG)
MSU-GSC BD (OO)
Indonesia 4 (CG)
Indonesia 3 (CO) | 6 | | | Eyal HorowitzⒸ , Khalid Aurnab , Lorraine Lui | 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:
BITS Goa 1 (OG)
PUCP GV (OO)
JHU A (CG)
JHU PM (CO) | 9 | | | Jacklin KwanⒸ , Carolina Amorim Fernandes , Karend Vanessa Herrera | TH opposes the glorification of professional e-sports players |
| 5 | 1 Teams in debate:
Melbourne 1 (OG)
BUET A (OO)
PUCP GV (CG)
Yale 1 (CO) | 9 | | | Bobbi “I’m veto-ing that nickname” LeetⒸ , Harmen de Jong , Settanant Thanakitkoses , Syafa Sabha SafiraⓉ | 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:
PUCP GV (OG)
UPM 1 (OO)
Gadjah Mada 2 (CG)
UADS 1 (CO) | 12 | | | Sooyoung “I just moved to Central” ParkⒸ , Judah Purwanto , Matko Dujmović | THBT it is in the interest of the Catholic church to officially recognize Folk Saints |
| 7 | 1 Teams in debate:
Canada West - SFU Crew (OG)
PUCP GV (OO)
Bates 1 (CG)
Oxford C (CO) | 12 | | | Stefan SiridzanskiⒸ , Chisato Hashima , David Brynley Hamer | 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:
UPM 1 (OG)
Auckland C (OO)
Auckland A (CG)
PUCP GV (CO) | 12 | | | Klaudia MaciejewskaⒸ , Ayman Zaman , Syed Shadab Tajwar | 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:
KCL A (OG)
PUCP GV (OO)
GCU (CG)
NTU 1 (CO) | 13 | | | Eric KazadiⒸ , Nimaya Harris , Paolo Taino | 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 |