1 | 1 Teams in debate: Phil A (OG) IITR 1 (OO) NUS A (CG) Rosario C (CO) | | | | Germaine Barrett BarrettⒸ , Daanish Sonawala , Shmuel Satat | TH, as South Korea, would aim to significantly increase its cross-border economic cooperation with North Korea |
2 | 4 Teams in debate: HKU B (OG) UFRGS 1 (OO) Rosario C (CG) DAE2 (CO) | 3 | | | Umar BuckusⒸ , Abhinav Mohanty , Francisca Mansa Fuah | THW ban social media companies from independently deplatforming politicians |
3 | 4 Teams in debate: Rosario C (OG) STRATH 1 (OO) Imperial 2 (CG) Rvce1 (CO) | 6 | | | Judy JiⒸ , Anubhav Agarwal , Jaleelah Ammar | 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: QDU A (OG) Rosario C (OO) Harvard B (CG) Belgrade A (CO) | 6 | | | Katharina Margareta JansenⒸ , Ajay Raul , Youngsun Shin | TH opposes the glorification of professional e-sports players |
5 | 3 Teams in debate: Rosario C (OG) DTU (OO) NU B (CG) ATMA 1 (CO) | 8 | | | Emily FrizellⒸ , Michelle Hu , Sophie Behrendsen , Steven Paul SiawanⓉ | 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: KCL A (OG) Rosario C (OO) Imperial 2 (CG) IIUM 2 (CO) | 8 | | | Arie MoraⒸ , Celeste Tan , Matt Goodman | THBT it is in the interest of the Catholic church to officially recognize Folk Saints |
7 | 1 Teams in debate: HWS B (OG) BRAC 2 (OO) UPT 1 (CG) Rosario C (CO) | 8 | | | Jevon HenryⒸ , Boburmirzo Sirojiddinov , Fedora Daga | 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: XU 1 (OG) ATMA 2 (OO) Rosario C (CG) SSMC (CO) | 8 | | | Eyal HorowitzⒸ , Pauline Mbanza , Wingel Xue | 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 | 4 Teams in debate: Rosario C (OG) ADA 1 (OO) UENR 1 (CG) UFRJ A (CO) | 11 | | | Chris HungⒸ , Karend Vanessa Herrera , Shayne Alvarez | 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 |