1 | 1 Teams in debate: TAU 3 (OG) Auckland B (OO) Split A (CG) GCU (CO) | | | | Janko DjordjevicⒸ , Daniela Leyton Giraldo , Einsteine Veliyanka | TH, as South Korea, would aim to significantly increase its cross-border economic cooperation with North Korea |
2 | 3 Teams in debate: Split A (OG) IBA-DU 1 (OO) UFMG 2 (CG) UTDT, ARG (CO) | 2 | | | Dana GreenⒸ , Aaron Wang , Settanant Thanakitkoses | THW ban social media companies from independently deplatforming politicians |
3 | 1 Teams in debate: Melbourne 3 (OG) Split A (OO) De La Salle 3 (CG) SUFE 1 (CO) | 2 | | | Jisung JangⒸ , Jessica Awurum , Yoonjae Lee | 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: NSU A (OG) HKU A (OO) UVM 2 (CG) Split A (CO) | 4 | | | Tanvir ShahriarⒸ , Farley Bermeo , Karina Wugang | TH opposes the glorification of professional e-sports players |
5 | 2 Teams in debate: Split A (OG) STRATH 2 (OO) Coimbra 1 (CG) IUB 1 (CO) | 5 | | | Sameer ShaikhⒸ , Avi Vijayvergiya , Samuel Johnson , Max XuⓉ | 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 | 2 Teams in debate: BHU1 (OG) Indonesia 3 (OO) XU 2 (CG) Split A (CO) | 6 | | | Eric KazadiⒸ , Edgar Empeño , June Olu | THBT it is in the interest of the Catholic church to officially recognize Folk Saints |
7 | 4 Teams in debate: Coimbra 2 (OG) Malaya 3 (OO) Split A (CG) Ayiwoli Awedaga Mahadi (CO) | 9 | | | Tawfique ElahiⒸ , Abdulazis Alando , Millie Caughey , Romeo Tweneboah Koduah | 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: BRAC 2 (OG) Split A (OO) NU A (CG) Ghana 1 (CO) | 9 | | | Brent SchmidtⒸ , Lucy McManus , Umbar Sandhu | 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: PUP 1 (OG) KC 1 (OO) Split A (CG) YUU3 (CO) | 9 | | | Vim RubinⒸ , AbdulQuddoos AbdulBasith , Pauline Mbanza | 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 |