1 | 1 Teams in debate: Malaya 2 (OG) UVIC 1 (OO) ACG 1 (CG) UPM 1 (CO) | | | | Harmen de JongⒸ , Gabriel Guia , Meg Kandarpa | TH, as South Korea, would aim to significantly increase its cross-border economic cooperation with North Korea |
2 | 2 Teams in debate: W&M 2 (OG) NU B (OO) Venezuela 1 (CG) UVIC 1 (CO) | 1 | | | Roy SchulmanⒸ , Xiaochun "Jennette" Zhu , Shaheer ShazibⓉ | THW ban social media companies from independently deplatforming politicians |
3 | 3 Teams in debate: UVIC 1 (OG) UTech Ja. 1 (OO) Coimbra 1 (CG) QU 1 (CO) | 3 | | | Umar BuckusⒸ , Charlette Inao , Leslie Douglas | 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: Swing OT (OG) GUQ (OO) UVIC 1 (CG) Team 1436 (CO) | 3 | | | Emery TaylorⒸ , Abrar Muhit , Jessika Peixoto | TH opposes the glorification of professional e-sports players |
5 | 3 Teams in debate: UNRI 2 (OG) UFRN 1 (OO) UFMG 2 (CG) UVIC 1 (CO) | 5 | | | Jyotirmoy MishraⒸ , Ashley Costa , Samuel Blackwood | 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 | 3 Teams in debate: Edinburgh D (OG) UENR 2 (OO) UVIC 1 (CG) TEKNOKRAT (CO) | 7 | | | Rohan GroverⒸ , Farley Bermeo , Siddharth Soneja | THBT it is in the interest of the Catholic church to officially recognize Folk Saints |
7 | 2 Teams in debate: UVIC 1 (OG) Vassar 2 (OO) DUDU 1 (CG) FUV 1 (CO) | 8 | | | Helena HeckeⒸ , Bronwyn McDonald , Mohamad Yahia Sammouneh | 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: SdDUFC 1 (OG) UVIC 1 (OO) USFQ A (CG) YUU2 (CO) | 11 | | | Jisung JangⒸ , Matthew Midlane , Wesoamo Zempare | 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: Koc A (OG) SSMC (OO) UVIC 1 (CG) FUV 1 (CO) | 11 | | | David Brynley HamerⒸ , Jeronya Mbiatat , Settanant Thanakitkoses | 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 |