1 | 3 Teams in debate: Team 1295 (OG) SUFE 1 (OO) TEKNOKRAT (CG) USU C (CO) | 2 | | | Uphie AbdurrahmanⒸ , Ayman Zaman , Sharath Nambiar , Matko DujmovićⓉ | TH, as South Korea, would aim to significantly increase its cross-border economic cooperation with North Korea |
2 | 1 Teams in debate: Otago A (OG) W&M 3 (OO) SUFE 1 (CG) IIUM 3 (CO) | 2 | | | Uzair TajuddinⒸ , Anubhav Agarwal , Jun Ming Goh , Marilie TubalinalⓉ | THW ban social media companies from independently deplatforming politicians |
3 | 2 Teams in debate: Melbourne 3 (OG) Split A (OO) De La Salle 3 (CG) SUFE 1 (CO) | 3 | | | 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 | 4 Teams in debate: SUFE 1 (OG) KU 1 (OO) SMU(A), SINGAPORE (CG) Chula 1 (CO) | 6 | | | Arie MoraⒸ , Ashley Costa , Joshua Cohen , Namit Agrawal | TH opposes the glorification of professional e-sports players |
5 | 2 Teams in debate: IITR 1 (OG) MSU-GSC BD (OO) Chicago B (CG) SUFE 1 (CO) | 7 | | | Jacklin KwanⒸ , Oscar Chaffey , Xiaochun "Jennette" Zhu | 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: GCU (OG) SUFE 1 (OO) IUTDS A (CG) Cambridge A (CO) | 8 | | | Harmen de JongⒸ , Aoileann Ní Mhurchú , Dmitriy Bessedin | THBT it is in the interest of the Catholic church to officially recognize Folk Saints |
7 | 2 Teams in debate: SUFE 1 (OG) Cambridge FM (OO) NUS D (CG) ASET (CO) | 9 | | | Jacky ChaiⒸ , Avantika . , Jeggo Regis , Kezia Okyere Amponsah | 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 | 2 Teams in debate: NNU 1 (OG) PUP 1 (OO) SUFE 1 (CG) UPLB B (CO) | 10 | | | Shruti DebⒸ , Diego Duarte , Lelícia Maria Teixeira Troian | 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: Ayiwoli Awedaga Mahadi (OG) SUFE 1 (OO) Chula 1 (CG) NUJS 1 (CO) | 11 | | | Helena HeckeⒸ , Martin Villanueva , Sofia Chavez | 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 |