| 1 | 3 Teams in debate:
JGU1 (OG)
Jena1 (OO)
UWA 1 (CG)
KC 2 (CO) | 2 | | | Diego DuarteⒸ , Beatrice Cuizon , Sneha Verma | TH, as South Korea, would aim to significantly increase its cross-border economic cooperation with North Korea |
| 2 | 4 Teams in debate:
UGM D (OG)
Technion A (OO)
NUS C (CG)
UWA 1 (CO) | 5 | | | Nicolas LozanoⒸ , Shanya Sadanandan , Vansh Chadha , Max XuⓉ | THW ban social media companies from independently deplatforming politicians |
| 3 | 2 Teams in debate:
CUDS A (OG)
UWA 1 (OO)
Cambridge A (CG)
Monash 3 (CO) | 6 | | | Dan “I could chair this whole tournament” LahavⒸ , Nichar Chuaykoom , Nimaya Harris | 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:
UWA 1 (OG)
IIUM 2 (OO)
FEU A (CG)
Korea B (CO) | 6 | | | Bobbi “I’m veto-ing that nickname” LeetⒸ , Annie Zhi , TAOYANG LIU | TH opposes the glorification of professional e-sports players |
| 5 | 4 Teams in debate:
Korea D (OG)
UT MARA B (OO)
UWA 1 (CG)
Malaya 1 (CO) | 9 | | | Juanita HincapiéⒸ , Benjamin Diskin , Tim Gamez | 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:
UBAYA (OG)
UWA 1 (OO)
KOREA C (CG)
Princeton A (CO) | 11 | | | Abhinav Reddy BathulaⒸ , Ruth Selorme Acolatse , Shayne Alvarez | THBT it is in the interest of the Catholic church to officially recognize Folk Saints |
| 7 | 1 Teams in debate:
Leiden B (OG)
KCL A (OO)
IBA-DU 1 (CG)
UWA 1 (CO) | 11 | | | Lucie SlamovaⒸ , Atiya Al-Hammud , Matt Caito | 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:
UWA 1 (OG)
QDU A (OO)
Indonesia 2 (CG)
PUCP 1 (CO) | 11 | | | Kiana Saint-MacaryⒸ , Alberto Nakakogue , Atiya Al-Hammud | 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:
Cornell 3 (OG)
Gadjah Mada 2 (OO)
UWA 1 (CG)
DTU (CO) | 12 | | | Aroon ParthasarathyⒸ , Musfira Khurshid , Uzair Tajuddin | 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 |