| 1 | 4 Teams in debate:
Tokyo B (OG)
UFRJ A (OO)
Bates 1 (CG)
IUB 1 (CO) | 3 | | | Elaye KarstadtⒸ , João Pedro Mamede Miranda , Eza QamarⓉ | TH, as South Korea, would aim to significantly increase its cross-border economic cooperation with North Korea |
| 2 | 3 Teams in debate:
Bates 1 (OG)
KOREA C (OO)
YNC A (CG)
Haifa A (CO) | 5 | | | Shruti DebⒸ , Fedora Daga , Oisín Browne , Romeo Tweneboah KoduahⓉ | THW ban social media companies from independently deplatforming politicians |
| 3 | 4 Teams in debate:
ADMU 3 (OG)
Bates 1 (OO)
SDS 1 (CG)
UADS 1 (CO) | 8 | | | Njuguna MachariaⒸ , Chesta B , Raymond Chuma-Onwuoku | TH prefers environmental movements heavily prioritizing a local agenda over a global one (e.g., focusing on local pollution rather than climate change) |
| 4 | 2 Teams in debate:
Bates 1 (OG)
HUJI A (OO)
USU C (CG)
Princeton B (CO) | 9 | | | Milos “antibodies run through my veins” MarjanovicⒸ , Jyotirmoy Mishra , Olivia Mackender | TH opposes the glorification of professional e-sports players |
| 5 | 1 Teams in debate:
MQU A (OG)
IBA-DU 1 (OO)
Zagreb B (CG)
Bates 1 (CO) | 9 | | | Nicolas LozanoⒸ , Altynay Abdizhamil , Charlette Inao | 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 | 4 Teams in debate:
DTU (OG)
Bates 1 (OO)
Edinburgh C (CG)
KCL B (CO) | 12 | | | Aditya DharⒸ , Juan Triviño , Sophie Shead | THBT it is in the interest of the Catholic church to officially recognize Folk Saints |
| 7 | 2 Teams in debate:
Canada West - SFU Crew (OG)
PUCP GV (OO)
Bates 1 (CG)
Oxford C (CO) | 13 | | | Stefan SiridzanskiⒸ , Chisato Hashima , David Brynley Hamer | 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:
MAD 1 (OG)
CUHK C (OO)
GUU B (CG)
Bates 1 (CO) | 16 | | | Katharina Margareta JansenⒸ , Aditya Kumar , Jihee Yun | 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:
Bates 1 (OG)
Tufts A (OO)
UPD 1 (CG)
UNSW A (CO) | 19 | | | Udai KamathⒸ , Lydia Vlasto , Ruth Selorme Acolatse | 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 |
| 10 | 1 Teams in debate:
HUJI B (OG)
Imperial 1 (OO)
Bates 1 (CG)
TCD Hist 1 (CO) | | | | Njuguna MachariaⒸ , Enting Lee , Patrick Cowley , Peter Wu , Q Anh Cao | TH supports developing states falsifying their history in order to create a unified national identity |