1 | 3 Teams in debate: JUDO 1 (OG) FEU A (OO) Princeton A (CG) Cambridge FM (CO) | 2 | | | Helena HeckeⒸ , Ethan Franz Cueva , Rody Visotski , Azai MoscosoⓉ | TH, as South Korea, would aim to significantly increase its cross-border economic cooperation with North Korea |
2 | 2 Teams in debate: MUDS B (OG) LSE C (OO) TCD Hist 1 (CG) FEU A (CO) | 3 | | | Juanita HincapiéⒸ , Benjamin DONKOR-BOAFO Frimpong , Masa HasaninⓉ | THW ban social media companies from independently deplatforming politicians |
3 | 4 Teams in debate: FEU A (OG) Must 1 (OO) IIUM 1 (CG) Parahyangan 1 (CO) | 6 | | | Ryosuke YoshidaⒸ , Daanish Sonawala , Karina Wugang | 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: UWA 1 (OG) IIUM 2 (OO) FEU A (CG) Korea B (CO) | 8 | | | Bobbi “I’m veto-ing that nickname” LeetⒸ , Annie Zhi , TAOYANG LIU | TH opposes the glorification of professional e-sports players |
5 | 1 Teams in debate: FEU A (OG) IBA-DU 2 (OO) Durham A (CG) Durham B (CO) | 8 | | | Roy SchulmanⒸ , Aditya Kumar , Ben Scherzer | 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: UST 1 (OG) Harvard D (OO) Malaya 1 (CG) FEU A (CO) | 9 | | | Miraz RahmanⒸ , Francisca Mansa Fuah , Thomas Burnett , Umbar Sandhu | THBT it is in the interest of the Catholic church to officially recognize Folk Saints |
7 | 1 Teams in debate: Malaya 2 (OG) President A (OO) FEU A (CG) EDS 2 (CO) | 9 | | | Emily FrizellⒸ , Naman Gupta , Sneha Verma | 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: UGM D (OG) FEU A (OO) Chittagong B (CG) Edinburgh D (CO) | 9 | | | Jeremiah EdagbamiⒸ , Boburmirzo Sirojiddinov , Shawn Kasih | 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 | 3 Teams in debate: MOUA 1 (OG) FEU A (OO) Split B (CG) ATMA 2 (CO) | 11 | | | Matthew PernesⒸ , Aaron Wang , Fatima Anika | 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 |