| 1 | 4 Teams in debate:
UENR 1 (OG)
NLU A (OO)
UNC (CG)
ANU 1 (CO) | 3 | | | Tejal “it goes down in the DMs” PatwardhanⒸ , AbdulQuddoos AbdulBasith , William Reynolds , Jeggo RegisⓉ | TH, as South Korea, would aim to significantly increase its cross-border economic cooperation with North Korea |
| 2 | 2 Teams in debate:
UADS 1 (OG)
ANU 1 (OO)
Oxford C (CG)
HUJI B (CO) | 4 | | | Rok HafnerⒸ , Polina Pashintceva , Rody Visotski | THW ban social media companies from independently deplatforming politicians |
| 3 | 4 Teams in debate:
Cornell 3 (OG)
UBAYA (OO)
ANU 1 (CG)
GLC Z (CO) | 7 | | | Jevon HenryⒸ , Abdulazis Alando , Chisato Hashima | 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:
ANU 1 (OG)
Cambridge B (OO)
Cornell 1 (CG)
LSE C (CO) | 7 | | | Boemo “I’m the only reasonable one here” PhirinyaneⒸ , Aoileann Ní Mhurchú , Kezia Okyere Amponsah | TH opposes the glorification of professional e-sports players |
| 5 | 4 Teams in debate:
QDU A (OG)
NU Q (OO)
ANU 1 (CG)
TEC CEM 1 (CO) | 10 | | | Umar BuckusⒸ , Farley Bermeo , Odong Vincent | 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:
ANU 1 (OG)
JGU1 (OO)
ILNU B (CG)
Auckland A (CO) | 13 | | | Yarn ShihⒸ , Dongbin Lee , Fedora Daga | THBT it is in the interest of the Catholic church to officially recognize Folk Saints |
| 7 | 4 Teams in debate:
KEIO 1 (OG)
GUU C (OO)
USU C (CG)
ANU 1 (CO) | 16 | | | Benji KalmanⒸ , Da'Von Boyd , Sowmya Srinivasan | 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:
Tokyo A (OG)
ANU 1 (OO)
Ateneo de Manila 2 (CG)
Sofia A (CO) | 19 | | | Mubarrat “I swear I’m not a lifer” WasseyⒸ , Afreen Khan , JJ Pine | 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:
LSE B (OG)
Sofia A (OO)
ANU 1 (CG)
Yale 1 (CO) | 22 | | | Ameera MooreⒸ , Osel Pan , Ryosuke Yoshida | 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 |
| 11 | 2 Teams in debate:
TCD Hist 1 (OG)
Ateneo de Manila 2 (OO)
ANU 1 (CG)
HUJI B (CO) | | | | Neo Wei ShengⒸ , Ameera Moore , Apratim , Branko Stajic , Yao Kun Tan | TH supports the rise of language-generating AI |
| 12 | 2 Teams in debate:
NUS A (OG)
Ateneo de Manila 2 (OO)
Oxford 1 (CG)
ANU 1 (CO) | | | | Hadar GoldbergⒸ , Aditya Dhar , Djordje Jovicevic , Mubarrat “I swear I’m not a lifer” Wassey , Noluthando Honono | TH opposes the Biden Administration plan to finance large scale governmental projects through multi-trillion dollar fiscal stimulus |
| 13 | 1 Teams in debate:
Ateneo de Manila 1 (OG)
Ateneo de Manila 2 (OO)
ANU 1 (CG)
Auckland B (CO) | | | | Janko DjordjevicⒸ , Bobbi “I’m veto-ing that nickname” Leet , Pranav Kagalkar , Ruth Silcoff , Teck Wei “Within the debate” Tan , Umar Buckus , Uphie Abdurrahman | TH prefers to live an average anonymous life in South Korea over being a K-Pop star |