| 1 | 4 Teams in debate:
Rosario D (OG)
Cornell 1 (OO)
Imperial 1 (CG)
DBC (CO) | 3 | | | Jacklin KwanⒸ , Francisca Mansa Fuah , Samia Tabassum NidhiⓉ | TH, as South Korea, would aim to significantly increase its cross-border economic cooperation with North Korea |
| 2 | 1 Teams in debate:
Imperial 1 (OG)
SDS 1 (OO)
Edinburgh A (CG)
Ateneo 4 (CO) | 3 | | | Arghya Dev Biswas AryanⒸ , Joanna 'bro chill' Ding , Simon Luo | THW ban social media companies from independently deplatforming politicians |
| 3 | 4 Teams in debate:
ACG 1 (OG)
Imperial 1 (OO)
Chicago C (CG)
GUQ (CO) | 6 | | | Elaye KarstadtⒸ , Jihee Yun , Thomas Burnett | 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:
Princeton A (OG)
Canada West - SFU Crew (OO)
TAU 2 (CG)
Imperial 1 (CO) | 9 | | | Neo Wei ShengⒸ , Shaheer Shazib , Shanya Sadanandan , Jeggo RegisⓉ | TH opposes the glorification of professional e-sports players |
| 5 | 1 Teams in debate:
NUS A (OG)
Sydney D (OO)
Imperial 1 (CG)
Otago A (CO) | 9 | | | Sourodip PaulⒸ , Chisato Hashima , Umbar Sandhu | 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:
HUJI B (OG)
GUU B (OO)
Sunway A (CG)
Imperial 1 (CO) | 12 | | | Mubarrat “I swear I’m not a lifer” WasseyⒸ , Reut Ginat , TAOYANG LIU | THBT it is in the interest of the Catholic church to officially recognize Folk Saints |
| 7 | 4 Teams in debate:
Imperial 1 (OG)
Stanford 1 (OO)
Leiden A (CG)
GLC A (CO) | 15 | | | Abhinav Reddy BathulaⒸ , Katherine Harris , Tunan Rahman | 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 | 3 Teams in debate:
Sydney A (OG)
Imperial 1 (OO)
SEOUL 1 (CG)
LSE C (CO) | 17 | | | Benji KalmanⒸ , Beatrice Cuizon , Jaleelah Ammar | 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:
Oxford 1 (OG)
Imperial 1 (OO)
NUS A (CG)
Cambridge B (CO) | 18 | | | Nicolas LozanoⒸ , Djordje Jovicevic , Meg Kandarpa | 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 |