| 1 | 3 Teams in debate:
LSE A (OG)
Edinburgh D (OO)
Zagreb A (CG)
ATMA 1 (CO) | 2 | | | Eyal HorowitzⒸ , Alex Lovell , André Carvalho | TH, as South Korea, would aim to significantly increase its cross-border economic cooperation with North Korea |
| 2 | 4 Teams in debate:
Canada West - SFU Crew (OG)
Chicago A (OO)
LSE A (CG)
Tokyo A (CO) | 5 | | | Hadar GoldbergⒸ , Lawrence Neequaye , Jirayu LeesuwatthanakulⓉ | THW ban social media companies from independently deplatforming politicians |
| 3 | 3 Teams in debate:
BRAC 1 (OG)
LSE A (OO)
UWODS 1 (CG)
Durham A (CO) | 7 | | | Nicolas LozanoⒸ , Chaemi Lee , Osborn Agyei , Eza QamarⓉ | 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:
TCD Hist 3 (OG)
HUJI C (OO)
TCD HIST B (CG)
LSE A (CO) | 10 | | | Sooyoung “I just moved to Central” ParkⒸ , Chinmaya Mohan , Sofia Chavez | TH opposes the glorification of professional e-sports players |
| 5 | 2 Teams in debate:
Princeton B (OG)
Ateneo 4 (OO)
Stanford 1 (CG)
LSE A (CO) | 11 | | | Janko DjordjevicⒸ , Atiya Al-Hammud , Branko Stajic | 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:
Princeton C (OG)
Bard A (OO)
LSE A (CG)
Leiden B (CO) | 14 | | | Sourodip PaulⒸ , Joanna 'bro chill' Ding , Oisín Browne | THBT it is in the interest of the Catholic church to officially recognize Folk Saints |
| 7 | 1 Teams in debate:
Taylor’s 1 (OG)
LSE A (OO)
MQU A (CG)
TCD Hist 1 (CO) | 14 | | | Yarn ShihⒸ , Djordje Jovicevic , Ela Jurko | 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:
LSE A (OG)
UADS 1 (OO)
HUJI B (CG)
Ateneo 4 (CO) | 17 | | | Jessica MusulinⒸ , Benjamin DONKOR-BOAFO Frimpong , Chris Hung | 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:
LSE A (OG)
ADMU 3 (OO)
Bard A (CG)
Hart House A (CO) | 19 | | | Dan “I could chair this whole tournament” LahavⒸ , Sameer Shaikh , Wesoamo Zempare | 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:
LSE A (OG)
Sheffield A (OO)
Ateneo 4 (CG)
Tokyo A (CO) | | | | Pranav KagalkarⒸ , Aodh Ó Laoide , Chisato Hashima , Connor “I need to go the fuck to sleep” O’Brien , Zahari Nikolaev | TH supports developing states falsifying their history in order to create a unified national identity |