1 | 3 Teams in debate: Zagreb C (OG) PUP 1 (OO) UWO S (CG) McGill C (CO) | 2 | | | Aodh Ó LaoideⒸ , Vioni Daffa Ghaisani , Xiaochun "Jennette" Zhu | TH, as South Korea, would aim to significantly increase its cross-border economic cooperation with North Korea |
2 | 2 Teams in debate: Durham A (OG) Cornell 2 (OO) McGill C (CG) UNTAD (CO) | 3 | | | Parth PandyaⒸ , Arthur Deng , Bernardo Lacastagneratte | THW ban social media companies from independently deplatforming politicians |
3 | 2 Teams in debate: McGill C (OG) Belgrade A (OO) USIU-A 1 (CG) ZISU (CO) | 4 | | | Matt CaitoⒸ , Umbar Sandhu , Vim Rubin | 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: Cambridge FM (OG) McGill C (OO) Aalto A (CG) IITB 2 (CO) | 6 | | | Eric KazadiⒸ , Akshay Akash , Dilys Wang | TH opposes the glorification of professional e-sports players |
5 | 2 Teams in debate: Imperial 2 (OG) LSE D (OO) EDS 2 (CG) McGill C (CO) | 7 | | | Adjudicator 283Ⓒ , Keshav Mohan , Lawrence Neequaye , Lelan Hu | 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: UPLB B (OG) McGill C (OO) SMU B (CG) USP (CO) | 8 | | | Uphie AbdurrahmanⒸ , Peter Wu , Wingel Xue | THBT it is in the interest of the Catholic church to officially recognize Folk Saints |
7 | 4 Teams in debate: Mona (OG) ATMA 1 (OO) McGill C (CG) Phil C (CO) | 11 | | | Aisha O'MalleyⒸ , Karen Chen , Kayque dos Santos | 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 | 2 Teams in debate: McGill C (OG) Aalto A (OO) St Petersburg 1 (CG) KCL A (CO) | 12 | | | Ron LeizrowiceⒸ , Leauren Ji , Rushdoon Ahmed | 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: UPT 1 (OG) McGill C (OO) YNC A (CG) DUDU 1 (CO) | 15 | | | Ido KotlerⒸ , Shawn Kasih , William Reynolds | 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 |