1 | 2 Teams in debate: Zagreb C (OG) PUP 1 (OO) UWO S (CG) McGill C (CO) | 1 | | | 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 | 1 Teams in debate: NU A (OG) ABSU GM (OO) Zagreb C (CG) EDS 2 (CO) | 1 | | | Q Anh CaoⒸ , Beatrice Cuizon , Ben Xiang | THW ban social media companies from independently deplatforming politicians |
3 | 3 Teams in debate: Coimbra 2 (OG) Zagreb C (OO) Rosario D (CG) Aberdeen BF (CO) | 3 | | | Akira KatoⒸ , Naman Gupta , Wingel Xue | 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: RUC 1 (OG) Team 1120 (OO) UENR 1 (CG) Zagreb C (CO) | 6 | | | Syed Shadab TajwarⒸ , Jessica Awurum , Osel Pan | TH opposes the glorification of professional e-sports players |
5 | 4 Teams in debate: Strathmore A (OG) Unhas 1 (OO) UCL A (CG) Zagreb C (CO) | 9 | | | Aditya DharⒸ , Afreen Khan , Sharath Nambiar | 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 | 1 Teams in debate: UWODS 1 (OG) ANU B (OO) Zagreb C (CG) JHU PM (CO) | 9 | | | Ben JacksonⒸ , Charlette Inao , Jirayu Leesuwatthanakul | THBT it is in the interest of the Catholic church to officially recognize Folk Saints |
7 | 3 Teams in debate: Zagreb C (OG) Tokyo B (OO) Wits 1 (CG) Gadjah Mada 2 (CO) | 11 | | | Ron LeizrowiceⒸ , Abhinav Mohanty , Cecilia Tiara Liong | 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: NTU 3 (OG) Zagreb C (OO) UCD L&H A (CG) GUU A (CO) | 13 | | | Uphie AbdurrahmanⒸ , Rody Visotski , Syauqi Shuhaimi | 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: De La Salle 3 (OG) UGM C (OO) UCD LawSoc A (CG) Zagreb C (CO) | 16 | | | Umar BuckusⒸ , Alex Lovell , Christopher Salendu Erwin | 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 |
15 | 2 Teams in debate: UST 1 (OG) Zagreb C (OO) Sunway A (CG) Edinburgh C (CO) | | | | Janko DjordjevicⒸ , Jessica Musulin , Jyotirmoy Mishra , Osel Pan , Tanvir Shahriar | TH would teach children to have a logical approach to life, even at the expense of reducing their emotional bandwidth (e.g. trying to react in less emotional ways, prioritising logic over emotions when approaching problem-solving, etc.) |
16 | 1 Teams in debate: DLSU 1 (OG) Sunway A (OO) Zagreb C (CG) UPLB 1 (CO) | | | | Ameera MooreⒸ , Daniel Berman , Jacky Chai , Katherine Harris , Miraz Rahman , Neo Wei Sheng , Sebastian “sorry was sleeping, just seeing this” Dasso | THBT police commissioners should be directly elected by their local community |