1 | 1 Teams in debate: FUV 1 (OG) SLCU 1 (OO) IIUM 4 (CG) SMU B (CO) | | | | Umar BuckusⒸ , Hamzah Mahmood , Musfira Khurshid | TH, as South Korea, would aim to significantly increase its cross-border economic cooperation with North Korea |
2 | 3 Teams in debate: UCEMA (OG) CamEd 2 (OO) PLM 1 (CG) IIUM 4 (CO) | 2 | | | Jarrod GrantⒸ , Abrar Muhit , Sneha Verma | THW ban social media companies from independently deplatforming politicians |
3 | 3 Teams in debate: EDS 2 (OG) IIUM 4 (OO) ASET (CG) NUS B (CO) | 4 | | | Alex LovellⒸ , David Brynley Hamer , William Reynolds | TH prefers environmental movements heavily prioritizing a local agenda over a global one (e.g., focusing on local pollution rather than climate change) |
4 | 2 Teams in debate: IIUM 4 (OG) HKU B (OO) UFRGS 1 (CG) Cornell 3 (CO) | 5 | | | Uzair TajuddinⒸ , Samuel Blackwood , Wingel Xue | TH opposes the glorification of professional e-sports players |
5 | 2 Teams in debate: YUU1 (OG) Edinburgh D (OO) UofK B (CG) IIUM 4 (CO) | 6 | | | Abhishek AcharyaⒸ , Jaleelah Ammar , Paolo Taino | 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: IIUM 4 (OG) KC 2 (OO) ABSU GM (CG) W&M 3 (CO) | 7 | | | Thamera NaickerⒸ , Alberto Nakakogue , Leslie Douglas , Xiaochun "Jennette" Zhu | THBT it is in the interest of the Catholic church to officially recognize Folk Saints |
7 | 4 Teams in debate: Rosario A (OG) IIUM 4 (OO) ZISU (CG) Parahyangan 1 (CO) | 10 | | | Akira KatoⒸ , Bilal Moin , Francisca Mansa Fuah , Shayne Alvarez | 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: St Andrews A (OG) Korea D (OO) USIU-A 1 (CG) IIUM 4 (CO) | 12 | | | Rohan GroverⒸ , Fiifi Buabeng-Baiden , Natalie Short | 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 | 1 Teams in debate: IIUM 2 (OG) Aberdeen DW (OO) IIUM 4 (CG) VU1 (CO) | 12 | | | Jeremiah EdagbamiⒸ , Jihee Yun , Jungwoo Park | 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 |