1 | 1 Teams in debate: UNSW A (OG) Unila (OO) KCL A (CG) GMCB 1 (CO) | | | | Jevon HenryⒸ , Abrar Muhit , Fiifi Buabeng-Baiden | TH, as South Korea, would aim to significantly increase its cross-border economic cooperation with North Korea |
2 | 2 Teams in debate: PUP 1 (OG) UNRI 1 (OO) IBA-DU 2 (CG) Unila (CO) | 1 | | | Shudipto R. AhmedⒸ , Ashley Costa , TAOYANG LIUⓉ | THW ban social media companies from independently deplatforming politicians |
3 | 2 Teams in debate: Aberdeen DW (OG) FUV 1 (OO) Unila (CG) Tokyo B (CO) | 2 | | | Eze NwakubaⒸ , Afreen Khan , Vansh Chadha | 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: Unila (OG) SMU B (OO) TAU 3 (CG) UTech Ja. 1 (CO) | 4 | | | Aroon ParthasarathyⒸ , Adya Sharma , Sneha Verma | TH opposes the glorification of professional e-sports players |
5 | 2 Teams in debate: PUP 1 (OG) EDS 1 (OO) Unila (CG) NNU 1 (CO) | 5 | | | Emery TaylorⒸ , Alberto Nakakogue , Ken Tieu | 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: UGM A (OG) IHU A (OO) Pep Belgrade A (CG) Unila (CO) | 5 | | | Tim GamezⒸ , Hamzah Mahmood , Jaleelah Ammar | THBT it is in the interest of the Catholic church to officially recognize Folk Saints |
7 | 2 Teams in debate: Unila (OG) IIUM 3 (OO) MSU-GSC BD (CG) KOREA A (CO) | 6 | | | Sophie SheadⒸ , Aditya Kumar , Shawn Kasih | 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: QU 2 (OG) Unila (OO) ADA 1 (CG) (UYII, COMSU) (CO) | 9 | | | Arghya Dev Biswas AryanⒸ , Chisato Hashima , Jirayu Leesuwatthanakul | 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: XU 1 (OG) BHU1 (OO) USIU-A 1 (CG) Unila (CO) | 10 | | | Jonathan TuliaoⒸ , Karen Chen , Shmuel Satat | 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 |