1 | 1 Teams in debate: HUJI B (OG) NTU 3 (OO) UPLB 1 (CG) Duke 2 (CO) | | | | Jarrod GrantⒸ , Aaron Wang , Vansh Chadha | TH, as South Korea, would aim to significantly increase its cross-border economic cooperation with North Korea |
2 | 4 Teams in debate: IDS (OG) SXCM CM (OO) ETH A (CG) NTU 3 (CO) | 3 | | | Jeremiah EdagbamiⒸ , Chesta B , Daria Chill | THW ban social media companies from independently deplatforming politicians |
3 | 3 Teams in debate: NTU 3 (OG) HWS A (OO) IIUM 3 (CG) PU 1 (CO) | 5 | | | Helena HeckeⒸ , Fiifi Buabeng-Baiden , TAOYANG LIU | 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: USIU-A 1 (OG) IIUM 1 (OO) NTU 3 (CG) KEIO 1 (CO) | 7 | | | Pranav KagalkarⒸ , Bernardo Lacastagneratte , Reut Ginat | TH opposes the glorification of professional e-sports players |
5 | 1 Teams in debate: Auckland B (OG) Gadjah Mada 2 (OO) NTU 3 (CG) UPLB 1 (CO) | 7 | | | Kiana Saint-MacaryⒸ , Ajay Raul , Daniel Obiyo , Khalid Aurnab | 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 | 3 Teams in debate: Kyiv A (OG) NLUD A (OO) SXCM CM (CG) NTU 3 (CO) | 9 | | | Elaye KarstadtⒸ , Andy Chen , Jihee Yun , Paolo Taino | THBT it is in the interest of the Catholic church to officially recognize Folk Saints |
7 | 3 Teams in debate: Yale 3 (OG) NTU 3 (OO) Rosario B (CG) GMCB 1 (CO) | 11 | | | Namita PandeyⒸ , Afreen Khan , Hizkia Nogie Runkat | 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: NTU 3 (OG) Zagreb C (OO) UCD L&H A (CG) GUU A (CO) | 12 | | | 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 | 2 Teams in debate: KEIO 1 (OG) UGM A (OO) Phil B (CG) NTU 3 (CO) | 13 | | | Katharina Margareta JansenⒸ , Josef Florendo , Kartik Mathur | 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 |