1 | 3 Teams in debate: Chittagong A (OG) QDU A (OO) Sunway A (CG) BHU1 (CO) | 2 | | | Ryosuke YoshidaⒸ , Charlette Inao , Judah Purwanto | TH, as South Korea, would aim to significantly increase its cross-border economic cooperation with North Korea |
2 | 3 Teams in debate: Duke 1 (OG) USIU-A 1 (OO) QDU A (CG) SEOUL 2 (CO) | 4 | | | Sajid KhandakerⒸ , Bilal Moin , Einsteine Veliyanka | THW ban social media companies from independently deplatforming politicians |
3 | 3 Teams in debate: Rosario A (OG) NUS C (OO) Chittagong A (CG) QDU A (CO) | 6 | | | Jeremiah EdagbamiⒸ , Aisha O'Malley , Gabriel Guia | 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: QDU A (OG) Rosario C (OO) Harvard B (CG) Belgrade A (CO) | 7 | | | Katharina Margareta JansenⒸ , Ajay Raul , Youngsun Shin | TH opposes the glorification of professional e-sports players |
5 | 2 Teams in debate: QDU A (OG) NU Q (OO) ANU 1 (CG) TEC CEM 1 (CO) | 8 | | | Umar BuckusⒸ , Farley Bermeo , Odong Vincent | 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: CUHK B (OG) Belgrade B (OO) QDU A (CG) Melbourne 3 (CO) | 8 | | | Neo Wei ShengⒸ , Bronwyn McDonald , Vansh Chadha | THBT it is in the interest of the Catholic church to officially recognize Folk Saints |
7 | 4 Teams in debate: XU 2 (OG) Ghana 1 (OO) UFMG 1 (CG) QDU A (CO) | 11 | | | Mohammed Wasif Amin KhanⒸ , André Carvalho , Celeste Tan | 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: UWA 1 (OG) QDU A (OO) Indonesia 2 (CG) PUCP 1 (CO) | 12 | | | Kiana Saint-MacaryⒸ , Alberto Nakakogue , Atiya Al-Hammud | 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 | 3 Teams in debate: Ghana 1 (OG) MUDS B (OO) Tokyo B (CG) QDU A (CO) | 14 | | | Elaye KarstadtⒸ , Leauren Ji , Qudus Ajibade Adeyemi | 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 |