| 1 | 1 Teams in debate:
Imperial 2 (OG)
Chicago B (OO)
JHU B (CG)
Technion A (CO) | | | | Ron LeizrowiceⒸ , Martin Villanueva , Khairul AshrafⓉ | TH, as South Korea, would aim to significantly increase its cross-border economic cooperation with North Korea |
| 2 | 3 Teams in debate:
YUU2 (OG)
FUTO A (OO)
Chicago B (CG)
UFMG 1 (CO) | 2 | | | ApratimⒸ , Afreen Khan , Matthew Fricker | THW ban social media companies from independently deplatforming politicians |
| 3 | 4 Teams in debate:
PKU 3 (OG)
Mona (OO)
Koc A (CG)
Chicago B (CO) | 5 | | | Rushdoon AhmedⒸ , Oisín Browne , Vioni Daffa Ghaisani | 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:
Chicago B (OG)
Covenant 1 (OO)
Edinburgh D (CG)
ILNU B (CO) | 6 | | | Patrick CowleyⒸ , Musfira Khurshid , Shayne Alvarez , Verse Abellaneda | TH opposes the glorification of professional e-sports players |
| 5 | 3 Teams in debate:
IITR 1 (OG)
MSU-GSC BD (OO)
Chicago B (CG)
SUFE 1 (CO) | 8 | | | Jacklin KwanⒸ , Oscar Chaffey , Xiaochun "Jennette" Zhu | 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 | 4 Teams in debate:
JHU A (OG)
UCL A (OO)
GUU A (CG)
Chicago B (CO) | 11 | | | Djordje JovicevicⒸ , Aaron Wang , Guilherme Carvalho , Kayque dos Santos | THBT it is in the interest of the Catholic church to officially recognize Folk Saints |
| 7 | 2 Teams in debate:
Durham B (OG)
Chicago B (OO)
Sydney D (CG)
Belgrade A (CO) | 12 | | | Sebastian “sorry was sleeping, just seeing this” DassoⒸ , Hamzah Mahmood , Nimaya Harris | 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:
Chicago B (OG)
Cambridge A (OO)
Princeton A (CG)
Habib A (CO) | 14 | | | Njuguna MachariaⒸ , Einsteine Veliyanka , Matthew Pernes | 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:
HUJI C (OG)
McGill B (OO)
Chicago B (CG)
Monash 3 (CO) | 17 | | | Josh BaileyⒸ , Judah Purwanto , Shruti Poddar | 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 |