1 | 1 Teams in debate: East China 1 (OG) UofK A (OO) Singidunum A (CG) Princeton C (CO) | | | | Arie MoraⒸ , Arthur Deng , Thomas Burnett | TH, as South Korea, would aim to significantly increase its cross-border economic cooperation with North Korea |
2 | 1 Teams in debate: Singidunum A (OG) UENR 2 (OO) DTU (CG) PUCP 1 (CO) | | | | Senkai HsiaⒸ , Ayman Zaman , Cecilia Tiara Liong | THW ban social media companies from independently deplatforming politicians |
3 | 2 Teams in debate: Yale 3 (OG) RUC 1 (OO) IDS (CG) Singidunum A (CO) | 1 | | | Uzair TajuddinⒸ , Aoileann Ní Mhurchú , Siddharth Soneja | TH prefers environmental movements heavily prioritizing a local agenda over a global one (e.g., focusing on local pollution rather than climate change) |
4 | 1 Teams in debate: Ayiwoli Awedaga Mahadi (OG) Singidunum A (OO) FUV 1 (CG) SIU (CO) | 1 | | | Diego DuarteⒸ , Lorraine Lui , Vim Rubin | TH opposes the glorification of professional e-sports players |
5 | 3 Teams in debate: QU 1 (OG) Singidunum A (OO) UCEMA (CG) UVM 1 (CO) | 3 | | | Youngsun ShinⒸ , Carolina Barrios Martínez , Edgar Empeño | 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: Singidunum A (OG) PKU 2 (OO) IIUM 3 (CG) UNRI 2 (CO) | 4 | | | Minseob LeeⒸ , Christopher Salendu Erwin , Stephanie Werner | THBT it is in the interest of the Catholic church to officially recognize Folk Saints |
7 | 1 Teams in debate: UNC (OG) Split B (OO) Singidunum A (CG) IDC 1 (CO) | 4 | | | Lidya AndreaniⒸ , Fiifi Buabeng-Baiden , Shanya Sadanandan | 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: JUDO 1 (OG) UCEMA (OO) Solbridge 3 (CG) Singidunum A (CO) | 5 | | | Srijan PoudelⒸ , Ashutosh Bahuguna , Chaemi Lee | 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: Singidunum A (OG) UTech Ja. 1 (OO) QU 1 (CG) UCEMA (CO) | 7 | | | Polina PashintcevaⒸ , Juan Triviño , Mateo Pažin , Samuel Blackwood | 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 |