| 1 | 2 Teams in debate:
LSE C (OG)
GUU C (OO)
YUU2 (CG)
St Petersburg 1 (CO) | 1 | | | Yoni Cohen-IdovⒸ , Aisha O'Malley , Fatima AnikaⓉ | TH, as South Korea, would aim to significantly increase its cross-border economic cooperation with North Korea |
| 2 | 4 Teams in debate:
SSMC (OG)
St Petersburg 1 (OO)
NNU 1 (CG)
Durham B (CO) | 4 | | | Janko DjordjevicⒸ , ZEFROON AFSARY , Olivia YinⓉ | THW ban social media companies from independently deplatforming politicians |
| 3 | 2 Teams in debate:
Korea B (OG)
Sheffield A (OO)
St Petersburg 1 (CG)
IITB 1 (CO) | 5 | | | Ilija IvaniševićⒸ , Oscar Chaffey , Sophie Behrendsen , Shayne AlvarezⓉ | TH prefers environmental movements heavily prioritizing a local agenda over a global one (e.g., focusing on local pollution rather than climate change) |
| 4 | 4 Teams in debate:
St Petersburg 1 (OG)
Brown B (OO)
President A (CG)
Belgrade B (CO) | 8 | | | Hadar GoldbergⒸ , Jun Ming Goh , Matthew Fricker , Muhammad Bakhtiar | TH opposes the glorification of professional e-sports players |
| 5 | 3 Teams in debate:
KCL B (OG)
ANU 3 (OO)
LSE C (CG)
St Petersburg 1 (CO) | 10 | | | Njuguna MachariaⒸ , Jarrod Grant , Kit Wa Victoria Fong | 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:
St Petersburg 1 (OG)
Durham B (OO)
GUU C (CG)
TCD Hist 3 (CO) | 10 | | | Enting LeeⒸ , Ben Xiang , Branko Stajic | THBT it is in the interest of the Catholic church to officially recognize Folk Saints |
| 7 | 3 Teams in debate:
Harvard D (OG)
St Petersburg 1 (OO)
IITB 1 (CG)
NLUD A (CO) | 12 | | | Ruth SilcoffⒸ , Alberto Nakakogue , Chinmaya Mohan | 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:
McGill C (OG)
Aalto A (OO)
St Petersburg 1 (CG)
KCL A (CO) | 15 | | | Ron LeizrowiceⒸ , Leauren Ji , Rushdoon Ahmed | 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:
SEOUL 1 (OG)
NU Q (OO)
St Petersburg 1 (CG)
TAU 1 (CO) | 16 | | | Stefan SiridzanskiⒸ , Chesta B , Mohammed Wasif Amin Khan | 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 |
| 18 | 2 Teams in debate:
Kyiv A (OG)
KNU 1 (OO)
St Petersburg 1 (CG)
TEC CEM 1 (CO) | | | | Juanita HincapiéⒸ , Akira Kato , Banun Sabri , Connor “I need to go the fuck to sleep” O’Brien , Ela Jurko , Harmen de Jong , Udai Kamath | TH prefers a world in which the Resident Evil machine exists |
| 19 | 2 Teams in debate:
Rosario B (OG)
BUET A (OO)
St Petersburg 1 (CG)
Kyiv A (CO) | | | | Ayal Hayut-manⒸ , Brent Schmidt , Jessica Musulin , Klaudia Maciejewska , Neo Wei Sheng , Pranav Kagalkar , Robert Barrie , Ruth Silcoff , Stefan Siridzanski | THBT international discussion forums should not self-censor* in an attempt to increase inclusivity to people from countries with stringent freedom-of-speech rules.
*Examples of self-cenorship are: AI conferences avoiding discussions on the implications of the use of a certain technology by oppressive regimes; competitions censoring topics; moderators removing politically sensitive content from discussion boards |