| 1 | 1 Teams in debate:
Cambridge B (OG)
SXUK (OO)
UGM A (CG)
(UYII, COMSU) (CO) | | | | Matt AydinⒸ , Kanika Kaur , Odong Vincent | TH, as South Korea, would aim to significantly increase its cross-border economic cooperation with North Korea |
| 2 | 3 Teams in debate:
Parahyangan 1 (OG)
UGM A (OO)
Split B (CG)
HKU 3 (CO) | 2 | | | Milos “antibodies run through my veins” MarjanovicⒸ , Kit Wa Victoria Fong , Menachem Weber | THW ban social media companies from independently deplatforming politicians |
| 3 | 3 Teams in debate:
WCMQ 1 (OG)
DTU (OO)
UPT 1 (CG)
UGM A (CO) | 4 | | | Tawfique ElahiⒸ , Avantika . , Chinmaya Mohan | 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:
UGM A (OG)
IUTDS A (OO)
Strathmore A (CG)
GLC A (CO) | 5 | | | Jacky ChaiⒸ , Celeste Tan , Matthew Midlane | TH opposes the glorification of professional e-sports players |
| 5 | 1 Teams in debate:
DUTY (OG)
Mona (OO)
BUET B (CG)
UGM A (CO) | 5 | | | Shruti DebⒸ , Lelícia Maria Teixeira Troian , Namit Agrawal | 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:
UGM A (OG)
IHU A (OO)
Pep Belgrade A (CG)
Unila (CO) | 7 | | | Tim GamezⒸ , Hamzah Mahmood , Jaleelah Ammar | THBT it is in the interest of the Catholic church to officially recognize Folk Saints |
| 7 | 4 Teams in debate:
Rvce1 (OG)
UGM A (OO)
Team 1295 (CG)
SXCM CM (CO) | 10 | | | Olivia MackenderⒸ , Lydia Vlasto , Stephanie Werner | 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:
Chittagong A (OG)
Aberdeen BF (OO)
UGM A (CG)
HWS B (CO) | 13 | | | Patrick CowleyⒸ , André Carvalho , Shruti Poddar | 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 | 1 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 |