| 1 | 4 Teams in debate:
WCM-Q 2 (OG)
Stanford 1 (OO)
Unhas 1 (CG)
Cornell 2 (CO) | 3 | | | Stefan SiridzanskiⒸ , Judy Ji , Muhammad Bakhtiar | TH, as South Korea, would aim to significantly increase its cross-border economic cooperation with North Korea |
| 2 | 3 Teams in debate:
Stanford 1 (OG)
Ateneo de Manila 1 (OO)
STRATH 1 (CG)
GUU C (CO) | 5 | | | Ruth SilcoffⒸ , Reed Herter , Aldi Putra LianiⓉ | THW ban social media companies from independently deplatforming politicians |
| 3 | 4 Teams in debate:
TCD HIST B (OG)
UADS 2 (OO)
Auckland B (CG)
Stanford 1 (CO) | 8 | | | Shudipto R. AhmedⒸ , Celeste Tan , Shmuel Satat | TH prefers environmental movements heavily prioritizing a local agenda over a global one (e.g., focusing on local pollution rather than climate change) |
| 4 | 3 Teams in debate:
LSE B (OG)
CUDS A (OO)
Stanford 1 (CG)
Oxford 2 (CO) | 10 | | | Banun SabriⒸ , Alberto Nakakogue , Simon Luo , Syafa Sabha SafiraⓉ | TH opposes the glorification of professional e-sports players |
| 5 | 3 Teams in debate:
Princeton B (OG)
Ateneo 4 (OO)
Stanford 1 (CG)
LSE A (CO) | 12 | | | Janko DjordjevicⒸ , Atiya Al-Hammud , Branko Stajic | 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:
Sheffield A (OG)
MQU A (OO)
Harvard A (CG)
Stanford 1 (CO) | 12 | | | Jessica MusulinⒸ , Osborn Agyei , Rody Visotski | THBT it is in the interest of the Catholic church to officially recognize Folk Saints |
| 7 | 1 Teams in debate:
Imperial 1 (OG)
Stanford 1 (OO)
Leiden A (CG)
GLC A (CO) | 12 | | | Abhinav Reddy BathulaⒸ , Katherine Harris , Tunan Rahman | 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:
Stanford 1 (OG)
Rosario B (OO)
Haifa A (CG)
Indonesia 4 (CO) | 14 | | | Yarn ShihⒸ , June Olu , Leslie Douglas | 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:
UPLB 1 (OG)
DBC (OO)
Stanford 1 (CG)
Otago A (CO) | 17 | | | Ron LeizrowiceⒸ , Jacky Chai , Shruti Deb | 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 |