1 | 4 Teams in debate: Indonesia 3 (OG) Koc A (OO) CUDS A (CG) Leiden A (CO) | 3 | | | Djordje JovicevicⒸ , Yoonjae Lee | TH, as South Korea, would aim to significantly increase its cross-border economic cooperation with North Korea |
2 | 3 Teams in debate: MSU-GSC BD (OG) Zagreb A (OO) GLC A (CG) CUDS A (CO) | 5 | | | Syed Shadab TajwarⒸ , Peter Wu , Ruth Selorme Acolatse | THW ban social media companies from independently deplatforming politicians |
3 | 4 Teams in debate: CUDS A (OG) UWA 1 (OO) Cambridge A (CG) Monash 3 (CO) | 8 | | | Dan “I could chair this whole tournament” LahavⒸ , Nichar Chuaykoom , Nimaya Harris | 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: LSE B (OG) CUDS A (OO) Stanford 1 (CG) Oxford 2 (CO) | 8 | | | Banun SabriⒸ , Alberto Nakakogue , Simon Luo , Syafa Sabha SafiraⓉ | TH opposes the glorification of professional e-sports players |
5 | 2 Teams in debate: CUDS A (OG) ILNU-A (OO) Sofia A (CG) Harvard D (CO) | 9 | | | Klaudia MaciejewskaⒸ , Jirayu Leesuwatthanakul , Osel Pan , Travis Barton | 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: De La Salle 2 (OG) UCD L&H A (OO) KNUST C (CG) CUDS A (CO) | 12 | | | Kiana Saint-MacaryⒸ , Amina Tassenova , Jessica Awurum , Shruti Deb | THBT it is in the interest of the Catholic church to officially recognize Folk Saints |
7 | 1 Teams in debate: Bard A (OG) Auckland B (OO) CUDS A (CG) MAD 1 (CO) | 12 | | | Tejal “it goes down in the DMs” PatwardhanⒸ , Rushdoon Ahmed , Wesoamo Zempare | 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: UBC2 (OG) CUDS A (OO) NLIU (CG) ADDU 1 (CO) | 14 | | | Matt CaitoⒸ , Daniela Leyton Giraldo , Meg Kandarpa | 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: Duke 1 (OG) SDS 1 (OO) CUDS A (CG) Durham B (CO) | 14 | | | Pranav KagalkarⒸ , Andy Chen , Ethan John Floro | 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 |