| 1 | 1 Teams in debate:
Rosario D (OG)
Cornell 1 (OO)
Imperial 1 (CG)
DBC (CO) | | | | Jacklin KwanⒸ , Francisca Mansa Fuah , Samia Tabassum NidhiⓉ | TH, as South Korea, would aim to significantly increase its cross-border economic cooperation with North Korea |
| 2 | 4 Teams in debate:
MUIC 1 (OG)
DBC (OO)
NUS D (CG)
UNC (CO) | 3 | | | Ilija IvaniševićⒸ , Boburmirzo Sirojiddinov , Kartik Mathur , Michelle HuⓉ | THW ban social media companies from independently deplatforming politicians |
| 3 | 3 Teams in debate:
DBC (OG)
St Andrews B (OO)
Team 1120 (CG)
Kyiv A (CO) | 5 | | | Banun SabriⒸ , Abhinav Mohanty , Mateo Pažin | 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:
SolBridge 2 (OG)
MUDS B (OO)
DBC (CG)
Vellore A (CO) | 7 | | | Ron LeizrowiceⒸ , Arthur Deng , Prateek Sharma , Settanant Thanakitkoses | TH opposes the glorification of professional e-sports players |
| 5 | 3 Teams in debate:
ETH A (OG)
Ateneo de Manila 2 (OO)
DBC (CG)
USFQ A (CO) | 9 | | | Daniel BermanⒸ , Arshiya Sohaib , Gabriel Guia | 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:
TAU 2 (OG)
GMCB 1 (OO)
Canada West - SFU Crew (CG)
DBC (CO) | 11 | | | Senkai HsiaⒸ , Ethan John Floro , Raphael Opoku Kwasi | THBT it is in the interest of the Catholic church to officially recognize Folk Saints |
| 7 | 3 Teams in debate:
Auckland A (OG)
DBC (OO)
SDS 1 (CG)
UNWE 1 (CO) | 13 | | | Connor “I need to go the fuck to sleep” O’BrienⒸ , Diego Duarte , Lelan Hu | 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:
DBC (OG)
BDU 2 (OO)
Chicago A (CG)
TAU 1 (CO) | 14 | | | Umar BuckusⒸ , Ela Jurko , Neo Wei Sheng | 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:
UPLB 1 (OG)
DBC (OO)
Stanford 1 (CG)
Otago A (CO) | 15 | | | 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 |