1 | 1 Teams in debate: Indonesia 4 (OG) UWED1 (OO) IHU A (CG) MUIC 1 (CO) | | | | Boemo “I’m the only reasonable one here” PhirinyaneⒸ , Kit Wa Victoria Fong , Matthew Midlane , Umbar SandhuⓉ | TH, as South Korea, would aim to significantly increase its cross-border economic cooperation with North Korea |
2 | 2 Teams in debate: MUIC 1 (OG) DBC (OO) NUS D (CG) UNC (CO) | 1 | | | Ilija IvaniševićⒸ , Boburmirzo Sirojiddinov , Kartik Mathur , Michelle HuⓉ | THW ban social media companies from independently deplatforming politicians |
3 | 1 Teams in debate: QU 2 (OG) Premier 1 (OO) MUIC 1 (CG) SMU(A), SINGAPORE (CO) | 1 | | | Nir KligsbergⒸ , Annie Zhi , Youngsun Shin | 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: UFRN 1 (OG) MUIC 1 (OO) YUU3 (CG) UCEMA (CO) | 2 | | | Sameer ShaikhⒸ , Matthew Pernes , Rahul Datta | TH opposes the glorification of professional e-sports players |
5 | 3 Teams in debate: IDS (OG) MUIC 1 (OO) Ayiwoli Awedaga Mahadi (CG) UTech Ja. 1 (CO) | 4 | | | Tunan RahmanⒸ , Naman Gupta , Shruti Poddar , Khairul AshrafⓉ | 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 | 2 Teams in debate: FGV 1 (OG) SUDS 52 (OO) MUIC 1 (CG) Team 1436 (CO) | 5 | | | Simon LuoⒸ , Karend Vanessa Herrera , Ken Tieu | THBT it is in the interest of the Catholic church to officially recognize Folk Saints |
7 | 3 Teams in debate: MUIC 1 (OG) YSU (OO) DAE1 (CG) BUP 1 (CO) | 7 | | | Edgar EmpeñoⒸ , Eza Qamar , Kevin Zhang , Vioni Daffa Ghaisani | 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: KOREA A (OG) SXCM CM (OO) Karlsruhe A (CG) MUIC 1 (CO) | 10 | | | Katherine HarrisⒸ , Guilherme Carvalho , Sofia Chavez | 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: NUL (OG) UFRGS 1 (OO) UofK B (CG) MUIC 1 (CO) | 13 | | | Q Anh CaoⒸ , Alberto Nakakogue , Chinmaya Mohan | 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 |