1 | 2 Teams in debate: RRIS 1 (OG) HKU 3 (OO) Harvard A (CG) BRAC 1 (CO) | 1 | | | Tanvir ShahriarⒸ , Lelan Hu , Sofia ChavezⓉ | TH, as South Korea, would aim to significantly increase its cross-border economic cooperation with North Korea |
2 | 1 Teams in debate: UBC1 (OG) RRIS 1 (OO) SolBridge 2 (CG) UPD 1 (CO) | 1 | | | Da'Von BoydⒸ , Pauline Mbanza , Rushdoon Ahmed , Ajay RaulⓉ | THW ban social media companies from independently deplatforming politicians |
3 | 2 Teams in debate: SUDS 52 (OG) UNAIR (OO) SIU (CG) RRIS 1 (CO) | 2 | | | Matt AydinⒸ , Carolina Amorim Fernandes , Hamzah Mahmood | TH prefers environmental movements heavily prioritizing a local agenda over a global one (e.g., focusing on local pollution rather than climate change) |
4 | 4 Teams in debate: UNC (OG) WCM-Q 2 (OO) RRIS 1 (CG) FUTO A (CO) | 5 | | | Jarrod GrantⒸ , Beatrice Cuizon , João Pedro Mamede Miranda | TH opposes the glorification of professional e-sports players |
5 | 2 Teams in debate: (UYII, COMSU) (OG) UPT 1 (OO) Hart House C (CG) RRIS 1 (CO) | 6 | | | Alex LovellⒸ , Abdulazis Alando , Eze Nwakuba | 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: (UYII, COMSU) (OG) RRIS 1 (OO) Malaya 3 (CG) Must 1 (CO) | 9 | | | Parth PandyaⒸ , Daniela Leyton Giraldo , Nichar Chuaykoom , Lelícia Maria Teixeira TroianⓉ | THBT it is in the interest of the Catholic church to officially recognize Folk Saints |
7 | 3 Teams in debate: RRIS 1 (OG) CUHK A (OO) HKU B (CG) KOREA C (CO) | 11 | | | Shudipto R. AhmedⒸ , Karina Wugang , Ken Tieu | 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: USP (OG) Sunway A (OO) RRIS 1 (CG) UBAYA (CO) | 12 | | | Daniel BermanⒸ , Dilys Wang , Eze Nwakuba | 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: UCDS 1 (OG) GMCB 1 (OO) RRIS 1 (CG) NLUD A (CO) | 12 | | | Jacklin KwanⒸ , Sophie Shead , Vansh Chadha | 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 |