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This house supports Gulf States intervening in Ethiopia
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Gulf States refer to Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. Tigray is Ethiopia's northernmost region. Bordering Eritrea, it is home to most of the country's estimated 7 million ethnic Tigrayans. In November 2020, the regional government, controlled by the Tigray People's Liberation Front, launched a full-scale siege of a key Ethiopian military base. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ordered a federal offensive against the region, setting off a conflict which has killed thousands of people - many of whom allegedly died as a result of indiscriminate shelling of cities in Tigray by Ethiopian forces, and has seen nearly 60,000 people fleeing to Sudan.

UADC 2021 · Open Quarters · 2021-10-01
This house prefers a world where Islam has its own central authority (e.g. The Pope or the Magisterium in Catholicism)
UADC 2021 · EFL Semis · 2021-10-01
This house believes that the West should look to establish diplomatic relationships with the Taliban government
BDC Pre Worlds 2021 · 5 · 2021-09-23
This house believes that the decision to withdraw from Afghanistan is in the best interest of the United States
Fulbright BP Open 2021 · 4 · 2021-09-18
With the benefit of hindsight this house would have created a Jewish state in Germany, rather than a Jewish state in the British Mandate of Palestine
SMU Hammers 2021 · Open Quarters · 2021-09-18
This house supports negotiations between NRFA and the Taliban in dealing with the war in Afghanistan
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The Islamist Taliban took power in Kabul on Aug. 15, and effectively took control of the rest of Afghanistan, after the Western-backed government collapsed and President Ashraf Ghani fled the country. Ahmad Massoud, head of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRFA), an Afghan opposition group, announced that he welcomed proposals from religious scholars tied to the Taliban for a negotiated settlement to end the fighting

Wolce Pre-Asians 2021 · 2 · 2021-09-11
As progressive Muslims this house celebrates the decline in unity of Arab countries
EEC In Action XX 2021 · 4 · 2021-09-11
This house would not leave Afghanistan
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You are an influential female journalist in Afghanistan. The Taliban recently took over the government and you have been threatened to leave the country. The UK government has offered you safe passage in their country.

Regatta IV 2021 · Open Final · 2021-09-11
The parliament will send troops to Afghanistan as a quad aimed at removing the Taliban from power.
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Year 2022. The Taliban is in power in Afghanistan. At present almost the whole country is under their rule. Fundamental rights All rights of citizens, including freedom of speech, are under threat. The United States, India, Bangladesh, Australia and Japan have formed a quad. The organization seeks to counter Chinese influence and expand its influence in the South Asian region by increasing its own military might. The United States has offered to send troops to Afghanistan to quell Taliban aggression.

CUSD OPEN : Fundraiser for A Child · 4 · 2021-09-02
This house regrets Biden's decision to delist Yemen's Houthi movement as a foreign terrorist organization
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The Houthi movement is a rebellion movement against the Yemen army and government. The rebellion has roots in corruption, religion and economic deprivation. The movement effectively controls the North of Yemen and is alleged to get support from Iran and potentially North Korea. The Yemen government is backed by Saudi-Arabia and the US. Trump placed the Houthi movement on the US terrorist list which made it illegal for organisations to deal with the Houthi movement.

Lasallian Debate League 2021 · Open Semis · 2021-08-28
This house, as the Biden Administration, would not have withdrawn from Afghanistan
Lasallian Debate League 2021 · Novice Semis · 2021-08-28
This house supports US military intervention in Afghanistan as a mean to deliver aid
National Schools Debating Championships 2021 · 4 · 2021-08-27
This house as the Biden administration will pivot away from Saudi Arabia
Shri Ram Debating Festival 2021 · 5 · 2021-08-23
This house believes that the Biden administration's decision to withdraw from Afghanistan is not in the interests of the United States.
KIDA 2021 · 5 · 2021-08-23
This house believes that The West Should Cooperate With The Taliban in Afghanistan
International Scholastic Debating Championship 2021 (Senior) · Open Final · 2021-08-20
As Biden's administration, This house would reinstate US military force back to Afghanistan
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For the most of the last 20 years, the US has supported the government in Afghanistan to keep Taliban in check. However in April 2021, US President Joe Biden announced that all American forces would leave the country by 11 September. Over the past few months, the Taliban had begun gaining control of territories around the country. The presidential palace has fallen to Taliban's hand, forcing President Ashraf Ghani to leave Afghanistan.

ALSA e-Comp UI 2021 · Varsity Round 4 · 2021-08-20
This house as the Biden Administration would transfer back the US embassy to Israel from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv
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In 2018 the Trump administration decided to move the US Embassy to Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The international community and Palestinians condemned this move due to the message it would send and the precedence it would make surrounding the efforts to achieve Two-State Solution. The Biden Administration has not shown any signs of reverting this situation.

Argumentum Open 2021 · 2 · 2021-08-15
This house, as the United States, would condition the lifting of sanctions on Iran on the disarmament of its militant proxy groups in the Middle East (e.g. Hezbollah, Hamas, Houthis, etc.) rather than on them significantly curtailing their nuclear program (reducing their uranium stockpile, limiting the number and types of centrifuges in Iran’s possession, etc.)
Pakistan Debate Open 2021 · Open Octos · 2021-08-14
This house would refuse to work on the project
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A consultant is a professional who provides advice and further purposeful activities in an area of specialization. You are a newly employed queer woman who has landed a job in consulting. this oddly happens to be the only job you have been able to find due to the pandemic making searching for a job more difficult after more than a year of unemployment. You're not broke or unable to make ends meet but you definitely aren't financially secure right now. Essentially you could be more comfortable. You are being asked to work on a project dealing with addressing political dissidence in Saudi Arabia and it is the only project available for staffing.

DebateGo Waterloo 2021 Tournament · Open Semis · 2021-08-13
This house believes that it is in the interests of the United States to fully redeploy troops in Afghanistan
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After 9/11 in 2001 the terrorist attack on New York City the United States have deployed troops to Afghanistan vowing to support democracy and remove the terrorist threat. The US military has been in Afghanistan since 2001 up until 2021. The Taliban a Islamist militant group was one of the most powerful groups in the area during this 20 year conflict that the US has fought against. However during these 20 years many Americans have been angry with the massive costs and deaths of war while many citizens in the Middle East have been angered by American intervention and presence in the region. President Joe Biden has announced that on September 11th of 2021 the US military will fully withdraw from Afghanistan. As more and more troops have been withdrawing the Taliban has regained power capturing Kandahar and Herāt Afghanistan's 2nd and 3rd largest cities. The Taliban also now controls 12 out of 34 provincial capital cities in Afghanistan which has been a devastating loss for the government of Afghanistan.

DebateGo Waterloo 2021 Tournament · 4 · 2021-08-13