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  • This house believes that decisions by Kosovar Government bring more harm than good to Kosovo*

    Infoslide

    The Government of semi-recognized Republic of Kosovo*, led by PM Albin Kurti, has recently passed multiple decisions aimed againt the minority Serbian population, including, but not limited to: denying the creation of the Community of Serbian Municipalities, banning the use of Serbian Dinar, disallowing Serbian goods to enter Kosovo, banning Serbian licence plates on vehicles.

    Split Open 2024 · Round 4 · 2024-07-06

  • This house believes that mainstream European political parties should abandon the strategy of the “cordon sanitaire” for dealing with the rise of the far-right

    Infoslide

    The strategy of the “cordon sanitaire” involves all major political parties agreeing to refuse cooperating with far right political parties. Some Cordon Sanitaires that currently exist are in Germany on the federal level against the AFD, in Portugal against Chega, in the European Parliament against the ID Group, and in France against the Front National. Cordon Sanitaires against the Netherlands’s PVV, Sweden’s Sweden Democrats, and Estonia’s Conservative People’s Party have been broken recently with their far right parties joining broad right wing coalitions led by the center-right.

    Queen's WSDC 2024 · Round 2 · 2024-06-29

  • This house opposes the glorification of the 'will to fight'

    Infoslide

    The 'will to fight' refers to the decision made by combatants to prolong a conflict they view as righteous despite poor odds and the high probability of death or defeat.

    Zagreb Pre-EUDC 2024 · Grand Final · 2024-06-15

  • This house prefers the integrationist over the accomodationist constitution-building model in post-conflict states

    Infoslide

    The integrationist constitution-building model focuses on creating a unified national identity. This is done through maintaining uniform policies (those without group-specific variations), promoting a common culture/language, having a majoritarian democracy, etc. It accepts diversity in private spheres but does not believe it should be institutionalised. Conversly, the accomodationist model seeks to protect national diversity. This is done through representative governance, public acceptance of different identities, power-sharing agreements, etc.

    Trinity Open 2024 · Round 5 · 2024-06-15

  • This house Celebrates “Ilocano pride”

    Infoslide

    "Ilocano pride” is a more nuanced and specific form of “Pinoy Pride” which focuses on the Ilocano demographic. That is, “Ilocano Pride” refers to the promotion of Ilocano interests by developing, and maintaining an identity based on largely shared characteristics such as language, race, religion, or political goals.

    North Luzon British Parliamentary · Semifinals · 2024-06-08

  • This house, as the British government in 1942 W materially and publicly support the Chetniks instead of the Partisans.

    Infoslide

    Nazi Germany invaded and occupied Yugoslavia in April of 1941. The Germans used a harsh policy of reprisals in the occupied territories. For every killed German, 100 Yugoslav civilians would be killed, for every injured German, 50 civilians. Britain, fighting in North Africa, Asia, and the Mediterranean can only send a limited amount of equipment to Yugoslav resistance.The Chetniks were a Serb Nationalist, Monarchist guerilla army that advocated against initiating combat against the Germans and instead collecting arms and supplies for an uprising once the Allies landed in Yugoslavia.The Partisans were a Communist insurgent group who advocated active and overt resistance against German occupiers"

    McGill Spring Cup HST 2024 · Semifinals · 2024-06-01

  • This house supports the Taiwanese government's decision to reject Chinese aid after the recent earthquake

    Infoslide

    On April 3rd, Hualien, Taiwan was hit with a 7.2 magnitude earthquake, its strongest in 25 years. This has resulted in sizeable casualties (a dozen deaths and thousands that are injured, trapped in mountaineous terrains). The region is facing infrastructural damage that's disrupted people's businesses and the government's ability to provide advanced state services to all. Amidst this, China has offered Taiwan disaster relief assistance, with it being rejected by Taiwan due to the two's hostile geopolitical tensions.

    New Zealand Schools' Debating Championships 2024 · Round 5 · 2024-05-24