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This house supports South Korea decoupling its semiconductor and defense technology supply chains from Japan.
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South Korean companies like Samsung and SK Hynix are collaborating with foreign companies to secure supplies and expand domestic production of key materials, increasing its imports of photoresist from Belgium, investing in domestic production of fluorinated polyimide, etc.

Diliman Asian Parliamentary 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-06-23
This house (as the Philippines) W abandon “friend to all, enemy to none” stance in its foreign policy.
Diliman Asian Parliamentary 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-06-23
This house, as the Trump Administration, W withdraw from the NATO unless its European members agree to military burden-sharing quotas within 12 months
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Currently, multiple western European members in NATO fail to meet the 2% (of their GDP) minimum spending guideline. Military burden sharing quotas refer to formal requirements from NATO members to contribute set levels of Spending (mandatory compliance with the minimum spending guideline), troops, equipment, air defense assets, etc.

Diliman Asian Parliamentary 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-06-23
That the Mariel boatlift was in the interest of the Castro Government
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The Mariel boatlift was a mass migration of about 125,000 Cubans to the U.S. between April and October 1980. It began after Cuba allowed citizens to leave following an asylum crisis at the Peruvian embassy. The exodus was organised by Cuban Americans with Fidel Castro’s approval and ended by US–Cuba agreement.

UNSW Pre-Australs 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-06-21
That the use of the term genocide in public discourse has done more harm than good
UNSW Pre-Australs 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-06-21
In member states experiencing democratic backsliding, This house believes that the EU should actively adopt a partisan strategy (i.e. publicly supporting opposition parties, boycotting heads of state who disregard the rule of law, etc.)
Budapest Pre-EUDC Fundraiser 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-06-21
This house prefers a world in which the pursuit of AGI is abandoned
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Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) describes a hypothetical type of AI that would have cognitive abilities on par or beyond that of human cognitive abilities. Unlike narrow AI, which is fed on data and then able to reproduce knowledge and execute simple to somewhat complex tasks, an AGI would be capable of understanding, learning, and applying intelligence across a wide range of different tasks, even those it has not been specifically trained for. AGI would be able to solve complex problems, plan, reason, and adapt to new environments independently, much like a human being. For example, an AGI could potentially excel at language, provide medical diagnoses, create knowledge and art and learn entirely new skills without being explicitly programmed for each task.

Budapest Pre-EUDC Fundraiser 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-06-21
This house believes that Latin American governments should significantly increase their issuance of sovereign panda bonds
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A "panda bond" is a loan (bond) sold inside China's domestic bond market by a foreign borrower and paid back in Chinese yuan (RMB). Recently, the Brazilian government announced its plan to become the first Latin American sovereign to issue a panda bond.

Colourful Summer Open 2025 · Gold Final · 2025-06-21
This house believes that Latin American governments should significantly increase their issuance of sovereign panda bonds
Infoslide

A "panda bond" is a loan (bond) sold inside China's domestic bond market by a foreign borrower and paid back in Chinese yuan (RMB). Recently, the Brazilian government announced its plan to become the first Latin American sovereign to issue a panda bond.

Colourful Summer Open 2025 · Silver Final · 2025-06-21
This house predicts that Russia and Ukraine will agree to a comprehensive ceasefire (i.e., an across-the-board, all-fronts halt of hostilities, even if only temporary) by the end of 2025
Colourful Summer Open 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-06-21
This house would travel to the war as a journalist embedded into a Canadian army unit
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You are a Palestinian-Canadian whose family was expelled from the West Bank 58 years ago. You recently graduated with a bachelor's in journalism. War has broken out between Iran and Israel. In the hypothetical world of this debate, American and Canadian troops are fighting on the ground alongside and behind Israeli units.

Waterloo IV 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-06-21
This house predicts that China’s AI strategy will be more successful than the US’s by 2050
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China is currently focusing on implementing practical applications of AI, whereas the US is focusing on being the first to develop the best AI models.

Waterloo IV 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-06-21
This House Would permit states experiencing high levels of migration to outsource immigration processing to third-party states
Norwich Online 2025 · ESL Finals · 2025-06-21
That the US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities are in the interest of the United States
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This morning, it was announced that the United States conducted strikes on 3 Iranian nuclear facilities: Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan. For the purposes of the debate, assume that US strikes conducted in the last 24hrs were the first in the series of strikes to be conducted against Iranian nuclear facilities.

UNSW Pre-Australs 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-06-21
This House, as the European Union, would pivot towards China.
Austria pre-WSDC 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-06-20
This House believes that less of the world will live under liberal democracy in 2100 than today.
Austria pre-WSDC 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-06-20
This House believes that Bolivarianism has done more harm than good.
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The term Bolivarianism is used to describe ideologies that claim to be inspired by the writings and actions of Simón Bolívar. It is linked to Latin American integration, the centralization of state power, nationalism, and anti-imperialist rhetoric. Leaders frequently associated with Bolivarianism include Hugo Chávez (Venezuela) and Evo Morales (Bolivia).

Campeonato Mundial de Debates em Língua Portuguesa 2025 · Grande Final · 2025-06-19
This House believes that it is in the interest of the Republican Party to impeach Donald Trump.
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On June 21, 2025, the President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, conducted an attack on Iran. The action can be seen as a violation of the War Powers Act, an American law that requires the president to seek permission from Congress to enter into war.

Campeonato Mundial de Debates em Língua Portuguesa 2025 · Quartas de final · 2025-06-19
This House would abolish all legal restrictions on the migration of people between countries.
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For the purposes of this debate, it is assumed that the abolition of legal restrictions means that anyone can cross national borders, reside, and work wherever they wish, without the need for visas, permits, or legal justifications.

Campeonato Mundial de Debates em Língua Portuguesa 2025 · Rodada 5 · 2025-06-19
This house believes that space exploration does more harm than good
Ayrshire Schools Debate Competition 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-06-19