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  • This house supports India's pivot in foreign policy doctrine towards military retaliation over strategic restraint

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    Demonstrative military retaliation refers to a doctrine where the state responds to cross-border attacks or provocations with visible, limited, and targeted military action. Strategic restraint refers to a doctrine where the state deliberately avoids overt military escalation in response to provocations

    MLIS ETHOS Season 1 · Round 4 · 2025-10-02

  • TH, as American defense giants, would decrease its reliance on contracts from US and US-allied nations

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    American defense giants refer to the five major US-based defense contractors (Lockheed Martin, RTX, Northrop Grunman, Boeing and General Dynamics) that sell missiles, fighter jets and other military technologies. Their primary contractor is the US Department of Defense but they have also increasingly expanded their contracts to the European Union and other US-allied nations.

    Kontra-Korap Cup · Octofinals · 2025-10-01

  • This house prefers a world with strong norms based around Traditional JWT to one with strong norms based on Revisionist JWT

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    “Just War Theory” (JWT) is a branch of philosophy that attempts to describe what actions in war are just under particular circumstances. ‘Traditional’ just war theory maintains a strict separation between the justice of going to war (jus ad bellum) and conduct in war (jus in bello), and treats all combatants as morally equal regardless of their cause. "Revisionist" just war theory focuses on individual moral responsibility, arguing that only those fighting for a just cause can be morally justified.

    UCLA IV 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-09-27

  • TH support increasing military cooperation within ASEAN (e.g. joint military exercises, intelligent sharing, equipment sharing, etc.)

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    The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a political and economic union of ten member states (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam). In 2023, ASEAN conducted its first ASEAN-wide military exercise not involving any external party.

    Vietnamese Interschool Debating Championship 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-09-27

  • This house believes that it is in China's best interests to involve itself in proxy wars as a Patron.

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    A patron is a state or non-state actor that provides strategic support through funding, weapons, and training to a belligerent group.

    Vanguard Open 2025 · Novice Grand Final · 2025-09-26

  • This house, as a post conflict state, W adopt the Juche ideology.

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    Juche is an ideology that prioritses the idea of self-reliance in the facets of military, economy as well as being productively self suffient. It emphasises the importance of the separation of state away from any outside influence, preserving national identity and a shared culture. It often does this by suppressing "Western impositions" such as religion, democracy and the class system.

    Vanguard Open 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-09-26

  • This house regrets the reliance on international peacekeepers in post-conflict zones

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    Peacekeepers are personnel deployed under international authority, most commonly through the United Nations, regional organizations, or multinational coalitions, to help maintain peace and security in areas of conflict or post-conflict. Their roles typically include monitoring ceasefires, separating combatants, protecting civilians, facilitating the delivery of humanitarian aid, supporting the disarmament and reintegration of armed groups, and assisting with the rebuilding of political and legal institutions. Peacekeeping forces can consist of military troops, police units, and civilian staff, and they usually operate with the consent of the host state and the parties to the conflict. Their mandate and rules of engagement are set by the authorizing body, often emphasizing impartiality and the limited use of force except in self-defense or to protect civilians.

    Shanghai WSDC Open 2025 · U16 Semi Finals · 2025-09-12

  • This house regrets the reliance on international peacekeepers in post-conflict zones

    Infoslide

    Peacekeepers are personnel deployed under international authority, most commonly through the United Nations, regional organizations, or multinational coalitions, to help maintain peace and security in areas of conflict or post-conflict. Their roles typically include monitoring ceasefires, separating combatants, protecting civilians, facilitating the delivery of humanitarian aid, supporting the disarmament and reintegration of armed groups, and assisting with the rebuilding of political and legal institutions. Peacekeeping forces can consist of military troops, police units, and civilian staff, and they usually operate with the consent of the host state and the parties to the conflict. Their mandate and rules of engagement are set by the authorizing body, often emphasizing impartiality and the limited use of force except in self-defense or to protect civilians.

    Shanghai WSDC Open 2025 · U14 Semi Finals · 2025-09-12

  • You are the world leader of a country on the precipice of nuclear war with another nation. This house believes that it is morally justified for you to give the order to authorize Launch on Warning.

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    Launch on Warning is a nuclear weapons strategy in which a state launches its nuclear missiles immediately upon receiving credible early-warning signals that an adversary has launched (or is about to launch) a nuclear strike, but before the incoming missiles actually land. The policy relies on early-warning systems such as satellites and radar to detect launches. The rationale is to prevent a country’s nuclear arsenal from being destroyed in a first strike and to ensure a guaranteed retaliatory capability (i.e., maintaining “deterrence” through second-strike capability).

    Shanghai WSDC Open 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-09-12

  • This house regrets the USA's declining relative influence over global governance

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    For the purposes of this debate, global governance is defined as the system of institutions, rules, norms, and procedures that enable international cooperation on issues that cross national borders. The goal of global governance is to find and manage collective solutions to global challenges. Post-WW2, the US contributed heavily to global governance by funding multilateral institutions like the UN through USAID and leading security co- operatives like NATO. Presently, in Trump's second term, his "America-First" ideology saw an unprecedented wholesale retreat from the US's global governance obligations.

    Youth Debate Open 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-09-08

  • This house believes that the African Union should intervene militarily in Sudan

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    Since April 2023, Sudan has been engulfed in a brutal civil war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), leading to the collapse of governance and widespread atrocities. Over 10 million people have been displaced and famine conditions are spreading across Darfur and other regions, with aid agencies struggling to access affected areas.

    Beijing International Schools Debating Championship 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-09-05

  • This house supports granting the International Criminal Court expanded jurisdiction over third-party suppliers and supporters of military operations that are later found to involve war crimes

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    Third-party suppliers and supporters of military operations may include a wide range of actors. These can include arms manufacturers and exporters who provide weapons and ammunition; companies that supply military technologies such as surveillance tools, targeting software, or satellite imagery; logistics firms that transport troops, weapons, or supplies; private security contractors offering intelligence or strategic support; and financial institutions that fund or insure military activities. Support may also come from foreign governments or non-state actors who offer training, funding, or other forms of assistance. In many cases, these actors are not directly involved in combat but contribute materially or operationally to the functioning of a military campaign. While international criminal law sometimes attributes liability to such actors under doctrines like aiding and abetting, this typically requires a high threshold of intent or knowledge regarding specific crimes.

    Cambridge Union Schools Debating Championship Australia New Zealand Round 2025 · Grand-final · 2025-08-30