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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

  • This house regrets the prominence of collectivism in Asian cultures

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    Collectivism refers to the prioritisation of the collective of individuals, where society's or community's interests are considered more important than an individual's interests

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

  • TH supports the active expansion of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

    Infoslide

    The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation is a regional political and economic organization originally established between China, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. It has actively expanded its membership to Iran, India and Pakistan in 2017, and to Belarus in 2024. Currently, it has 17 countries as dialogue partners and observers in the Middle East, North Africa and Southeast Asia.

    Kontra-Korap Cup · Round 4 · 2025-10-01

  • TH predicts that a major revolution will occur in the Philippines within the next decade.

    Kontra-Korap Cup · Grand Final · 2025-10-01

  • TH opposes the dominance of the Chinese shipping and ship-making industry

    Infoslide

    China currently captures more than 50% of all new commercial ships by tonnage with China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) being by far the world's biggest shipbuilding company. It also owns the world's largest fleet of commercial ships, and dominates global shipping container production and intermodal chasis supply.

    Kontra-Korap Cup · Novice Quarterfinals · 2025-10-01

  • In cases of graft and corruption, THP the standard of proof to be "Proof to the Satisfaction of the Court" instead of "Beyond Reasonable Doubt"

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    In Philippine graft and plunder cases, the standard of proof is beyond reasonable doubt, meaning the court must be firmly convinced of the accused’s guilt. An alternative standard, used in some jurisdictions, is proof to the satisfaction of the court, where the court evaluates whether the evidence sufficiently establishes wrongdoing, allowing more judicial discretion.

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

  • 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 supports the Mirziyoyev reforms in Uzbekistan

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    The “Mirziyoyev Reforms” refer to the economic and political reforms undertaken by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan since starting his term in 2014. These have included economic liberalization and the reduction of the power of state owned enterprises, constitutional amendments aimed at consolidating federal power and reducing the strength of autonomous regions, and increasing cross-border trade with nearby Central Asian nations.

    UCLA IV 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-09-27

  • This house, as an up and coming gay Mangaka, would write a Yaoi manga rather than a Bara manga

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    In Japanese Manga (comics), Yaoi refers to a genre of gay fiction that features young and attractive male characters, often in the "bishōnen" (beautiful boy) archetype. Usually the stories are marketed to and read by straight female audiences. Bara, by contrast, is a genre of fiction made largely by and for gay men. It tends to portray more muscular, rugged, or realistic male bodies. A Mangaka is a Japanese Manga (comic) artist.

    UCLA IV 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-09-27

  • THBT the Indian National Congress should have dissolved itself after the 2014 general election.

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    The Indian National Congress (INC) is currently the principal opposition party in India. The INC was in power from the first national election held in 1952 upto 1977, from 1980 to 1989, 1991 to 1996 and lastly from 2004 to 2014. In the 2014 National Elections the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) led coalition won 336 out 545 seats, with the BJP alone winning 282 seats. The INC won 44 seats and lost 162 of the seats it previously held.

    India WUDC Fundraiser · Round 2 · 2025-09-26

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

    Infoslide

    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

  • THS the implementation of the Trump Tariffs.

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    Donald Trump has made it clear that he will impose increased tariffs on particular goods imported the USA. He plans on increasing tariffs up to 25% on goods from Canada and Mexico. While imposing a 10% extra charge on goods from China.

    CranesTrials25 online · Round 2 · 2025-09-23

  • TH, as the ICC, would stand against India.

    Infoslide

    The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the global governing body for cricket, responsible for the administration and management of the sport. It has chosen to host the ICC champions trophy in Pakistan who are the defending champions. Due to geo-political reasons, India refused to travel and play in Pakistan. They have sort to play on neutral ground in the UAE (United Arab Emirates).

    CranesTrials25 online · Round 7 · 2025-09-23

  • This house regrets the dissolution of habatsu within the Liberal Democratic Party

    Infoslide

    "A habatsu is a formal faction within Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), acting as a ""party within a party."" They were unique as a highly institutionalized system that controlled LDP politics through patronage, fundraising, and power-brokering. Unlike informal cliques, habatsu had official names, leaders, and offices. Their primary function was to secure ministerial posts and party positions for their members in exchange for loyalty. In late 2023, it was revealed that key factions had systematically failed to report millions of yen from fundraising parties, channeling the money into illegal slush funds. In response to plummeting approval ratings caused by the revealed corruption, the scandal led to the dissolution of most major factions."

    IIUM KUANTAN ABP · English as a Foreign Language Semifinals · 2025-09-12

  • This house opposes the ban of Bangladesh Awami League by the interim government

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    The July Revolution of 2024 in Bangladesh was a student-led mass uprising against the authoritarian government of the Bangladesh Awami League (BAL) under Sheikh Hasina, ending its fifteen years in power. Protests arose in response to widespread corruption, the detention and killing of dissidents by security agencies, and the mass shooting of protesters during July 2024. In its aftermath, the student revolutionaries installed an interim government led by Nobel laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus, under whose leadership the BAL was banned. However, during the interim period, concerns over national security persisted, as lawlessness and mob violence reportedly increased. Today, Bangladesh’s political landscape features the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), which has been in power for two terms; the newly formed National Citizens Party (NCP), created by the July revolutionaries; and Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh (JIB), which has in the past aligned with both BAL and BNP. Alongside these parties, various Islamic groups and smaller left-leaning parties remain active

    IIUM KUANTAN ABP · Round 3 · 2025-09-12

  • This house prefers the current model over the revamp

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    The current Gifted Education Programme (GEP) system aims to identify intellectually gifted students through a two-stage exercise in Primary 3. Those selected are invited to join one of the nine designated primary schools offering the programme. Starting from the 2024 Primary 1 cohort, every primary school will now be equipped with resources to identify their own high-ability students from Primary 4 to 6 and run their own school-based programmes to nurture these students in their area of strengths and interests, instead of the current centralised programme. The revamp will also take into account recommendations from teachers, instead of the current system where it is solely assessment- based. The revamp is expected to increase the number of students admitted into GEP to about 10% of each cohort, while it was previously from around 1% in the current system.

    Youth Debate Open 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-09-08

  • This house believes that Singapore should re-introduce the jury system for capital offences

    Infoslide

    For the purposes of this debate, the jury system refers to a sworn body of randomly selected adult citizens (jurors) in criminal courts who are convened to hear evidence, make findings of fact, and render an impartial verdict officially submitted to the court, or to set a penalty for the offender. The jury system was imported into Singapore under colonial rule. In 1960, Singapore restricted jury trial to capital offences (i.e., offences that are punishable by death), and abolished the system altogether in 1970.

    Youth Debate Open 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-09-08

  • This house prefers the Tokyo model of urban development over the Seoul model.

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    Under the Tokyo model, urban development is largely decentralized and incremental, with flexible zoning and many small private developers shaping mixed-use neighborhoods. In contrast, under the Seoul model, urban development is centrally planned and state-led, driven by large-scale redevelopment projects emphasizing efficiency and modernization.

    Beijing International Schools Debating Championship 2025 · Round 6 · 2025-09-05