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  • This house believes that that Modi's pursuit of closer ties with Russia and China is in the interest of the BJP.

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    Recently, India's prime minister, Narenda Modi, has sought closer ties with Russia and China. He has shown up at their propaganda events and wants both increased economic and military cooperation with these states Modi's party, the BJP, is the largest party in India.

    Dutch Debating League 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-10-11

  • This house prefers developmental authoritarianism over political pluralism in the post-conflict state

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    A developmental authoritarian system is one in which the government maintains centralized, often non-democratic control while focusing on rapid economic development and national modernization. In contrast, a politically pluralistic system allows for multiple political parties, open competition, and broad public participation in decision-making.

    HYDS x SDS BP RT 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-10-11

  • This house, as the Chinese government, would intervene in Nepal.

    Infoslide

    After U.S. big tech companies refused to comply with Nepali regulations, the government of Nepal suspended 26 digital platforms—including X (formerly Twitter) and Meta’s social networks. The move sparked widespread popular unrest, which brought down the government of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist). The demonstrations were marked by anti-corruption banners, civilians carrying military-grade weaponry, messages in English, and calls for Balendra Shah, a self-proclaimed outsider, to lead.

    IV UFMG Open · Semifinais · 2025-10-10

  • This house believes that it is in the interest of the Republican Party to heavily prioritise the hawkish approach as opposed to the dovish approach in their foreign policy agenda in the run-up to the 2026 midterms

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    Within the Republican Party, foreign policy debates are shaped between hawkish and dovish approaches.The hawkish approach advocates for military intervention, robust defense spending, and global leadership through alliances and force projection. On the other hand, the dovish approach emphasizes military restraint, skepticism of foreign interventions, opposition to nation- building, and a preference for transactional diplomacy.

    MPSC Nationals 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-10-09

  • This House believes that Mercosur* should allow the free movement of workers between its Member States (*Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Bolivia) This is a debate motion about whether the South American trade bloc Mercosur should implement a policy allowing workers to freely move and work across the borders of its member countries, similar to arrangements in other regional blocs like the European Union.

    Campeonato Nacional de Debates Escolares 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-10-08

  • This house prefers a world where a countercyclical global insurance fund is the main source of credit of nations as opposed to the Bretton-Woods Institutions

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    A countercyclical global insurance fund is a system where countries pay in a pooled global fund during economic growths while the global fund injects money in countries experiencing economic recessions. In SQ, nations mainly rely on Bretton-Woods Institutions such as IMF and World Bank for loans.

    Kamalig Pre-NDC 2025 · Octofinals · 2025-10-04

  • 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

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

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    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

  • TH supports the active expansion of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

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    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

  • 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, as the Democratic Party of the United States, supports the rise of left wing conspiracy theories (eg. that the 2024 election was stolen from Kamala Harris, that Donald Trump is being controlled by Russia, etc.)

    UCLA IV 2025 · Novice Finals · 2025-09-27

  • This house believes that developing countries with large carbon sinks should demand financial compensation from high-carbon-emitting countries.

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    A “carbon sink” refers to a natural area that absorbs more carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the atmosphere than it emits. This capacity to store carbon helps regulate the Earth’s climate and reduce the effects of global warming. An example is the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil.

    Vanguard Open 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-09-26

  • 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