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  • This house believes that [redacted] should provide [redacted] with a binding, unconditional security guarantee

    Infoslide

    A security guarantee is a commitment or assurance—often made by one country or organization to another—that it will provide protection or support in case of a threat, attack, or other security-related issue.

    Mexico City Pre-WSDC 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-07-15

  • This house believes that the increasing military securitization of Australasia has done more harm than good

    Infoslide

    Military securitization is a process of elevating military concerns and considerations to a central focus in a country's security policies and strategies. This often involves prioritizing military threats, enhancing defense capabilities, and increasing military investments to address perceived security challenges.

    Kalimantan Open Debate 2024 · Round 2 · 2025-07-13

  • This house, as Sheinbaum, W accept and pursue a ground entrance by American troops into Mexico to fight criminal cartels

    Infoslide

    U.S. President Donald Trump has proposed deploying American troops into Mexico to combat drug cartels, citing cartel-related violence and the fentanyl crisis. Currently, the U.S. and Mexico cooperate on this issue through intelligence sharing, extradition of cartel leaders, and joint security programs, without U.S. military presence on Mexican soil. Claudia Sheinbaum is Mexico’s recently elected president and the first woman to hold the office, a member of the left-wing Morena party.

    Warwick Pre-EUDC 2025 · Quarterfinals · 2025-07-12

  • This house opposes a world where the Military-Industrial Complex exists.

    Infoslide

    The Military-Industrial Complex (MIC) refers to the intricate and often symbiotic relationship between a nation's military establishment, its government, and the private defense industries that supply weapons and military technology. This concept, famously coined by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower in his 1961 farewell address, highlights the potential for this powerful alliance to exert undue influence on public policy, defense spending, and international relations. It suggests a vested interest in maintaining high levels of military expenditure and, at times, in perpetuating conflict, as it benefits all parties involved.

    Summer Debate Symposium 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-07-06

  • That the Indian feminist movement should actively encourage women to participate in the Agniveer scheme

    Infoslide

    The Agniveer scheme, launched by the Indian government, is a short-term military recruitment program for youth aged 17.5 to 21. Recruits serve in the armed forces for four years, after which 25% are selected on merit for long- term service. The remaining receive a one-time severance package but no pension or permanent benefits.

    South China Australasian Intervarsity Debate Championships 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-07-06

  • This House Believes that 'wolf warrior diplomacy' is in China's national interest.

    Infoslide

    China's foreign policy was originally guided by Deng Xiaoping's principle of "bide your time, hide your strength," a pragmatic strategy that prioritized quiet economic development over international posturing. However, under Xi Jinping, this policy has been decisively abandoned in favor of a more assertive "wolf warrior" diplomacy, characterized by aggressive, confrontational rhetoric and public displays of strength. A recent escalation in this approach was evidenced by the military parade held on September 3rd, 2025 which was a highly public spectacle that showcased China's advanced military hardware, including new nuclear capabilities, and brought together a powerful anti-Western bloc of leaders, including Russia's Vladimir Putin and North Korea's Kim Jong Un.

    Tokyo IV 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-07-05

  • This house supports Trump's strikes on Venezuelan cartels

    Infoslide

    On September 2, 2025, the U.S. government confirmed that the U.S. Navy carried out a "kinetic strike" on a drug-carrying vessel in the southern Caribbean, allegedly operated by the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. This action, which resulted in the deaths of 11 people, marks a significant shift in U.S. counter-narcotics policy. The U.S. has designated Tren de Aragua as a "narco- terrorist" organization, a label that provides justification for a more aggressive military response beyond traditional interdiction efforts. Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's government has condemned the strike as an illegal act of aggression, responding by deploying troops to its borders.

    Tokyo IV 2025 · ESL Finals · 2025-07-05

  • This house supports Trump's strikes on Venezuelan cartels

    Infoslide

    On September 2, 2025, the U.S. government confirmed that the U.S. Navy carried out a "kinetic strike" on a drug-carrying vessel in the southern Caribbean, allegedly operated by the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. This action, which resulted in the deaths of 11 people, marks a significant shift in U.S. counter-narcotics policy. The U.S. has designated Tren de Aragua as a "narco- terrorist" organization, a label that provides justification for a more aggressive military response beyond traditional interdiction efforts. Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's government has condemned the strike as an illegal act of aggression, responding by deploying troops to its borders.

    Tokyo IV 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-07-05

  • This house believes that the coalition with the SDP will do more harm than good to Chancellor Merz's administration

    Infoslide

    Friedrich Merz, the leader of the center-right alliance of the Christian Democratic Union and Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU), is the new Chancellor of Germany after winning the election in February 2025. The CDU/CSU is currently under a coalition government with the center-left Social Democratic Party (SDP), working on increasing military spending, improving the economy, and imposing stricter immigration policies. This is the 5th time that the CDU/CSU and SDP have worked together in a coalition government. The SDP acquired the third highest number of votes in the February election, while the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) got the second highest. Merz has publicly expressed his unwillingness to form a coalition with the far-right AfD due to its extreme nature, although some of the CDU/CSU and AfD's interests align such as in immigration policy. Recently, there has been a rise in far-right sentiment in Germany.

    3rd Butuan Intervarsity · Open Semifinals · 2025-07-04

  • This House believes that the premature death of Alexander the Great did more harm than good.

    Infoslide

    Alexander the Great was a Macedonian king who conquered a large part of the known world in his time, uniting territories from Greece, Egypt, and Persia under a single empire. He sought to promote the fusion of Hellenic culture by spreading the Greek language and thought among the subjugated peoples, envisioning, through his conquests, a kingdom where people would unite under rationality. After his sudden death without heirs, his generals, known as the Diadochi, divided the empire into several kingdoms, which resulted in prolonged conflicts and the growing integration of the Diadochi with local cultures, gradually moving away from the Hellenistic heritage.

    XI Torneio Temático de Debates · Rodada 1 · 2025-07-04

  • This House would violate the Bushido Code.

    Infoslide

    Infoslide: The samurai were warriors of the Japanese Empire, known for following a strict code of honor, Bushido, which demands from the samurai love for their nation, even at the cost of their own life in combat. Among other principles, Bushido values loyalty, courage, and honor. To this end, war should be just and straightforward, with strategies such as ambushes, betrayals, or traps outside open and honest confrontation being morally inadmissible. A dishonored samurai could suffer severe punishments, such as isolation, expulsion from service, and loss of citizenship. Infoslide 2: You are a samurai of the Japanese Empire and have been trained since childhood to fight following Bushido. However, your native island is about to be invaded by Mongol troops, known for their brutality, numerical superiority, and more advanced weaponry. This is not the first battle in which you face a militarily superior enemy; still, you know this will be a difficult battle, and your nation is gripped by apprehension and despair.

    XI Torneio Temático de Debates · Rodada 2 · 2025-07-04

  • This House, as a medieval ruler, prefers to be feared like Vlad Tepes than to be loved like Henry VI.

    Infoslide

    Vlad Tepes, known as Vlad the Impaler, was a ruler of Wallachia, now part of Romania, during a period of political instability. His reign, remembered for his brutal methods of repression, was marked by constant conflicts with nobles who tried to undermine his authority and by successive invasions from the Ottoman Empire, against which he fought to maintain the region's independence. Part of Romanian historiography depicts him as a severe yet effective ruler in restoring order, reducing corruption, strengthening central power, and protecting the borders, even at the cost of horror.

    XI Torneio Temático de Debates · Pré-Final Novice · 2025-07-04