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  • This House Believes That "Peace Through Strength" is in the interest of the West

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    "Peace Through Strength" is currently dominant foreign policy approach in the USA that maintains strong military capabilities and maximum economic pressure to deter and influence potential adversaries.

    Uhuru Worlds 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-06-27

  • This House Believes That it is in the interest of South Korea to retain Yoon-style diplomacy rather than return to Moon-style diplomacy with North Korea.

    Infoslide

    Yoon Suk-yeol, the recently impeached conservative president of South Korea, took a hard-line approach to North Korea—boosting ties with the US and Japan, militarizing the border, and rejecting dialogue. His predecessor, Moon Jae-in of the center-left Democratic Party, favored engagement through diplomacy, aid, and joint cross-border economic projects. Lee Jae-myung, also from the Democratic Party, is the newly elected president.

    Uhuru Worlds 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-06-27

  • This house, as the Trump Administration, W withdraw from the NATO unless its European members agree to military burden-sharing quotas within 12 months

    Infoslide

    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

  • This house believes that it is in the interest of the Ayatollah regime to agree to the US demand to stop all Uranium enrichment.

    Infoslide

    As of May 23, 2025, the United States and Iran are engaged in their fifth round of nuclear negotiations in Rome, mediated by Oman. The central issue is Iran's uranium enrichment program. The U.S. has insisted that Iran cease all uranium enrichment activities. Conversely, Iran maintains that enrichment is a sovereign right and non-negotiable. Iran is currently enriching uranium to 60%, significantly above the 3.67% limit set by the JCPOA in 2015.

    Diliman Asian Parliamentary 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-06-23

  • This house supports South Korea decoupling its semiconductor and defense technology supply chains from Japan.

    Infoslide

    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 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

  • That the US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities are in the interest of the United States

    Infoslide

    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 prefers the Engaged Journalism model over the traditional model in war reporting.

    Infoslide

    The traditional model of war journalism upholds impartiality and detachment as fundamental principles. Journalists should report the facts without taking sides, providing the audience with a "neutral" view of the conflict. On the other hand, the Engaged Journalism model advocates that the press should consciously promote values, expose viewpoints, and may take sides.

    Campeonato Mundial de Debates em Língua Portuguesa 2025 · Rodada 3 · 2025-06-19

  • This House believes that it is in the interest of the Republican Party to impeach Donald Trump.

    Infoslide

    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 believes that Dissanayake's Government should return back land previously acquired by the Sri Lankan Military after the 2009 liberation war back to the native Tamils (Areas within the Jaffna Peninsula, Trincomalee, Sampur, etc.)

    Infoslide

    After the Civil War ended in 2009, the Sri Lankan Military acquired vast swathes of land owned by the native minority Tamil population (around 30,000 acres) in the Northern and Eastern Provinces of Sri Lanka. Anura Dissanayake, the newly elected President of Sri Lanka promised to return back land to the Tamils in his electoral campaign. Military bases like Palaly and Kankesanthurai are located in Jaffna, while Trincomalee and Sampur also host major military installations and are declared high-security zones.

    Guangzhou United Asian Debating Championships 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-06-17

  • In ethnically-diverse states that have recently decolonised, This house believes that national militaries should dismantle residual colonial military structures that prioritise selective ethnic recruitment

    Infoslide

    Selective ethnic recruitment refers to colonial-era policies in which certain ethnic groups were deliberately favored for military service based on stereotypical assumptions about their inherent bravery or martial prowess, while other groups were excluded. Popular examples include the British prioritising the Sikhs and the Gurkhas while deprioritising the Bengalis in India, Northerners (e.g., Hausa-Fulani) being prioritised heavily over southern groups in Nigeria, etc.

    Guangzhou United Asian Debating Championships 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-06-17

  • This house believes that Pakistan should offer the Baloch insurgents full amnesty in exchange for permanently surrendering arms

    Infoslide

    The Baloch movement is a nationalist movement seeking greater autonomy and independence for Balochistan, mainly in Pakistan. It stems from grievances over political marginalization, military repression, and control of natural resources. It is split between groups like the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF), which use violence to seek independence, and parties like the BNP (Balochistan National Party), which pursue autonomy through elections and legal means. The BLA has historically resorted to destroying infrastructure, targeting security personnel, and sabotaging foreign investments. Most recently, in March 2025, they hijacked a passenger train, killed five officers, and injured many others.

    Guangzhou United Asian Debating Championships 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-06-17

  • This house believes that the TPLF should have actively attempted to establish internal power sharing within its members before signing the Pretoria Agreement

    Infoslide

    The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), the main force in Tigray’s war against Ethiopia’s federal government (2020–2022), signed the Pretoria Agreement in 2022 to end the conflict. At the time, it had a centralized leadership with limited internal power-sharing. After the agreement, it began to fragment with new parties and factions (e.g., Tigray Independence Party, Salsay Weyane Tigray, etc.) emerging in Tigray, some calling for Tigrayan independence and others pushing for different styles of governance.

    Guangzhou United Asian Debating Championships 2025 · Quarterfinals · 2025-06-17

  • This house, as a recently installed dictatorship, W not employ the divide-and-rule coup proofing strategy after overthrowing the previous government

    Infoslide

    Dictatorships often employ the divide-and-rule strategy by fragmenting the military’s power to ensure that no single military group has the power to overthrow them. Some popular examples include Saddam Hussein creating the Republican Guard and the Special Republican Guard separate from the main military in Iraq, Muammar Gaddafi weakening the regular army and creating loyalist militias in Libya, etc.

    Guangzhou United Asian Debating Championships 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-06-17

  • This house believes that US military bases in Okinawa has done more harm than good

    Infoslide

    Under the U.S.-Japan Security Alliance, Japanese governments have allowed US bases on Okinawa in exchange for a US commitment to defend Japan from external attacks. 75% of US military forces are stationed in Okinawa, despite Okinawa only constituting to 0.6% of Japan's total landmass. Throughout the history of the presence of US military presence in Okinawa, multiple mass protests have taken place. Yet, new military bases continued to be built.

    Malaysia Debate Open 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-06-15

  • This house would classify soldiers of the supply corps as non combatants in international law

    Infoslide

    A Supply Corps is a branch of a country's military which is in charge of logistics and supply procurement to the armed forces. In most militaries, the Supply Corps are considered staff officers meaning that they have no command authority over troops in the field or ships at sea The supply corps are responsible for supply logistics for combat and non- combat missions. e.g., securing supplies, materials and equipment required by for combat units.

    Malaysia Debate Open 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-06-15