Motions

Grand Final

  • 1
    This House supports the belief that humanity is one unified collective
  • 2
    TH, as a person capable of astral projection, would not return to their body
  • 3
    This House prefers a world where complicity in systemic harm is widely perceived as a moral sin

    • Novice Grand Final

  • 1
    As a world's middle power, This House would hedge between competing great powers rather than commit to a formal alliance
  • 2
    This House prefers 'pull back' methods rather than 'push back' methods when restricting the flow of undocumented migrants
  • 3
    This House opposes the usage of critical supply chains as a tool of foreign policy

    • Semifinals

  • 1
    THBT Vietnam should pursue nuclear energy expansion over other renewable sources.
  • 2
    This House regrets external superpower-led Mekong initiatives
  • 3
    This House prefers a world where South East Asian states pursued mini-lateralism over ASEAN regionalism

    • Novice Semifinals

  • 1
    This House believes that heads of government should be limited to a single term in office
  • 2
    This House supports the adoption of Cordon Sanitaire by political parties
  • 3
    This House believes that panels of experts/technocrats should have the right to veto policies made by elected representatives (i.e. politicians)

    • Quarterfinals

  • 1
    THBT developing countries should protect nascent industries with tariffs
  • 2
    THBT it is justified for modern-day speculators/investors to financially destabilize conservative establishments/states to fund socially liberal causes
  • 3
    THW subsidize food and fuel prices during periods of high inflation

    • Round 5

  • 1
    THBT protest movements should institutionalise themselves into political parties
  • 2
    TH, as the feminist movement, supports the rise of the Bosozuku culture among women
  • 3
    THBT online advocacy has done more harm than good to queer liberation movements

    • Round 4

  • 1
    THW require streaming platforms to carry a minimum quota of locally produced content.
  • 2
    THBT the dominance of short-form contents has been bad for the arts
  • 3
    THBT the entertainment industry should stop reviving franchises that have run their course, and fund original work instead

    • Round 3

  • 1
    This House believes that developing countries should aggressively invest in sovereign computing and cloud capacity rather than rely on foreign actors
  • 2
    This House believes that sovereign wealth funds should prioritize investing for national development, rather than maximum financial return (i.e., profits)
  • 3
    This House opposes the popularization of "authentic" tourist experiences in developing countries.

    • Round 2

  • 1
    THS developed countries opening their borders to people displaced by climate change
  • 2
    THBT climate-vulnerable states should abandon the UNFCCC process in favor of litigation and bilateral bargaining
  • 3
    THBT developing countries should nationalise all mining and resource extraction industries

    • Round 1

  • 1
    This House would ban the private supplementary tutoring industry(e.g., Hagwon in Korea, Juku in Japan, cram schools, etc.)
  • 2
    This House believes that university council members should be directly elected by staffs and students
  • 3
    This House regrets the dominant narrative that school teachers should be politically neutral in front of students