Async Extemp Topics

International Extemporaneous Speaking:

1. Does President Trump deserve more credit for his efforts at peacemaking?

2. How will the Trump administration's more aggressive interventions affect Venezuela?

3. Is the African Union’s suspension of Madagascar’s membership a warranted response to the coup?

4. Is the international community taking the right steps to combat information-stealing by cybercriminals?

5. What are the root causes of recent violent clashes between Afghanistan and Pakistan?

6. What does the victory of the populist ANO Party mean for the Czech Republic?

7. Why do the United States and China continue their trade war despite the costs?

8. Why does Ukraine want United States-made Tomahawk cruise missiles?

9. Why have relations between Colombia and the United States soured?

10. Will new Prime Minister Takaichi bring significant change to Japan?

United States Extemporaneous Speaking:

1. How can public officials better protect vulnerable adults from scams?

2. How is President Trump’s success in sealing the Southern border affecting the United States?

3. Is New York City’s mayoral election important on a national level?

4. Is the Pentagon’s new information policy an attack on press freedom?

5. Should Congress amend the Insurrection Act?

6. What does a weaker Voting Rights Act mean for the United States?

7. What is the significance of the recent wave of indictments against Trump administration

critics?

8. Who does the federal government shut down hurt the most?

9. Will the “No Kings” protest movement significantly affect politics in the United States?

10. Will the government shutdown ultimately advance President Trump’s policy agenda?