Topics

Round 1 Open & Novice Topic: The United States federal government should retrofit its nuclear silos.

Round 2 Open Topic: The Federative Republic of Brazil should defund the Departamento de Polícia Federal. 

Round 2 Novice Topic: The United States federal government should ban judicial elections in the United States. 

Round 3 Open Topic: The Republic of India should repeal the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020. 

Round 3 Novice Topic: The Republic of India should implement a two-child policy.

Round 4 Open Topic: The United States federal government should repeal Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.

Round 4 Novice Topic: Google should significantly reduce developer fees on the Google Play Store.

Round 5 Open Topic: The United States federal government should militarily intervene in Cabo Delgado.

Round 5 Novice Topic: The United States federal government should ban all prescription drug advertisements in the United States.

Open Quarterfinals/Novice Semifinals Topics:

- The United States federal government should grant Washington D.C. statehood. 

- West Papua’s provisional government should declare independence from Indonesia. 

- The Scottish government should issue a formal declaration of independence from the United Kingdom.

Open Semifinals Topics

- The People’s Republic of China should repeal the Wildlife Protection Law, 1988.

- The People’s Republic of China should significantly increase security for seaborne contraband seizures in Hong Kong.

- The People’s Republic of China should raise the retirement age by 5 years. 

Open Finals Topics

- The United States federal government should repeal the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 (ESSA). 

- The United States federal government should cap federal funding for public schools from local taxes at 25 percent. 

- The United States federal government should pass “The Biden Plan for Education Beyond High School.”