Extemp Topic Areas

Domestic Topic Areas

1. Artificial Intelligence and job creation

2. Climate change and hurricanes

3. FEMA preparations

4. US military defend allies

5. State governments and healthcare

6. Local police and military-grade equipment

7. DACA legislation

8. Cut taxes on overseas earnings

9. Trump’s new Chief of Staff

10. Jeff Sessions

11. Trump 2020

12. Mueller’s investigation and Trump Presidency

13. CIA drone strikes in Afghanistan

14. Steve Bannon and Trump Administration

15. US Navy ships and accidents

16. Trump’s pardon of Arpaio

17. American school, free speech, and campus safety

18. Obamacare failure and reelection of Republicans

19. California’s “sanctuary state” and illegal immigration

20. College Greek organization hazing

21. President’s communications

22. State Department reductions and foreign relations

23. Trump’s base

24. Trump’s legislative agenda

25. Trump family and business interests

International Topic Areas

1. Rule of Law in Hong Kong

2. Thailand’s military junta and elections’

3. US commitment in Afghanistan and Taliban

4. Israeli politicians and anti-Semitism in American politics

5. Egypt’s relationship with Hamas

6. Macron’s popularity with French voters

7. Brexit exodus and United Kingdom

8. Wealthy nations and rebuilding of Caribbean island

9. Chinese government cease promotion of traditional medicine

10. Guatemala’s corruption investigations and respectable politics

11. Japan constitution and military capability

12. Aung San Sun Kyi and Rohingyas of Myanmar

13. Islamic State recover after defeats

14. Best candidate for a union of liberal democracy and political Islam

15. El Salvador and gang problem

16. China/India and border dispute

17. Decrease in westward migration of Eastern Europeans

18. Global shortage of primary care physicians

19. Donald Trump’s presidency and Asian security

20. Turkey’s rocky relationship with Europe

21. Germany’s Free Democrats

22. World countering North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs

23. FARC in Colombian politics

24. Kenya’s political parties and political instability

25. Next leader of African National Congress