B. Open Extemporaneous Event Prompts
Round 1: Ext Draw 9:15 in Science 201
Speaker 1
- Will Susan Collins win reelection?
- What reforms to voter roll maintenance are necessary to prevent wrongful purges?
- Should Congress implement budgeting reforms to reduce the frequency of government shutdowns?
Speaker 2
- Can Democrats overcome their fundraising disadvantage against the GOP in the midterm elections?
- What should be done to address rising electricity costs in the United States?
- How are ICE enforcement efforts affecting rural America?
Speaker 3
- Are Democrats’ DHS reform demands misguided?
- What does the El Paso airspace closure reveal about the current state of federal interagency coordination?
- Should the FTC be empowered with additional authority to regulate AI platforms?
Speaker 4
- Have Trump officials created a credibility crisis for federal law enforcement?
- Is the SAVE America Act a solution in search of a problem?
- Should Congress pass legislation allowing the EPA to regulate greenhouse gases?
Speaker 5
- What reforms are necessary to ensure accountability of federal officials in civil rights contexts?
- Will AIPAC regret opposing candidates who support conditioning aid to Israel?
- How should federal policymakers address concerns about AI and online political misinformation?
Speaker 6
- What will be the biggest political issue on voters’ minds leading up to the midterm election?
- What strategies should states use to resist unwanted federal immigration enforcement operations?
- How should courts adjudicate challenges to sweeping environmental rollbacks?
Round 2: Ext Draw 2:00
Speaker 1
- What should the United Nations do to address its budget crisis?
- Is Jimmy Lai’s prison sentence the final death knell for Hong Kong’s democracy?
- With New START’s expiration, is a nuclear arms race inevitable?
Speaker 2
- Should middle powers form new coalitions to counterbalance great-power rivalry?
- What changes will the Bangladesh Nationalist Party bring to Bangladesh?
- Are hybrid threats the greatest risk to European stability?
Speaker 3
- How should the U.S. recalibrate its Indo-Pacific strategy in 2026?
- Does Keir Starmer have any viable path to political survival?
- What geopolitical shifts will emerge from the Munich Security Conference?
Speaker 4
- Should Olympic athletes be given greater rights to political expression?
- Would the presence of Indonesian troops help stabilize Gaza?
- Are Australia’s new anti-hate measures the right answer to rising intolerance?
Speaker 5
- Has Israel’s recognition of Somaliland backfired?
- Is regime change in Iran an inevitability?
- Should Europe pursue its own nuclear deterrent?
Speaker 6
- Is Peru really at risk of ceding its sovereignty to China?
- Should Germany give its intelligence services more resources and operational freedom?
- What will be the effects of the United States’ military deployment in Nigeria?
Round 3: Ext Draw 3:30
Speaker 1
- Can Spirit Airlines find a viable financial path forward?
- Should the S.E.C. start regulating prediction markets?
- What impact have immigration raids had on the U.S. economy?
Speaker 2
- Are Detroit automakers making a mistake by pivoting away from EVs?
- Can Venezuela capitalize on its natural gas reserves?
- Should the U.S. be concerned about rising levels of financial stress among higher income borrowers?
Speaker 3
- Is healthcare’s dominant place in the U.S. labor market good for the economy?
- Will Paramount’s hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. succeed?
- Should large investors be banned from buying houses in the U.S.?
Speaker 4
- Is Wall Street overreacting to the “AI Fear Trade” phenomenon?
- Will Argentina’s proposed labor reforms help or hurt its economy?
- Will falling mortgage rates spur more homeowners to sell their properties?
Speaker 5
- Is Russia’s wartime economic momentum sustainable?
- Are the Trump administration’s claims that deportations lower housing costs believable?
- How will a weaker dollar impact the U.S. economy?
Speaker 6
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Will China’s new pricing rules prevent a race-to-the-bottom among car manufacturers?
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Should Kraft Heinz split into two different companies?
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Is Kevin Warsh a credible choice to chair the Federal Reserve?
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Finals: Ext Draw 6:15
Speaker 1
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Should social media companies comply with DHS subpoenas for anti-ICE accounts?
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Can Trump’s new Project Vault successfully counter China’s minerals dominance?
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Will Kazakhstan and the World Bank’s proposed partnership framework succeed?
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Speaker 2
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Will TrumpRX meaningfully reduce prescription drug prices for Americans?
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How is Starlink impacting the Russian-Ukranian War?
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How will political instability in Pakistan affect South Asian economic integration?
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Speaker 3
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Is Scott Socha a bad choice to lead the National Parks Service?
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Should the African Union lift its suspension of Sudan’s membership?
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Can Chipotle turn around its fortunes in 2026?
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Speaker 4
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Should Congress sunset Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996?
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Is the United Kingdom’s Chagos Islands agreement really “an act of great stupidity?”
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How will Amtrak’s fleet renewal affect intercity rail travel in the United States?
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Speaker 5
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Is birthright citizenship in the United States in real jeopardy?
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Should the U.S. strengthen its renewed counternarcotics cooperation with Bolivia?
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How will Milan’s Olympics Village affect housing affordability in Milan?
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Speaker 6
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How will the proposed 2027 rate adjustment for Medicare Advantage affect seniors?
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Will NATO’s new Arctic Sentry mission succeed in ending the Greenland crisis?
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In light of ballooning global debts, is IMF reform needed?
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Speaker 7
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What does the FBI seizure of ballots in Georgia portend for future election fraud cases?
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Is “neo-royalism” the best descriptor for Trump’s foreign policy?
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What must Türkiye do to get inflation under control?
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