This House Supports the Rise of Sharia Economy in Europe

Two possible directions for this Sharia Economy debate to unfold (and they are the most common ones) – is this about economics? Or political stability – you know, the one in terms of harmony within the society, no conflicts, less discrimination racism sexism bigotry etc. Erm. Okay. That’s it. Let’s go! Oh, wait, wait, wait. It…

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This House Believes That Sovereign Debt Default is a Legitimate Economic Strategy for All Countries

Let’s start with the ambiguous parameters that makes the wording of this motion questionable. What is the definition of “legitimate” and what are the parameters for something to belong to that category? Then, what are the actions that you would consider as a “strategy” or in fact an “economic strategy”? About sovereign debt default, there…

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This House Believes That Indonesia Should Use Economic Diplomacy Instead of Cultural Diplomacy in Strengthening Relationship with Australia

The usual and ongoing question of whether or not economic diplomacy is better than cultural diplomacy gets ever more specific in this debate motion, because the characteristics of both of these diplomacies have to be assessed in conjunction with traits of both Australia’s and Indonesia’s respectively. Also, there will be varying interests in a bilateral…

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This House Believes That Developing Countries Should Heavily Prioritize Development of Soft Infrastructure over Hard Infrastructure

The stipulations are clear, the geographical bias and context is explicitly worded, so this is pretty much a straightforward motion. The goal of this motion is to have a discourse that aims to seek the best way to improve a country (of course, you don’t say). That being said, of course both Team Affirmative and…

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This House Believes That Populism-Oriented Parties Bring More Harm than Good During Economic Crisis

Alright, let’s start with.. the two aspects in this debate: the parties, and economic crisis. First aspect, both affirmative and negative teams are expected to have an agreement regarding the characteristics of populism-oriented parties, as the nature of those parties are absolute and are not actually debatable (not necessary, even). Second aspect, economic crisis should…

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