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Princeton IV 2025
Sep 20, 2025 · BP
Motions from this series
Princeton IV 2025 (2025)11 motionsCA: 🇺🇸 Xiao-ke L., Caitlin M., 🇺🇸 Manuel M., 🇫🇷 Tarun R., 🇵🇭 Bea L., 🇬🇭 Prosper A.
- Round 1THO attempts at adopting zero-hierarchy workplace culture
- Round 2THBT the feminist movement should oppose the idea that relationships should be 50/50
- Round 3THBT developing countries should make reducing supply chain and trade relations with the US a key foreign policy goal
- Round 4In rapidly growing cities in Less Economically Developed Countries (LEDCs), THS city beautification projects
- Round 5THS a 5% global wealth tax
- Partial-double QuarterfinalsTHBT transgender rights organisations and advocates in the US should encourage trans people to embrace visibility (eg. being open about their identity, requesting preferred pronouns in professional spaces, and carrying the trans flag in protests)
- QuarterfinalsTHP a world where Malaysia and Singapore did not split
- SemifinalsTHR the glorification of nonviolent revolutions (e.g People Power Revolution in the Philippines, Rose Revolution in Georgia, Orange Revolution in Ukraine)
- Grand FinalTHS releasing the compound worldwide
- ESL SemifinalTHP a world where the MBA was not terminated by the Philippines
- ESL FinalTHS the existence of heaven and hell
Princeton IV 2024 (2024)12 motions
- Round 0THW significantly re-allocate funding from police systems to community-based intervention programs (e.g. identifying young men susceptible to gun violence and providing them with cognitive-behavioral therapy; hands-off strategies involving initiatives like training 911 call receivers or engaging local community members to intervene in conflicts before they escalate into violence).
- Round 1THO the demonization of nationalism in progressive circles
- Round 2THO the trend towards increasing pathologization of mental health in Western liberal democracies
- Round 3THBT the prevalence of civil litigation in American society has done more harm than good
- Round 4THS the increased presence of foreign private equity firms in Asian markets
- Round 5THW significantly re-allocate funding from police systems to community-based intervention programs (e.g. identifying young men susceptible to gun violence and providing them with cognitive-behavioral therapy; hands-off strategies involving initiatives like training 911 call receivers or engaging local community members to intervene in conflicts before they escalate into violence).
- Partial-double QuarterfinalsTHP the narrative that committed long-term romantic relationships should be start ups over the narrative that they should be mergers
- QuarterfinalsTHP a world in which IMF Special Drawing Rights became the primary world reserve currency rather than the US Dollar in the 1970s
- SemifinalsIn areas characterized by significant inequality, THBT religious leaders should actively preach the doctrine of “honorable poverty” to their followers
- Grand FinalTHS the living having a strong duty to the dead
- ESL SemifinalsTHBT it is in the interest of the EU to aggressively pursue a common foreign policy
- ESL FinalsIn the teaching of history in post-conflict states, THW prioritize the use of stories from communities/ individuals (ex. Diary of Anne Frank, texts from the minority community) over academic textbooks
Princeton IV 2023 (2023)11 motions
- Round 1THO the gamification* of military training *The integration of aspects of game design and mechanics into work and learning (i.e. controls, achievements, leaderboards, graphics or user interfaces)
- Round 2THR the rise of parasocial relationships
- Round 3THBT the Attorney General should be an elected position in a general election as opposed to appointed by the executive branch.
- Round 4TH, as the LGBTQ+ movement, would aggressively push the narrative that gender is a social construct
- Round 5THBT religions advocating for religious pluralism is within the interest of religious people
- Pre-QuarterfinalsTHS the proliferation of AI trading models
- QuarterfinalsTH, as ECOWAS, would send troops to Niger in order to undermine the military regime
- SemifinalsTHBT the embryo belongs to the woman who carried the embryo and her partner, as opposed to the people who provided the genetic material
- Grand FinalTHW cantonise Israel
- ESL FinalsTHBT successful female athletes should significantly empasize their negative experiences as a woman in the sport's industry, rather than emphasizing the positive ones
- Novice FinalsTHBT the rise of capitalism has done more harm than good to women
Princeton IV 2021 (2021)11 motions
- Round 1THP a world where American and Canadian MNCs in South America adhere to the environmental and labour standards of their home country
- Round 2THP a world in which universities charged tuition as a percentage of each student's earnings after graduation
- Round 3Redacted Motion
- Round 4TH, as a prominent footballer (e.g. Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar), would boycott Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup
- Round 5THR the rise of social impact marketing
- Partial Double QuarterfinalsTHBT NGOs should not provide humanitarian aid to conflict areas until those areas are stabilised
- QuarterfinalsTHS the significant increase in shareholder activism
- SemifinalsTHBT Indian feminist movements should adopt Lakshmi as a symbol of the movement rather than Kali
- Grand FinalTHP a world where individuals treated everybody as though they carry equal moral weight, rather than a world where they treated their surrounding community as though they carry more moral weight
- ESL SemifinalsTH would require all defendants in criminal cases to be represented only by state-provided lawyers
- ESL FinalsTH prefers religious doctrines that teach that people are inherently good to religious doctrines that teach that people are inherently sinful
What gets set here
Economics20%
International Relations16%
Social & Identity13%
Law & Crime11%
Politics9%
Religion9%
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17% of teams break
Teams usually guarantee their break on 11 points.
Break on speaks? Average at least 79.5.
Last edition: 24 of 138 teams broke.
- 202111 pts · 79.9 speaks25/143
- 202311 pts · 80.1 speaks24/167
- 202411 pts · 79.1 speaks25/142
- 202511 pts · 79.0 speaks24/138
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Break categories
This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:
- Open break24 teams
- ESL break13 teams
Top speeches
The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Andrew M. | MG | In rapidly growing cities in Less Economically Developed Countries (LEDCs), THS city beautification projects | 86 |
| 🇺🇸 Adi R. | GW | In rapidly growing cities in Less Economically Developed Countries (LEDCs), THS city beautification projects | 86 |
| 🇧🇬 Alek S. | DPM | THBT developing countries should make reducing supply chain and trade relations with the US a key foreign policy goal | 85 |
| 🇲🇾 Imran I. | GW | In rapidly growing cities in Less Economically Developed Countries (LEDCs), THS city beautification projects | 85 |
| 🇮🇳 Anshuman M. | MG | In rapidly growing cities in Less Economically Developed Countries (LEDCs), THS city beautification projects | 85 |
| 🇺🇸 Mukudzeiishe M. | DLO | THBT the feminist movement should oppose the idea that relationships should be 50/50 | 85 |
| 🇧🇬 Velina A. | PM | THBT developing countries should make reducing supply chain and trade relations with the US a key foreign policy goal | 85 |
| 🇧🇬 Alek S. | OW | THS a 5% global wealth tax | 84 |
| 🇧🇬 Biser A. | LO | In rapidly growing cities in Less Economically Developed Countries (LEDCs), THS city beautification projects | 84 |
| 🇺🇸 Clement T. | LO | THBT developing countries should make reducing supply chain and trade relations with the US a key foreign policy goal | 84 |
| 🇧🇬 Biser A. | MO | THBT the feminist movement should oppose the idea that relationships should be 50/50 | 84 |
| 🇬🇧 Lucie S. | OW | THBT developing countries should make reducing supply chain and trade relations with the US a key foreign policy goal | 84 |
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