SSE Riga IV 2025

1. Round 1THBT governments should provide the poor with direct cash transfers instead of in kind assistance.Practise this motion
2. Round 2THP a world where the US lost the Korean war in 1953Practise this motion
3. Round 3THP that religious organizations make decisions by consensus rather than majority.Practise this motion
4. Round 4THBT the desire for external validation does more harm than goodPractise this motion
5. Round 5TH predicts a decline in womens' rights in the next 10 yearsPractise this motion
6. SemifinalsTHH for a future with a global common currencyPractise this motion
7. Grand FinalTHW die for a causePractise this motion
8. Novice FinalsTHR the asteroid falling on Earth killing the dinosaursPractise this motion

1. Round 1THR the ‘new year, new me’ narrativePractise this motion
2. Round 2THS the agreement between the US and PanamaPractise this motion
3. Round 3THO Stirner’s ethical egoismPractise this motion
4. Round 4THBT the European Union should institute a common armyPractise this motion
5. Round 5THBT Germany should abolish the 'debt brake'Practise this motion
6. SemifinalsTHBT Zainichi Koreans should aggressively retain their Korean identityPractise this motion
7. Grand FinalTH predicts that humanity will conquer death by the end of the millenniumPractise this motion
8. Novice FinalsTH, as Satan, would refuse to punish sinnersPractise this motion

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1. Round 1THW require all teachers to have a local teaching licensePractise this motion
2. Round 2This House regrets the rise of climate finance as an environmental conservation measurePractise this motion
3. Round 3THBT the US should offer significant funding to the Guyanese government to guard against a potential Venezuelan annexation of the Essequibo regionPractise this motion
4. Round 4THR the trend of upcoming artists collaborating with controversial figures in the music industry, such as artists, music executives, producers (e.g. Chris Brown, Marilyn Manson, Scooter Braun, posthumous Michael Jackson)Practise this motion
5. Round 5THBT the governments of countries with emerging economies (e.g. Indonesia, Nigeria, Poland) should use political and economic measures to develop regional hubs over a dominant capital cityPractise this motion
6. SemifinalsIn September 1991, THBT the government of the independent Latvia should have published this informationPractise this motion
7. Grand FinalTHBT a meaningful life is one lived in resistance to deathPractise this motion

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1. Round 1This House Would introduce compulsory ethics classes at all levels of educationPractise this motion
2. Round 2This House Opposes the ownership of petsPractise this motion
3. Round 3This House Supports the narrative that women should be selfishPractise this motion
4. Round 4This House Regrets the glorification of soldiers as heroesPractise this motion
5. Round 5This House Prefers the use of direct cash transfers to citizens as opposed to traditional forms of development aid (e.g., infrastructure projects, loans to governments, etc.)Practise this motion
6. Semi-finalThis House, as the EU, would replace the independent national healthcare systems with a collectively funded regional systemPractise this motion
7. FinalThis House Prefers a world with memory writing technologyPractise this motion

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