Extemp Questions 29 Aug 2008

• Is the crisis in Darfur being adequately addressed by the international community?
• What would it take to eradicate the threat of Malaria around the world?
• Is the federal government doing enough to secure America’s seaports?
• How can the global telecommunications network be better used to promote democracy and international human rights?
• Does the breadth of modern economic globalization pose a risk to individual national interest?
• Should America develop a new ‘Marshall Plan’ to save Africa?
• What steps can the international community take to better respond to the threat of failing states?
• Can a global climate change agreement be made effective without US buy in?
• Is international cooperation on the development of alternative energy sources necessary to move America off of a hydrocarbon based economy?
• What will it take to eradicate Polio from the globe?
• How can Gordon Brown’s goal of education for all children of the world be realized?
• Will the European Union’s Lisbon Treaty be ratified?
• Will Ireland revote and pass the Lisbon Treaty?
• What would ratification of the Lisbon Treaty mean for the future of the EU?
• Should developing nations be given a larger voice in shaping the policies and practices of the IMF?
• Has America’s ‘abstinence only’ sex education policy been successful?
• Should the federal government fund comprehensive sex education programs in America’s public schools?
• What does the Supreme Court’s overturning of the Roe v. Wade decision mean for the future of the pro-life movement?
• How will the November elections impact the makeup of the Supreme Court?
• What does the future hold for the US-Russia relationship?
• What is the future of Russia’s relationship with the EU?
• What role should the US play in Eastern Europe?
• What is the future of Russian democracy?
• What will it take to restore America’s trust in Russia?
• Does anybody else thing the Olympics would have been way more interesting if they had the decathletes high-jump over Yao Ming’s head?
• Who will succeed Pervez Musharaf in leadership of Pakistan?
• Is unity a significant problem for the Democratic Party heading into the November elections?
• What strengths does Gov. Sarah Palin bring to John McCain’s Presidential campaign?
• Did McCain reach too far outside the beltway for a running mate?
• So maybe I’m old but who doesn’t think that Sarah Palin would be a hotter Vice President than Hillary Clinton?
• Will Joe Biden’s comments in the primary season be a liability to the Obama campaign?
• What will it take to get the necessary international aid to people in Zimbabwe?
• Will US consumer spending fall further in the last half of 2008?
• Will Thailand’s Prime Minister be forced to resign?
• What can be done to boost Japan’s lagging economy?
• What options does the US have to help resolve the Georgia-Russia crisis?