Extemp Questions 2016 November

• Should the federal government do more to support cancer research and treatment? 
• Is Jacob Zuma’s Presidency near its end? 
• How will the results of the 2016 election affect US race relations? 
• What would it take to make Saudi Arabia’s economy less dependent on oil exports? 
• Would a delayed Brexit be good for the UK economy? 
• Should the international community do more to curb air pollution? 
• Are Germany’s policies towards the ECB changing? 
• How has the news media coverage of the campaigns affected the 2016 elections? 
• Does the difficulty with the CETA deal show that free trade is becoming more difficult globally? 
• What does the election of Donald Trump indicate about the American electorate? 
• How has the growth of the Jihadi movement changed the West’s foreign policy stance towards Africa? 
• Should the US make voting compulsory? 
• What more should the international community do to curb government corruption in Africa? 
• How will the relationship between the President-elect and the new Congress affect Trump’s plans for his first hundred days? 
• What does the future hold for news media in the US? Seriously America, Trump. Seriously? 
• What more should the US do to improve its cyberwarfare capabilities? 
•  Is the Western democratic model of government losing its legitimacy around the world? 
• How will Brexit change the UK’s relationship with Russia? 
• How will Trump’s election change the US relationship with Russia? 
• What does 2017 hold for the US economy? Has the Democratic Party in the US permanently lost the labor vote? 
• How does President Trump heal a divided America? 
• What effect will anti-Trump protesters have on the incoming President’s first 100 days? 
• Will the US renege on the Paris climate change agreement? 
• Should the lame duck Congress push to pass the TPP? 
• How will the role of Vice President change in the Trump White House? 
• How does the Democratic Party rebuild after the 2016 election? 
• Does a solution to America’s heroin epidemic require more federal regulation of prescription painkillers? 
• Will the opioid epidemic be a priority for the Trump Presidency? 
• Does Russia’s withdrawal from the ICC cause significant harm to the court’s credibility on the international stage? 
• What should be done to bring India’s banking crisis back under control? 
• What does Donald Trump’s election signal about the growth of nationalist movements in western Europe? 
• Will Trump’s election meet up to the expectations of its supporters? 
• Is corruption a solvable problem for the Russian government? 
• What does the Green Party hope to achieve by calling for an audit and recount of some States’ elections? 
• Will the relationship between the EU and Turkey continue to darken? 
• Is India’s continued economic growth at risk?
• How will the death of Fidel Castro reshape the relationship between Cuba and the US? 
• Is it time for the US to lift the Cuban embargo? 
• Does the revised Colombian peace deal with the FARC have enough substantive changes to be approved? 
• Should social media sites do more to curb the spread of fake news? 
• Do food shortages in Malawi pose a risk to regional stability? 
• How has social media changed the shape of political conversation in the US? 
• Should the international community put more pressure on the Myanmar government to end attacks against the rohingya Muslim population? 
• Is poor workplace safety holding back China’s economic growth? 
• Should the UN do more to protect rohingya muslims in Myanmar? 
• How will Trump’s Presidency change America’s engagement in Syria?