Extemp Questions 2017 Nov

•  Is the Republican leadership in Washington out of touch with the GOP voter base?
• Is the Australian Parliament prepared to legalize same-sex marriage?
• What steps should Congress take to fix the National Flood Insurance Program?
• Will the first round of indictments from the Mueller investigation put a damper on President Trump’s legislative agenda?
• Can Congressional Republicans stay on track with tax reform?
• Did the separatist movement in Catalonia overplay its hand?
• What does the future hold for Iraqi Kurds?
• How much is the Mueller investigation distracting the Trump White House?
• Are social media companies failing in their civic responsibility?
• Is it time for Jared Kushner to leave the Trump Administration?
• Does Hillary Clinton still have a role in shaping the future of the Democratic Party?
• How much will President Trump’s plan for a media campaign targeted at youth help curb the opioid epidemic?
• Have the actions of the government in Madrid brought the conflict over Catalan independence closer to resolution?
• Are fraud and government corruption a solvable problem for Saudi Arabia?
• Are fraud and government corruption in sub-Saharan Africa an intractable problem?
• Is Xi Jinping able to solve government corruption in China?
• Can a strategy of military deterrence work to rein in the actions of North Korea?
• What more should the international community do to curb the spread of radical Islamic ideology around the world?
• Can President Trump find a way to balance international trade interests with concerns over North Korea on his first China trip?
• Should Jeff Sessions resign as Attorney General?
• Is it time for the Fed to start raising interest rates again?
• Is there a way for America to overcome political tribalism?
• Has the conflict in Yemen turned into a quagmire?
• Are the actions of Saudi Arabia significantly adding to regional instability?
• Is the situation in Puerto Rico improving too slowly?
• Should the US begin to cut its support to Saudi Arabia?
• Are Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s plans to expand the role of women in the workplace good for the long-term future of Japan?
• Is the Trump Presidency good for American political satire?
• Does the international community need to establish clear rules for the use of CRISPR and similar gene editing technology?
• Are “right to work” laws bad for American workers?
• How will the growth of automation and machine learning reshape the American economy in the coming decade?
• Is growing political nationalism bad for European economics?
• Should Puerto Rico consider taking steps towards statehood?
• Will Congress do more to help Puerto Rico’s economy recover?
• Can the independent Kurdish government sustain itself and its autonomy within Iraq?
• Will continued political turmoil in Kenya lead to violence?
• Will President Trump’s push to change NAFTA backfire against the American economy?
• Is the Trump Administration permanently abandoning America’s role in promoting human rights internationally?
• Should the Indian government do more to improve air quality in it’s large cities?
• Will President Trump fire Robert Mueller?
• Is budget reconciliation the wrong process for Congress to push forward with major tax reform legislation?
• Are Saudi Arabia and Iran headed towards direct armed conflict?
• Does the Democratic Party have too much internal discord to mount a united front against the GOP in the 2018 midterm elections?
• Should the international community do more to crack down on the use of international tax havens by large multinational corporations?
• Is more transparency needed for the financial ties of members of President Trump’s cabinet?
• What should be done to end the Saudi-led blockage of Yemen?
• Is Theresa May’s government falling apart?
• Is Venezuela headed towards a massive debt default?
• Can America learn to tolerate a nuclear-armed North Korea?
• Has President Trump learned how to work with America’s intelligence agencies?
•  Do Trump Administration cuts to the State Department budget pose a significant national security risk for the US?
• Is the relationship between the US and China improving under President Trump?
• Will Democratic Party voters be able to stay motivated through the 2018 midterms?
• Is the real legacy of the Obama Administration a broken Democratic Party?
• Is Robert Mueller’s investigation closing in on President Trump’s inner circle?
• Will the Trump White House push to curtail or end the Mueller investigation?
• Is it possible to hold cable TV news programs to an objective standard for accuracy and truth in reporting?
• Should the UK hold a second Brexit vote after Article 50 negotiations are completed?
• Will China’s global soft power grow to rival that of the United States?
• Should the US be more vocal about the protection of human rights in China?
• Is Zimbabwe on the verge of major political change?
• Will the resignation of Lebanon’s Prime Minister increased regional instability?
• Should the federal government enact stronger protections for mothers in the workplace?
• Can President Trump keep his campaign promise of cutting the trade deficit with China?
• Are Kurdish dreams of an independent state demolished?
• What’s next for the Kurdish independence movement?
• Should the Department of Justice dedicate additional resources towards finding missing persons of color?
• Have federal law enforcement agencies failed to adequately address the threat from domestic terrorist organizations?
• Should the DoJ do more to monitor the actions of white nationalist groups?
• Is the threat of armed conflict between Iran and Saudi Arabia growing?
• Is new leadership necessary to rebuild the Democratic Party?
• Are American voters having buyer’s remorse over electing Donald Trump?
• Is America ceding its international leadership role to China?
• Is the Saudi crown Prince’s consolidation of domestic power bad for regional stability?
• Will the changes to American political norms under the Trump Administration become permanent?
• Can anything be done to repair America’s growing political tribalism?
• Has Attorney General Sessions lost his credibility?
• What’s next for Zimbabwe?
• Would Roy Moore winning the Alabama special election be worse for the Republican Party than losing?
• Is real political change in Zimbabwe possible under new leadership?
• Will the addition of repealing the Obamacare mandate scuttle the Republican tax plan in the Senate?
• Should federal financial regulators impose strong controls on the secondary debt industry?
• Will Congressional Republicans be able to push through a tax bill before the end of the year?
• What steps should be taken to stabilize Syria after ISIS?
• Are American style culture wars coming to European politics?
• Should the US do more to address the civilian casualties in the fight against ISIS?
• Is this a watershed moment in the fight against sexual harassment and sexual assault?
• What’s next for Robert Mugabe?
• Should Congress reform how the military handles charges of sexual assault?
• Will the Republican tax plan backfire against the GOP in the 2018 midterms?
• What steps can be taken to curb tribalism in American political discourse?
• What more can the international community do to curb modern slavery and human trafficking?
• Can state and local governments take the place of federal policy on climate change?
• How long will Venezuela be able to hold off financial collapse?
• Can the central government in India do more to curb air pollution in major cities?
• Will the call for new elections politically weaken Angela Merkel?
• Will re-designating North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism make it more difficult for the US to final a diplomatic solution to the problem of its weapons development?
• What does Merkel’s inability to organize a governing coalition mean for the future of the EU?
• Can Theresa May get Brexit negotiations back on track?
• Will new leadership be able to turn around Zimbabwe’s economy?
• Is there more the EU can do to speed the processing of refugees seeking asylum?
• Is the EU’s handling of the migrant crisis improving?
• Will the ouster of Robert Mugabe lead Zimbabwe towards needed political and economic reform?
• Is Myanmar safe enough for the Rohingya to return?
• Will the return of Rohingya refugees to Myanmar incite further violence?
• Should the GOP tax plan do more to close the carried interest loophole?
• Does proper Internet-of-Things security require additional government regulation?
• Do federal regulators need to impose stronger controls over the practises of credit reporting agencies?
• Should African nations do more to curb the practice of animal poaching/
• Can the international community do more to curb the illegal trade in endangered animals?
• Does trophy hunting in Africa really help to preserve endangered species?
• Should Congress take up stronger net neutrality legislation?
• What should be done to deter Iran from continuing to sponsor international terrorist activity?
• Will the transition of power lead to violence and bloodshed in Zimbabwe?