Extemp Questions 2020 October

• Is America facing a K-shaped economic recovery from Coronavirus?
• Will Brexit and COVID force force the UK government to pass severe austerity measures?
• Do Presidential debates still matter in American politics?
• Is the Trump administration’s strategy to isolate China on the global stage working?
• Have the US and China done irreparable damage to the WTO?
• Will President Trump’s COVID diagnosis change his administration’s approach to dealing with the pandemic?
• How will COVID-19 change gender equality in the workplace?
• Will America see additional COVID relief spending from Congress before the election?
• Has the Trump administration been negligent at controlling the spread of COVID in the White House and at campaign events?
• How much will the fight to fill the Supreme Court vacancy mobilize voters in November?
• Should Turkey’s membership in NATO end?
• Has Bill Barr turned the DOJ into a political weapon?
• Does the failure to deal with former ISIS members in camps represent a significant international security threat?
• What reforms are needed at the WTO?
• Is India’s record on human rights violations getting worse?
• What needs to be done to end sexual violence against women in India?
• What role should the US government play in combating misinformation on the Internet?
• What can be done to heal America’s partisan political divisions?
• Has the erosion of collective bargaining been detrimental to America’s middle-class?
• Is public acceptance of COVID restrictions withering?
• Are social conditions for India’s Dalits improving?
• Has the Bernie Sanders wing become the mainstream of the Democratic Party?
• What lessons should the world learn from the Coronavirus pandemic?
• Will the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court bring retribution from the new Congress?
• Is Amazon failing to take the health and safety of its workers seriously?
• Can Russia broker an end to the fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia?
• Should the US adopt a herd immunity strategy for dealing with COVID?
• What should Boris Johnson do to get COVID under control in the UK?
• Are pro-democracy protests in Thailand gearing up for the long-haul?
• Should the US be doing more to aid the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong?
• Should the EU impose stronger sanctions on Belarus?
• What more should the US do to aid protesters in Belarus?
• Is Alexander Lukashenko’s grip on power slipping?
• What role will America play in the future of Iraq?
• What can be done to stamp out government corruption in Iraq?
• Are antitrust lawsuits the best way to reign in the power of Google?
• Will anti-police protests in Nigeria lead to further violence?
• What should be done to stop policy corruption in Nigeria?
• Should ousted Sudanese leaders face war crimes charges at the ICC?
• What can be done to stop the violence and killing in Ethiopia?
• Has a new trade deal between the EU and the UK become impossible?
• What can the US do to get Iran back in line with American regional security objectives?
• Has the US abandoned its leadership role in global health?
• What should the DOD be doing to prevent white supremacists and far-right extremists from recruiting from within military ranks?
• Does Merkel’s government still have the backing of the German people in dealing with the Coronavirus pandemic?
• Will this election see a large surge in turnout of younger voters?
• (alt) Will the youth vote turn out in 2020?
• How well are America’s cities coping without additional COVID funding?
• How much will the results of the 2020 census reshape the political landscape of the US?
• What lessons has the White House learned from President Trump's infection with COVID?
• Does social media have a net-positive effect on the country?
• Has the rural-urban divide become an impassable rift in American politics?
• Has Boris Johnson lost the confidence of the British public?
• What more should be done to stop radical Islamic attacks in France?
• Is America’s economic recovery from COVID on the right track?
• How important will the gender gap be to the outcome of the 2020 elections?
• Will federal antitrust action against Google be successful?
• Has America’s international soft power been diminished under President Trump?
• Will the Abraham Accords grow into a lasting Middle East peace?
• What will rewriting the constitution mean for the future of Chile?
• Who will follow Angela Merkel in leadership of Germany?
• Has the EU’s handling of Poland’s growing authoritarianism been too soft?
• Is the government’s settlement with Purdue Pharmaceutical too little, too late?
• Where do the protests in Thailand go from here?
• Does the Pope’s acceptance of civil unions mark a new era of tolerance for the Catholic Church?
• Should Supreme Court Justices have term limits?
• What retaliation will Senate Republicans face for the confirmation of Justice Barrett?
• Does the future of the Republican Party continue to look like President Trump?
• Will diplomatic relations between the Gulf States and Israel bring a backlash from radical Islamic terrorists?
• Has the international threat from North Korea diminished?
• Has the Trump administration’s “maximum pressure” campaign reduced the regional security threat posed by Iran?
• How long will it take for global oil markets to recover from COVID?
• Should the power of the Thai monarchy be further constrained?
• How would a Biden Presidency reshape America’s energy industry?
• How long after Brexit can the UK go without striking an EU trade deal?
• Is a no-deal Brexit inevitable?
• Will Evangelical voters turn out for President Trump?
• Is America’s elections infrastructure safe from cybersecurity threats?
• Is government corruption in Mexico getting worse?
• Is the Trump administrations Remain in Mexico policy working?
• Will the Senate Republican Majority survive the 2020 elections?
• Should broadband internet access be provided like a public utility?
• Can the governments of western Europe count on the public’s support of renewed COVID restrictions?
• Will the Belarusian public support an extended general strike?
• Has the politicization of the coronavirus made it more difficult for the US to get under control?