Extemp Questions 2021 May

• Has the US lost its international credibility on the issue of climate change?
• Is American law enforcement getting better at handling cybercrime?
• Should Bitcoin be outlawed?
• Will India’s BJP party face backlash from voters over its handling of COVID?
• Is Somalia falling back into a state of civil war and anarchy?
• Will Mario Draghi’s recovery plan for Italy succeed?
• Has Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs been a net positive for the Philippines?
• Has the Repbulican Party come to terms with losing the White House?
• Has COVID exposed the risks of global supply chains?
• Will the semiconductor shortage delay the global economic recovery from COVID?
• Has Brexit put the UK’s union at risk of breaking up?
• Is the war in Yemen nearing an end?
• Have the progressives taken control of the Democratic Party?
• What can be done to revive local journalism?
• Will anti-protest violence in Colombia continue to escalate?
• What should the US do to push for de-escalation of violence in Jerusalem and Gaza?
• What more should the federal government be doing to regulate cryptocurrencies?
• Should the federal government regulate private companies’ cybersecurity?
• How soon will the US reach herd immunity for COVID?
• Is the escalating violence between Israel and Gaza turning into an all-out war?
• Will Ethiopian leadership be held accountable for human rights violations in Tigray?
• Will Lula run again for Brazil’s presidency?
• Will Congress take up Section 230 reform?
• Is there more the Suga government should be doing to increase Japan’s fertility rate?
• How much would lifting patent protections speed the global COVID vaccination effort?
• Has COVID effectively put an end to anti-monarchy protests in Thailand?
• Will Israel be forced to send ground forces into Gaza?
• Should the Summer Olympics be cancelled?
• Is Congress finally ready to overhaul the way the military handles sexual assault cases?
• Should the International Olympics Committee move the upcoming games out of China?
• Is there any hope for a reset in the relationship between the US and Russia?
• Is the global COVAX scheme doomed to fail?
• Will the Gaza cease-fire hold?
• When will Palestine hold elections?
• Is the QAnon movement gaining a permanent foothold within American evangelical churches?
• Is support for Hamas growing among the Palestinian people?
• Is a bipartisan January 6’th commission still possible?
• Should the US create its own version of the Eu’s GDPR?
• Will Apple’s cooperation with the Chinese government tarnish its international brand?
• Should the US establish a vaccine passport program?
• Are America’s businesses getting better at cybersecurity?
• Is the US at serious risk of falling technologically behind China?
• Have the Abraham Accords made it more difficult to find a lasting peace deal for the Palestinians?
• Will California recall Gavin Newsom?
• Does American foreign policy rely too heavily on economic sanctions?
• Can the Biden administration build an international coalition to counter the behavior of China?
• Should the US devote more resources to getting COVID vaccines distributed around the world?
• Is the US economy facing imminent long-term inflation woes?
• Will the Biden administration’s approach to North Korea yield any success?
• Will legal challenges against Big Tech firms lead to changes in American antitrust laws?
• Will Biden use Temporary Protected Status to bypass Congressional inaction on immigration reform?
• Is unequal distribution of vaccines prolong the global COVID pandemic?
• Is anti semitism in the US growing?
• Are Western nations powerless to change the behavior of Belarus’ President Lukashenko?
• Should the Biden White House be directing more resources towards investigating Havana Syndrome?
• Should Beiden call off the summit with Putin?
• How long can Lukashenko remain in power in Belarus?
• How long will it take for the global economy to recover fully from COVID?
• Will Congressional Republican’s decision to kill the bipartisan January 6’th commission backfire politically/
• Is the Supreme Court ready to overturn Roe v Wade?
• Is the Sahel becoming the next major front in the global war on terror?
• Can the Biden administration save Afghan citizens who worked with coalition forces before leaving Afghanistan?
• Should EU nations deploy more military forces to the Sahel?
• How significant is the global undercount of COVID deaths?
• Is Netanyahu’s grip on power slipping away?
• A year after the killing of George Flyod have race relations in America changed?
• Will culture war issues return the GOP to Congressional majority status in 2022?
• Can bipartisan police reform make it through Congress?
• Will Joe Manchin kill Biden’s infrastructure plan?