Extemp Questions 2021 Sept

• Is El Salvador’s adoption of Bitcoin as a national currency doomed to failure?
• Can the Taliban successfully run the government of Afghanistan?
• Is Afghanistan facing an impending humanitarian crisis?
• Are EU nations losing trust in America as an international ally?
• What measures should EU nations enact to get COVID under control?
• Will the new child tax credit be made permanent?
• Will Senate Democrats end the filibuster?
• Is Congress headed for another last-minute showdown over the debt ceiling?
• Will the Taliban live up to their promises to keep Afghanistan from becoming a safe haven for international terrorism?
• Is the international threat posed by ISIS-K growing?
• Will opposition to Texas’ SB8 anti-abortion law motivate voters to turn out in the 2022 midterms?
• What more should the international community be doing to help stabilize Haiti?
• Can the Biden White House find a way to build partnership with China on fighting climate change?
• Will Mexico’s decision to decriminalize abortion encourage other Latin American countries to follow suit?
• Will Texas SB8 law backfire politically on Gov. Greg Abbott?
• Will the Supreme Court overturn Roe?
• How much influence will America be able to assert over the human rights practices of the Taliban?
• Who will follow Yoshihide Suga as Japan’s Prime Minister?
• Is Japan entering a period of instability in political leadership?
• Will Merkel’s exit mean a stronger Green Party in Germany?
• Is Germany moving further to the right politically?
• Can Europe do anything to push Russia out of Crimea?
• What more should state and federal governments be doing to expand COVID vaccination uptake?
• Will the expanded Child Tax Credit be made permanent?
• Will the federal government default on its debt?
• Will the fight over fresh water undermine California’s economic growth?
• Will Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro crack down more on political opposition ahead of next year’s elections?
• Is there anything the US can do to revive the stalled Israel-Palestine peace process?
• Is Nigeria becoming more successful at fighting Boko Haram?
• Can the EU still apply leverage to change the human rights practices of the Belarusian government?
• What lessons should America take for the 2022 midterms from California’s failed gubernatorial recall?
• Should America take a stronger stance with Egypt over human rights violations?
• Has America learned anything from twenty years in Afghanistan?
• How much is partisan political polarization slowing America’s recovery from COVID?
• How far will China go to achieve reunification with Taiwan?
• How much influence will Pakistan have over the new Taliban government in Afghanistan?
• Will the federal vaccine mandate get America to herd immunity for COVID?
• Should the international community put strong human rights conditions on humanitarian aid to Afghanistan?
• Will the Biden Administration’s employer mandate harden the resolve of vaccine skeptics not to get the shot?
• Is the US labor market starting to cool down?
• How big of a deal is the semiconductor chip supply shortage for the US economy?
• Can the new AUKUS defense pact successfully contain China’s growing influence in the Indo-Pacific region?
• What steps should the US take to prepare for the next big pandemic?
• Will Sen. McConnell’s decision to oppose raising the debt limit backfire politically in the 2022 midterms?
• Has the chance for real immigration reform disappeared?
• Will Mario Dragi be able to implement the reforms he wants in Italy?
• Will China’s ban on bitcoin entice other nations to put restrictions on the use of cryptocurrency?
• Will Pres. Biden be able to usher his legislative agenda through Congress?
• Can Congressional Democrats get to an agreement on a spending bill?
• What more should Japan be doing to close the gender gap in their society?
• Is COVID delaying the economic shock of Brexit on the UK?
• Is China’s wolf warrior diplomacy backfiring?
• What will the AUKUS pact mean for the balance of military power in the Indo-Pacific?
• Will Iran’s new hardline government be willing to return to the JCPOA?
• What will be Angela Merkel’s legacy for Europe?
• How much will America’s chaotic exit from Afghanistan damage the Biden White House on the international stage?
• Should America be sharing more COVID vaccinations globally?
• How worried should America be about the emergency of new COVID variants?
• How should the Biden Administration change America’s relationship with Pakistan?
• What has the Taliban learned from the takeover of Afghanistan?
• Has the Supreme Court become too political?
• Is the UN still a useful international forum?
• Has the WTO been undermined to the point of becoming useless?
• Is the Biden Administration normalizing and cementing Trump’s foreign policy?
• Will internal party politics kill Congressional Democrats’ spending plans?
• Will the EU follow Pres. Biden’s lead on policy towards China?
• Should the EU build up an independent military force separate from NATO?
• Is the US a reliable global leader and partner on climate change?
• Will China be able to meet its own goals on carbon emissions?
• Is QAnon the future of the Republican Party?
• Is France’s far-right on the rise politically?
• Should the US be doing more to pressure Ethiopia into ending the fighting in Tigray?
• Will the exit from Afghanistan make the Biden Administration shy away from other international engagements?