Extemp Questions 2021 November

• Has Facebook grown too large and complex to remain a safe platform?
• What does Youngkin’s win in Virginia signal for the Democrats’ changes in the 2022 midterms?
• Should The Fed take more action to curb rising inflation?
• Will the approval of effective treatments mean an end to COVID?
• Will worker strikes against Sudan’s military coup bring further violence?
• How much will the slow distribution of vaccines prolong the global economic downturn from COVID?
• Will the COP26 bring real action on curbing global carbon emissions?
•  How bad is the political landscape for the Democrats in the upcoming midterms?
• Will passage of the infrastructure bill make it more difficult for President Biden to get his social safety net bill through Congress?
• Should wealthy nations be doing more to fun clean energy projects in the developing world?
• How much longer will the US continue to face supply chain bottlenecks?
• Has COVID-19 set back global democracy?
• Will Trump leave the GOP to create his own political party?
• Will the US default on its debt in December?
• Has Daniel Ortega finally crushed all political dissent in Nicaragua?
• Will Ortega’s re-election in Nicaragua push a new wave of migrants north?
• Will the higher inflation Americans are facing be temporary?
• Is America finally moving past the pandemic phase of the Coronavirus?
• Will the global community keep their pledges to curb deforestation?
• What should be done to improve how America’s healthcare system handles mental health?
• Does the replacement of local elections officials with partisan actors pose a serious threat to American democracy?
• Will additional US sanctions have any effect on Daneil Ortega’s regime in Nicaragua?
• Can anything be done to force the warring sides in Ethiopia into a cease fire?
• Will the fight between the EU and Belarus over migrations escalate to violence?
• Can Sudan get back on track towards democracy?
• Where does the fight for women’s rights in Afghanistan go from here?
• Wil COVID anti-vaccine sentiment harm other disease eradication efforts?
• Is America finally making good on the pivot towards Asia?
• Should the US have joined the TPP?
• What can Congress do to reduce the rate of suicide among American veterans?
• Is the political power of Japan’s LDP party slipping?
• Is Taipei headed towards military conflict with Beijing?
• Should the US unfreeze funds to avoid the humanitarian disaster unfolding in Afghanistan?
• Can international soft-power diplomacy change human rights practices in China?
• Will connections to drug cartels take down the government of President Hernandez in Honduras?
• Is there a role for President Biden to be more personally involved in pursuing peace in Ethiopia?
• Is Russia setting the stage to escalate its military action in Ukraine?
• What can be done to stem the gang violence in Haiti?
• Do cryptocurrencies have a future in mainstream financial transactions?
• Will the lack of access to vaccines in the developing world prolong COVID in wealthier nations?
• Does the global community have the political will to solve the climate crisis?
• Should the UN intervene in the migrant crisis at the Poland-Belarus border?
• Does China face an impending economic crisis from its aging population?
• Will armed rebel forces take down the government in Ethiopia?
• Does Ethiopia face the real possibility of splitting into multiple nations?
• Can the EU and the UK agree on a coordinated response to the ongoing migrant crisis?
• What should a unified EU response to the migrant crisis look like?
• Can anything be done to stem the polarization in American politics?
• Will election results in Honduras further escalate political violence?
• Should the US boycott the Beijing Olympics?
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