Extemp Questions 2025 August

• Have Israel’s actions in Gaza turned it into a pariah state?
• What steps should Congress take to alleviate America’s growing affordable housing crisis?
• Are US cuts to international aid starting to have a real effect around the globe?
• Will Congressional Republicans face significant political backlash over spending cuts to federal services?
• Will new Trump Administration rules for awarding grant money compromise scientific research over the long term?
• Can Syria’s interim government bring sectarian violence under control?
• Will economic inflation bring political instability in Japan?
• What can be done to restore South Africa’s failing electric grid?
• Are the Trump tariffs driving up US unemployment?
• Will the US force territorial concessions on Ukraine for a peace deal with Russia?
• What can the international community do to stop the scam centers operating on the Myanmar border?
• What steps can Europe take to wean itself off Russian oil?
• Will public protests in Israel be successful in stopping Netanyahu’s plans to occupy Gaza?
• Do President Trump’s trade policies bear responsibility for the weakening of the US dollar?
• How much will the American withdrawal from the WHO hard global public health efforts?
• Will Texas throw America into a race to gerrymander Congressional districts?
• Can international pressure leverage the Netanyahu government to ease the growing famine in Gaza?
• Is the Trump Administration being too lenient on corporate crime?
• Do Congressional Democrats need a generational change in leadership?
• Will the summit between Trump and Putin yield any real results?
• Will President Trump follow through on threats to federalize cities beyond Washington DC?
• Can President Trump take credit for the recent surge in the value of cryptocurrencies?
• Does the water-sharing agreement between the US and Mexico need to be updated?
• Has Mexico’s experiment with electing judges been a success so far? 
• Is President Trump’s unpredictability an asset for America?
• How quickly will the UK’s new assisted dying law be implemented?
• Does sports betting in America need to be more strictly regulated?
• Should Congress preempt the individual states from regulating the use of AI?
• Does Israel have a realistic vision for what comes next in Gaza?
• Are Russia and Ukraine any closer to a ceasefire?
• Can Putin continue to delay and sidestep additional sanctions from the US?
• Can Keir Starmer convince Parliament to increase UK defense spending to the level needed?
• What more should South Africa be doing to bring illegal mining under control?
• Has its new security pact with Russia emboldened North Korea?
• Is China making headway supplanting US soft power around the globe?
• Will a second Trump term embolden China to take Taiwan by force?
• Has the world been witness to Israeli war crimes in Gaza?
• Will more western nations begin to recognize an independent Palestinian state? 
• Will international recognition of a Palestinian state make any tangible difference on the ground in Gaza?
• Is it time for Europe to impose secondary sanctions on nations that continue to trade with Russia?
• Is President Trump’s style of international diplomacy making the world a more dangerous place?
• Will the Trump AI action plan keep America positioned to lead the world in the development of artificial intelligence?
• What effect will the plan to detain all small-boat migrants have on Greece’s ability to manage the migrant crisis?
• Will EU courts force Italy to rethink its plans to other countries?
• Will new US tariffs convince India to stop buying Russian oil?
• Will Israeli settlers be held accountable for attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank?
• Has the rapid expansion of Israeli settlements made a two-state solution impossible?
• What should security guarantees for Ukraine look like?
• How long will Israel’s occupation of Gaza City last?
• Is Netanyahu’s time in power running out?
• Will US tariffs drive India and China closer together?
• Has the peace deal in the DR Congo proved to be empty words?
• Can Netanyahu survive another election?
• Is Russia showing signs that it’s ready to end the war in Ukraine?
• Has President Trump weaponized the federal government against his political opponents?
• Will the UN declaration of a man-made famine in Gaza convince Israel to let in more aid?
• Is Syria on the brink of a new civil war?
• Will cuts in US foreign aid bring a resurgence of global AIDS infections?
• Will President Trump try to interfere with the trial of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil?
• Is RFK Jr. doing lasting damage to America’s public health system?