Extemp Questions 2019 May

About a week and a half late. What can I say? I've been busy

• Can Boeing recover from the scandal over the 737 MAX 8?
• Does President Trump’s use of Twitter help or hurt his re-election chances?
• Will the abdication of Emperor Akihito bring major changes for Japanese society?
• Will NASA be supplanted by private space travel?
• Is the US economy strong enough to secure a second term for President Trump?
• Will financial mismanagement bring down the NRA?
• Are Congressional impeachment proceedings against President Trump inevitable?
• Will Trump White House claims of executive privilege over the Mueller Report hold up in the courts?
• Should the US become less engaged in global affairs?
• How will the influx of oil money change Guyana?
• Will increased sanctions bring Iran back to the negotiating table?
• Can the Japanese government successfully increase the participation of women in the workforce?
•  Will escalation of the trade war result in a more favorable deal with China?
• What more can the U.N. do to solve the issue of economic migration?
• Should the US more tightly control remittances sent by immigrants to family members abroad?
• Can the US achieve regime change in Iran without major military intervention?
• Will the JCPOA deal with Iran survive the Trump Presidency?
• Can Congressional Republicans develop a plan to replace the ACA ahead of the 2020 elections?
• Is traditional US diplomacy dead and gone?
•  Is his Presidency damaging the Trump brand?
• Will Facebook’s pivot towards privacy restore its brand reputation?
• Does increased US military presence in the gulf make armed conflict with Iran significantly more likely?
• How much farther will the trade war between the US and China go?
• Will the Trump Administration’s tough stance bring about behavior change in the Iranian regime?
• Is Huawei poised to win the fight for 5G networks despite US objections?
• Will Taiwan’s legalization of same-sex marriage bring a political backlash in President Tsai Ing-wen’s re-election bud?
• What steps should the UK take to move forward on the issue of Brexit?
• Will Austria’s snap elections push the country further towards the nationalist right?
• What does Australia’s election signal about the global community’s willingness to take on climate change?
• What will Theresa May’s resignation mean for Brexit?
• Who will succeed Theresa May as Britain’s Prime Minister?
• Will Britain crash out of the EU?
• Has President Trump permanently damaged public discourse in America?
• Does Facebook act responsibly in its handling of misinformation online?
• Can the new President improve Ukraine’s relationship with Vladimir Putin?
• Should India’s election be viewed as a referendum on Modi’s first term?
• Will America’s economy help or hinder President Trump’s reelection chances in 2020? 
• How long can Nancy Pelosi continue to stave off calls for impeachment from Congressional Democrats?
• Is the Democratic base moving farther to the left?
• Are America’s colleges and universities capable of dealing with the rise in mental health issues that they’re seeing?
• What steps should South Africa’s ANC take to address systemic unemployment?
• Can Congress still act with bipartisanship when it needs to?
• What does Spain’s political turmoil signal about the state of the populist movement in Western Europe?
• Is the Mueller report leading America down the path towards a constitutional crisis?
• Can the ANC regain the trust of the South African public?
• Will the new conservative majority on the US Supreme Court take steps to severely restrict abortion?
• Should private universities be bound to the same First Amendment free speech protections as public ones?
• Has violence become normalized in France’s yellow-vest movement?
• Is public support for France’s Gilet Jaunes movement losing steam?
• Is Africa becomng the next hotspot for international jihadist violence?
• What steps should the international community do to bring security and stability to the Sahel?
• Is the Trump Administration provoking a conflict with Iran?
• What role should monarchies play in modern society?
• Can the Trump Administration still make progress on getting a trade deal with China?
• How quickly will all the children separated from their parents under the Trump Administration’s family separation policy be reunited?
• Will the US be willing to use military force to remove Maduro from power in Venezuela?
• Will Iran drop out of compliance with the JCPOA?
• Are social media companies putting conservative commentators at an unfair disadvantage?
• Have America’s giant tech companies gotten too big?
• Can social media companies be trusted to regulate their own platforms?
• Is President Trump’s escalation of the trade war with China having the desired effect?
• Is President Trump’s unilateralism good for America in the long run?
• How much will the US-China trade war hurt the global economy?
• Does increased aggression with Iran damage US credibility on the international stage?
• Is Sudan making real progress towards having a civilian-controlled government?
• Should the SEC more tightly regulate stock trading in dark pools?
• Does the UK need a written constitution?
• Will Brexit renew calls for Scotish independence?
• Is India’s caste system holding it back?
• Will threats of new tariffs against Mexico by President Trump derail the USMCA?
• Is the gig economy good for American workers?
• Is the socialist label still politically fatal in US politics?
• Should any future nuclear talks between the US and North Korea include discussions about human rights?
• Will the scandal around Boeing change how air travel safety is regulated around the world?
• What more should the Japanese government do to address the falling national birthrate?
• Will the ongoing trade war hurt China more than the US?
• Would escalating the tariff on Chinese goods backfire on the US economy?
• Can President Trump still work out a trade deal with China?
• Will the White House stonewalling of Congressional investigations backfire on President Trump’s re-election campaign?
• Should American public schools move to a four-day school week?
• Will President Trump blink first in the escalating trade war with china?
• Will new state laws restricting abortion lead to the Supreme Court overturning the Roe v Wade decision?
• Can Cyril Ramaphosa restore the credibility of South Africa's ANC?
• What should the ANC do to increase foreign investment in South Africa?
• Will the Stockholm Agreement change the tide of the humanitarian disaster in Yemen?
• Is the Trump Administration underestimating Iran’s political resolve?
• Is a denuclearized North Korea a lost cause?
• Should the US adopt a nationwide universal basic income?
• Can the US still be an honest broker for Mideast Peace?
• What steps should Congress take to relieve the growing issue of student debt?
• Has the growth of student debt become a crisis for the US?
• Should for-profit colleges and universities be more tightly regulated by the federal government?
• Will the nationalist right be strengthened in the EU parliamentary elections?
• Are its citizens losing faith in the EU?
• Has the time come for the US to pass paid family leave?
• Has South Africa’s ANC lived up to the legacy of Nelson Mandela?
• What will it take for climate change to become a bipartisan issue in America?
• Does the outbreak of African swine flu in China offer an opportunity for a breakthrough in the trade war with the US?
• Should the Trump Administration be more outspoken over President Erdogan’s growing authoritarianism in Turkey?
• Will the addition of an adversity score on the SATs improve America’s college admissions?
• What does the electoral surge by the Greens mean for the future of the EU?
• Should the US significantly cut back arms sales to Saudi Arabia?
• Can France’s Macron hold the line against the right-wing nationalists?
• Is Turkey still a democracy?
• Has the US given up on improving human rights in China?
• Can Netanyahu build a new electoral coalition?
• Is the Trump Administration’s maximum pressure campaign against Iran working?
• Will Attorney General Barr’s new declassification powers widen the rift between the Trump Administration and the US intelligency community?
• What more should the international community be doing to combat Ebola in the Congo?
• Has William Barr’s tenure as Attorney General damaged his reputation?
• Is identity politics tearing apart American society?
• Should illegal immigrants already in the US be provided a path to citizenship?
• What steps should the federal government take to prevent American employers from hiring undocumented workers?
• Is the Netanyahu era in Israel nearing an end?
• Will Congressional Republicans stand against President Trump’s threats of new tariffs against Mexico?