Extemp Question - 2020 August

• How much damage has been done to the US State Department under the Trump administration?
• What should the US do to regain control over the Coronavirus?
• What impact will the Russia Report have on Boris Johnson’s government?
• Is Myanmar losing control over the use and trade of illicit drugs?
• Has “one country two systems” for Hong Kong ended?
• Has the COVID pandemic broken American macroeconomic policy?
• What effect has the 1MDB had on Malaysian politics?
• Has Barr’s tenure damaged the credibility of the Justice Department?
• Are the swing states slipping away from the Trump reelection campaign?
• Is the death of local news reporting widening Americans partisan division?
• Can the US economy while the COVID-19 pandemic is ongoing?
• Will Trump’s immigration policies do long-term damage to America’s tech sector?
• Is a two-state solution for Palestine dead?
• Will the speed of vaccine development backfire in the fight against COVID-19 in the US?
• Is President Trump’s confrontational approach towards China good for America in the long run?
• Is America turning towards a long-term cold war with China?
• Is it time to change how sexual assault cases are dealt with in the US military?
• Is US military readiness lagging?
• How quickly can Congress and the White House come to an agreement on another round of stimulus spending?
• How will virtual conventions affect the 2020 Presidential race?
• Should more resources be put towards solving for antibiotic-resistant diseases now?
• Can the economy rebound in time to help Trump’s reelection bid?
• What changes should be made to how organ donation is handled in the US?
• Has the Trump Administration’s rollback of environmental regulations been a net-positive for America?
• How much has the COVID pandemi set back efforts to solve America’s opioid epidemic?
• Are police unions too powerful?
• How well will the international community respond to the crisis in Lebanon?
• Is America headed towards another crash in the housing market?
• Are American schools reopening to in-person teaching too quickly?
• Has the Trump White House undermined science in essential government agencies?
• Can anything be done to jump start the stalled peace talks in Afghanistan?
• Are Trump Administrations appointments to senior DOD leadership undermining US military readiness?
• Do American antitrust laws need to be updated to adequately deal with big tech companies?
• Will the Antivax movement render a COVID vaccine ineffective for large-scale public health efforts in the US?
• What should the Republican Party do to win over more African American voters?
• Will Evangelical Christian voters continue to support President Trump?
• What measures should Congress take to ensure America adequately funds public health in the future?
• What should be done to curb the skyrocketing spending on American political campaigns?
• Is campaign finance reform a lost cause?
• How much will foreign interference impact the 2020 Presidential election?
• Is Belarus on the brink of major political change?
• Will China vs India be the most important rivalry of the 21’s century?
• Has Lebanon become a failed state?
• How much farther will the Chinese government go in its heavy-handed approach towards Hong Kong?
• Can Lukashenko keep his grip on power in Belarus?
• Will anti-government protests in Belarus result in any real reforms?
• Is China’s belt-and-road initiative supplanting American soft power around the world?
• What should be done to curb the global rise in obesity?
• Has COVID-19 permanently changed higher education in American?
• Does the deal between Israel and the UAE mark a real turning point for the Middle East?
• Will the Bernie Sanders wing of the Democratic Party get behind the Biden-Sanders ticket?
• Have the protests against Lukashenko in Belarus crossed the point of no return?
• Is the US prepared for the national security threats related to climate change?
• Is the pro-democracy movement in Thailand gaining strength?
• What more should states be doing to reduce the racial discrepancies in COVID mortality?
• What more should be done to stem the flood of home evictions arising from the Coronavirus pandemic?
• Will Mali’s military coup lead to real government reform?
• Has the withdrawal from the JCPOA deal with Iran been a failure for the US?
• Have his attacks against the US Postal Service backfired against President Trump?
• Is COVID-19 putin the future of the EU’s Shengen Zone at risk?
• Is Russia’s economy poised to bounce back stronger after COVID?
• Will COVID-19 mark the end of the American century?
• Is the threat posed by the QAnon conspiracy theory growing?
• What steps should the EU be taking to condemn the actions of the Belarusian government?
• Will the Trump campaign be able to reset the narrative around the administration’s inaction on COVID-19?
• How long will it take for Lebanon to recover from the Beirut explosion?
• What impact will the Coronavirus have on the deteriorating relationship between the US and China?
• What should the international community do with the former ISIS fighters and their families?
• What can state and local governments do to minimize the education inequalities worsened by COVID-19?
• What should be done to better address the threat of large wildfires in the west?
• Have American sports restarted too soon?
• Has COVID strengthened the hold that drug cartels have in Mexico?
• Are operational changes at the US Postal Service putting the November elections at risk?
• Will the Coronavirus put Scottish independence back on the agenda in the UK?
• Will Bolsonaro’s Presidency survive the COVID-19 pandemic?
• Will the hollowing out of the US diplomatic crop under President Trump damage US foreign policy in the long run?
• Is the Trump Administration setting up the 2020 US census to undercount people?
• What long-term impact will the 2020 census have for American politics?
• What can be done to fix the land reforms in Zimbabwe?
• Is the great American middle class gone for good?
• Should the role of the monarchy in Spain be changed?
• Will the rise of Hindu nationalism in India long outlive Modi’s leadership?
• Who will succeed Shinzo Abe?
• Is statehood for Washington DC a real possibility?
• Is QAnon the future of the Republican Party?
• What does the Navalny poisoning mean for the future of Russian politics?
• Is the ideology that spawned ISIS being allowed to regroup and gather strength?
• Is the American public’s support for #BlackLivesMatter slipping?
• Does Abe leave a strong economic legacy for Japan?
• Is international intervention needed in Belarus?
• How quickly will Mali’s new military junta hold elections and turn over power?
• Will the deal between Israel and the UAE lead to diplomatic agreements with other Arab states?