Extemp Questions 2020 December

• Will President Trump attempt to pardon himself?
• What’s next for his family after President Trump leaves office?
• Can a new Biden administration successfully rebuild the State Department?
• What will it take to restore America’s international role in protecting human rights?
• Will more diversity and inclusion in the Biden cabinet help it govern better?
• What will Russia’s expanded role in the former Soviet republics mean for the region?
• Will the approval of COVID vaccines result in lax adherence to public health guidelines ahead of mss vaccinations?
• Should America legalize assisted suicide for the terminally ill?
• Can the American economy find a way to recover from COVID-19 without making economic inequality worse?
• Has globalization undermined the ‘American Dream’?
• Is it time for the US to expand the use of nuclear power?
• Has President Trump abused the pardon power?
• Is the two-party system bad for American democracy?
• What can America do to position its economic recovery to better compete with China?
• Will the anti-vaccine movement slow America’s recovery from COVD-19?
• What should the international community do to crack down on the use of forced labor in global supply chains?
• Has Fox News lost the trust of the Republican base?
• Is further Israeli annexation of West Bank territory inevitable?
• Will the incoming Biden administration back the BDS movement against Israel?
• Should more be done to end corruption on world athletics?
• What should be done to combat growing food insecurity around the world?
• Should Congressional Democrats hold out to get a larger COVID stimulus package?
• What does China’s mission to the moon signal for the future of space exploration?
• Will developing nationals get passed over when it comes to global COID vaccinations?
• Can Boeing regain the public’s trust?
• Does the relationship between Australia and China need a reset?
• Is Germany’s AFD party losing ground?
• Is the strained relationship between Qatar and Saudi Arabia improving?
• Can anything be done to improve political polling in America?
• How long will it take for the US economy to recover from COVID?
• How important will President Trump be to Georgia’s special election?
• Will Ireland’s Good Friday agreement become a casualty of Brexit?
• Where does the GOP go from here as a political party?
• Will anyone be held responsible for the Beirut port explosion?
• What will a Biden presidency mean for foreign policy?
• Is content moderation on social media an unsolvable problem?
• What should Nigeria do to better protect schoolchildren from being kidnapped?
• What legacy has the Arab Spring left on the Middle East?
• What role should the US play in the growing tensions between Australia and China?
• Can Biden keep the left and center of the Democratic Party in line?
• How should the US respond to unprecedented cyber-espionage by Russia?
• How safe are Americans in cyberspace?
• What more should the US do to push back on China’s actions in Hong Kong?
• Where does China turn next to compete with America on the global stage?
• Does American national security strategy need to refocus attention back onto great power conflict?
• How will Republicans define themselves in the post-Trump era?
• How long will COVID dominate the agenda of the incoming Biden administration?
• Should the US launch retaliatory cyberattacks against Russia?
• Is the peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan at the brink of collapse?
• How much will remote learning set back the education of America’s school children?
• Will the Biden administration push for additional COVID stimulus spending?
• What’s next for the relationship between the EU and the UK?
• Is it time for Turkey’s membership in NATO to end?
• What will another election mean for Israel’s political future?
• Will Bibi Netanyahu survive another election?
• Should the federal government establish a regulatory agency for tech companies?
• Is Macron marginalizing France’s muslims?
• Can Boris Johnson stave off another Scottish independence referendum?
• How much damage will Brexit do to the UK economy in the short term?
• What is the endgame for the ongoing conflict in the Horn of Africa?
• Can Biden bring Iran back to the table to renegotiate the JCPOA?
• Is a sustainable peace in Afghanistan possible?
• Are cryptocurrencies the future of money?
• Is the US abandoning the issue of human rights around the world?