Extemp Questions - 2021 April

• Should the Biden Administration push back more on Saudi Arabia?
• Does President Biden’s failure to punish the Saudi Crown Prince over the Khashoggi murder undermine America’s international authority?
• Should Congress end qualified immunity for police?
• Is COVID creating a large step backwards in the struggle for gender pay equity?
• Is public backlash to the coup making Myanmar ungovernable for the military?
• Will legislation targeted at the LGBTQ bring suburban voters back to the Republican Party?
• How much of President Biden’s infrastructure plan will make it through Congress?
• Will the Biden Administration’s infrastructure plan slow America’s economic recovery?
• How should college athletes be compensated?
• How much has COVID rolled back democratic rights around the world?
• Is vaccine nationalism impeding Europe’s recovery from COVID?
• Do the Palestinians need new leadership?
• Is Israel facilitating a dysfunctional government for the Palestinians?
• Will the Biden Administration offer any meaningful pushback on the completion of the Nordstream 2 pipeline?
• Should the Biden Administration restart engagement with Cuba?
• How should former Trump Administration officials be held accountable for political interference with the CDC during COVID?
• Will global vaccination efforts be able to stay ahead of new COVID variants?
• How long can Bibi Netanyahu continue to dodge his legal problems?
• Is the effect of YouTube getting overlooked in the conversation about online disinformation and extremist activity?
• How much of the migrant problem at the southern border is of the Biden Administration's own making?
• Is nationalism winning out against global cooperation in the fight against COVID?
• What should be done to push back against ongoing Russian aggressing in Ukraine?
• Will the US jobs recovery stay on track through 2021?
• Is Iran really prepared to come back into compliance with the nuclear deal?
• Has the long-term stability of the Jordanian government been brought into question?
• Will the Biden Administration’s plan to exit Afghanistan put the Taliban back in control?
• Should Ukraine join NATO?
• Will any amount of sanctions be able to deter Russia’s actions in Ukraine?
• How long can the Burmese public keep up the anti-coup protests?
• Is the era of large multinational companies dodging taxes by offshoring profits coming to an end?
• Will Congress take up the issue of gun control?
• Does the Biden Administration’s plan stretch the definition of infrastructure too far?
• Is Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement over?
• What will it take for the international community to end the Saudi-led blockade in Yemen?
• What will the end of the Castro era mean for the future of Cuba?
• Does Modi face a perilous political future because of the Indian government's handling of COVID?
• What will America’s departure mean for the future of the Afghan people?
• Does the verdict in the Chauvin trial signal a real change is comping in American policing?
• What role will Donald Trump play in the future of the GOP?
• Is it in the best interest of the US to return to the JCPOA deal with Iran?
• Is the Biden Administration taking the right approach towards Russia and Putin?
• What does China’s growing trade with Africa mean for the future of America’s influence on the continent?
• Can escalations in violence between Russia and Ukraine be avoided?
• Can Boris Johnson keep the support of the British public?
• What will the Chauvin trial mean for the DOJ’s oversight of law enforcement across the country?
• What can India do to bend it’s curve of COVID cases?
• Is America’s economy getting back on the right track?
• Is the US prepared to deal with another wave of COVID in the fall?
• Is America approaching the point where COVID vaccine supply will exceed demand?
• How much will vaccine hesitancy prolong the effects of COVID on the US economy?