Extemp Questions 2021 October

•  How far is China willing to push the boundaries to accomplish Taiwan reunification?
• Can anything be done to restore economic stability in Lebanon?
• Will Iran come back to the negotiating table to renew the JCPOA?
• Does the pro-democracy movement have any future in Hong Kong?
• How much of the Democratic Party agenda can President Biden get through the slim majority in Congress?
• Should more be done to crack down on the behavior or unruly air travelers?
• Will Rodrigo Duterte really step away from politics in the Philippines?
• Is the influence of ISIS-K growing in Afghanistan?
• Can China clean up its environmental practices?
• Will the COP26 conference bring real commitment to solving climate change?
• Will China’s energy crisis pose a further long-term strain on global supply chains?
• Are American labor unions making a comeback?
• How long will the US continue to experience supply chain disruptions?
• Will climate become the focus of Australia’s next national elections?
• Is America losing the modern-day space race?
• What can be done to avoid economic collapse in Afghanistan?
• Is there a way to avoid a looming humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan?
• How much of America’s labor force displaced by COVID will return to the workforce?
• Does the Islamic State pose an existential threat to the Afghan Taliban?
• Should the EU withhold funding over its fight with Poland?
• Will the US see new waves of labor strikes?
• Will the tight labor market make it easier for non-union workers to organize?
• Will Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro be indicted over his government’s handling of COVID?
• What should the Democratic Party do to rebuild their power in state and local governments?
• Should the Beiden Administration be doing more to cancel student debt?
• What will the military coup mean for Sudan’s future?
• What can be done to pressure the Ethiopian government to allow humanitarian aid access to Tigray?
• What will the release of the Facebook papers mean for other social media companies?
• Will a name change fix Facebook?
• When will Congress take action to regulate social media platforms?
• Will subpoenas for the January 6’th committee be enforced?
• Should the dollar still be the global reserve currency?
• Will the US sign on to a 15% global corporate minimum tax?
• Should Congress get rid of the debt ceiling?
• Will public revelations about Facebook change any of their business practices?
• Can the US be trusted to live up to their commitments for the defense of Taiwan?
• Will President Biden be a drag on Democratic candidates in the 2022 midterms?
• Will growing tensions with China draw the US closer to Taiwan?
• What should the US do to minimize push-factors driving migration from Latin America?
• Can anything be done to get control of cartel violence in Mexico?
• Is Trump’s hold on the Republican Party getting stronger?
•  Where does America’s Evangelical political movement go from here?
• Will the January 6’th Select Committee be able to finish its work?
• Will the Glasgow climate summit get any real commitments from the world’s largest carbon emitting nations?