Extemp Questions 2021 Decemer

•  Will the issue of abortion rights become a galvanizing force for Democratic voters in the 2022 midterms?
• Is the Biden Administration’s strategy towards Russia failing?
• Should NATO provide more military support to Ukraine?
• Is the Trump era still weighing down America’s international standing?
• Has the war in Yemen reached a turning point?
• Have economic sanctions become an ineffective tool to use against Vladimir Putin?
• Will Democrats push their Build Back Better bill through Congress before the end of the year?
• What more should the US be doing to help vaccinate the rest of the world against COVID?
• Will a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics have any effect on China’s human rights practices?
• Is America’s healthcare system ready for the Omicron variant?
• Will Omicron overwhelm America’s healthcare system?
• Will Joe Manchin’s opposition put the final nail in the coffin of Build Back Better?
• What will the end of the Merkel era mean for the future of Germany?
• Should the federal government end all energy subsidies?
• Is America ready to accept a carbon tax?
• Will elections in Libya become a catalyst for further violence?
• What should President Erdogan do to get the Turkish economy back under control?
• Can anything be done to ease Lebanon’s economic crisis?
• Will Israel’s coalition government be able to hold together?
• Should the international community be doing more to condemn the newest conviction of Aung San Suu Kyi?
• How long can Myanmar’s military junta maintain the coup?
• Will Congressional Democrats take up voting rights in time for the 2022 midterms?
• Will anyone be held accountable for the human rights atrocities committed in Ethiopia?
• Has COVID shown the failure of Boris Johnson’s leadership?
• How much has COVID dampened the economic impact of Brexit on the UK?
• Will growing conflicts with Belarus push Poland further to the right politically?
• Will Putin invade Ukraine?
• Are western nations doing enough to vaccinate the developing world against COVID?
• Can social media companies be trusted to regulate themselves?
• Has America given up on trying to control the spread of COVID?
• What more should the Biden White House do to make COVID testing accessible?
• Can direct talks between the US and Iran restore the JCPOA?
• Can anything be done to bring Iran back to the nuclear deal?
• Is an international treaty needed to restrict the use of lethal autonomous weapons?
• Has the Palestinan cause been abandoned by the rest of the Arab world?
• Is the UK’s Conservative Party done with Boris Johnson?
• Has organized crime become an impossible problem in Nigeria?
• What should be done to ease the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan?
• Is a cease-fire within reach in Ethiopia?
• How much will Turkey’s economy fall?
• Will new leadership build a more inclusive Chile?
• Will President Biden take executive action to offer student loan debt relief?
• Can Andrew Yang build a viable alternative in America’s two-party political system?
• Will Congressional Democrats shift their focus to voting rights in the new year?
• What steps should Congress take to make child care more affordable?
• Will the expanded child tax credit get renewed in the new year?
• Is violent Hindu nationalism on the rise again in India?
• Does Japan’s aging population pose a looming economic crisis?
• What can the Suga government do to raise Japan’s lagging birth rate?
• Should the federal government forgive student loan debt?
• How well are its neighbors coping with the rush of refugees fleeing Myanmar?
• Have President Biden and the Democratic Party moved too far to the left?
• Will the Supreme Court overturn Roe?
• Is there still room for Joe Manchin inside the Democratic Party?
• Will former President Trump and his allies run out the clock on the January 6’th Committee?
• What more can the international community do to push back against China’s growing authoritarianism in Hong Kong?
• Is a political revolution brewing in Kazakhstan?
• Should federal law enforcement be doing more to crack down on the growing threat of domestic terrorism?
• Are state and local governments doing enough to push for COVID vaccine mandates?
• Is America’s economic outlook for 2022 on the rise?
• Can anything be done to reduce America’s partisan polarization around COVID?
• How well is the US dealing with the mental health fallout from COVID?
• Will America face increased inflation through 2022?
• Has American law enforcement entered a new era of police accountability?
• Will Build Back Better find new life in the new year?
• Will the shadow of the withdrawal from Afghanistan follow Democrats into the 2022 midterms?
• Has the wealth gap reached a tipping point in America?
• Will Chile’s new President be able to unite a politically divided nation?
• Is the armed resistance to Myanmar’s military coup gaining strength?
• Are America’s schools ready to return to in-person learning?
• Has the Roman Catholic Church made significant progress recovering from sex abuse scandals?