Extemp Questions - 2022 February

• Will Putin’s actions turn Ukraine even further against Russia?
• Will ongoing civil and criminal lawsuits against the former President turn out Republican voters in the 2022 midterms?
• Should Apple pull more of its business out of China?
• Is there still a chance to renew the JCPOA deal with Iran?
• Have Democrats abandoned the push for major climate change legislation?
• Is the threat of far-right extremism growing within Germany’s military ranks?
• Will the expansion of China’s nuclear arsenal spark a new international arms race?
• What more should the federal government be doing to deter Chinese cybercrime?
• Should Germany cancel the Nord Stream 2 pipeline?
• What can Democrats do to motivate their voters to turn out in the 2022 midterms?
• Is it too late for Boris Johnson to save his political future?
• Should President Biden make a push to restart talks with North Korea?
• Can Boris Johnson survive as Prime Minister?
• Will the Olympics undermine China’s “zero COVID” strategy?
• Will Beijing for new restrictions on Hong Kong over it’s COVID cases?
• What can be done to reverse the trend of political polarization in America?
• Does America need more political parties?
• Should Congress have term limits?
• Is the US military too reliant on Special Operations forces?
• Will mishandling of classified documents by former President Trump open new avenues of legal liability?
• How effective can economic sanctions be against Russia?
• Does the US need federal legislation to address online content moderation?
• Can the Fed rein in inflation?
• Will the Supreme Court nomination help the Biden White House regain momentum on it’s legislative agenda?
• Should members of Congress be barred from trading stocks?
• Will infighting in the Republican Party harm their changes in the 2022 midterms?
• Has the First Step Act delivered on promised justice reforms?
• What will it take to get real immigration reform through Congress?
• Will President Biden deliver on his promises for student loan debt relief?
• What should the IOC do to stop Russian doping at the Olympic Games?
• Will the end of forced arbitration in sexual assault and harassment cases change the American workplace?
• What more should the Biden Administration be doing to stop the illegal importation of fentanyl?
• Should US drug policy be putting more emphasis on medical intervention and less on incarceration?
• What more should the US be doing to combat Mexico’s drug cartels?
• Have drug cartels become too powerful for the Mexican government to handle?
• Has Prime Minister Trudeau overstepped in his actions against the Canadian trucker protests?
• How much will Trump’s endorsement mean for a candidate’s success in the 2022 midterms?
• Has Russian aggression against Ukraine exposed deep divisions within the NATO alliance?
• What should the NFL do to address allegations of racial discrimination?
• Will the Ukrainian public rally around President Zelenskyy’s leadership?
• Will economic sanctions be enough to convince Russia to reverse course on Ukraine?
• Is Vladimir Putin still a rational actor on the world stage?
• Does the US have the leverage needed if Russia ignores economic sanctions imposed over the Ukraine conflict?
• How large private equity firms done lasting damage to the affordable housing market in America?
• What should the federal government do to address the shortage of affordable housing in America’s major cities?
• Has the problem of online content moderation become too big to solve?
• Is there still a path for a diplomatic resolution between Russia and Ukraine?
• Can Putin find a way to divide the NATO alliance over Ukraine?
• How well has America’s education system coped with COVID?
• Is America ready to start treating COVID as endemic?
• Will climate change kill off the Winter Olympics?
• Will the International Court of Justice hold Myanmar’s military leadership accountable for genocide against the Rohingya?
• Is the focus on the conflict between Russia and Ukraine pulling away necessary attention from other crises around the world?
• Is China’s international soft power on the rise?
• Will China make a move on Taiwan?
• Does China have undue influence over Hollywood and the American entertainment industry?
• Is the American policy of “strategic ambiguity” towards Taiwan nearing an end?
• What more should the federal government be doing to curb American gun violence?
• Will the EU nations remain united in their support for Ukraine?
• Can any amount of sanctions deter Putin from taking further action against Ukraine?
• Will private lawsuits become the new path to curb gun violence in America?
• How much will Russia’s invasion of Ukraine exacerbate America’s economic inflation woes?
• Will Russian action in Ukraine incentivize China to use military force for reunification with Taiwan?
• Will Russia be severed from the SWIFT banking network?
• How long will the Russia public be willing to tolerate the effects of sanctions?
• Will Russia’s invasion of Ukraine do lasting damage to international norms and the post-WWII order?
• Will the invasion of Ukraine create a new EU migration crisis?
• Is there anything the international community can do to restore peace in Myanmar?
• How much will sanctions on Russia impact global energy markets?
• Should protecting women’s rights be a precondition for providing humanitarian aid to Afghanistan?
• What can be done to break the pattern of coups in west Africa?
• Will the invasion of Ukraine push the limits of the relationship between Russia and China?
• Has US drug policy strengthened Mexico’s drug cartels?
• Is a ceasefire on the horizon in Ethiopia’s civil war?
• Has corruption destroyed Lebanon’s economy?
• How much of a threat does ISIS still pose?
• Is America’s international soft power losing strength?