Extemp Questions 2025 December

• Should India have a permanent seat on the UN Security Council?
• Is the international threat posed by North Korea growing?
• Will the second Trump presidency do permanent damage to the institutional norms of the federal government?
• Will Robert Kennedy Jr. be confirmed by the Senate?
• Will Tulsi Gabbard make it through Senate confirmation?
• Can the global community come to a consensus on tackling plastic pollution?
• Can the Assad regime in Syria survive a renewed rebel offensive?
• Can France’s minority government survive a vote of no confidence?
• Can a politically divided France find a way to deal with its cooking fiscal problems?
• Has too much of the burden for solving climate change been placed onto developing nations?
• Is the US acting too late to counter China’s soft-power influence in sub-Saharan Africa?
• Will South Korea’s President be removed from office?
• What does the future hold for Syria in the short term?
• Can the rise in the value of Bitcoin be sustained?
• Will Russia be able to maintain its influence in Syria after the fall of the Assad regime?
• Is Syria entering a new period of prolonged political turmoil?
• Will the political instability in Japan embolden China?
• Will the fall of the Assad regime embolden Kurdish forces seeking an independent state?
• Will the end of the Assad regime see a change in European migration policy?
• Is a government shutdown in France inevitable?
• Will a second Trump presidency weaken US alliances in Europe?
• Will Trump be able to keep the Republican majority in line with his second term agenda?
• How much power can Russia still wield in the Middle East?
• Will the end of the Assad government mean a quick return for Syrian refugees?
• Is Georgia’s political crisis getting worse?
• Is Syria without Assad headed down the same path as Libya?
• Will early elections create a stable coalition government in Germany?
• Is the far right in Austria gaining more political legitimacy?
• Can Olaf Scholz keep Germany’s far-right out of power?
• Will Olaf Scholz win a second term?
• Will the incoming Congress push through major cuts to Medicaid?
• Can a unified government under Trump successfully push through entitlement reforms?
• Will Congress be able to avoid a government shutdown?
• Is Germany taking the right stance towards support for Ukraine?
• Will the incoming Trump administration take steps towards ending birthright citizenship?
• How long can Ukraine continue to hold territory in Kursk?
• What steps should the incoming Congress take to address the growing problem of homelessness?
• Are global markets being driven too much by the future promise of AI?
• Will Trump be able to bring Republican factions in the House into alignment with his legislative agenda?
• Will the Fed continue to lower interest rates in 2025?
• Is America’s housing market headed for another crash?
• Can China stabilize its real estate sector?
• Is there more the Chinese government should be doing to reduce youth unemployment?
• Will Biden finalize the Equal Right Amendment before he leaves office?
• Will the loss of Russian gas push Europe to provide more support to Ukraine?
• Does Pakistan’s ballistic missile development pose an emerging threat to the US?
• How long can Myanmar’s military junta hold onto power?