Extemp Questions 2025 September

• How well will Google adapt to the antitrust decision against it?
• Is Guyana’s oil wealth being mismanaged?
• What comes next for Japan’s LDP?
• Is real progress being made on curbing plastic pollution around the globe?
• Do Japan’s elections signal a shift coming in the relationship between the US and Japan?
• Is the Trump Administration doing permanent damage to Social Security?
• Can Congress avoid a government shutdown?
• Is the Trump White House relying too heavily on Executive Orders to govern?
• What will Congressional Democrats do about the growing authoritarianism of the Trump White House?
• Will the trial of Bolsonaro start to heal the wounds politically dividing Brazil?
• Is the world ignoring the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan?
• Where is the Supreme Court’ red line when it comes to the Trump Administration?
• Will Israel’s strikes in Qatar make a Palestine peace deal impossible?
• Will the weaker US jobs market force the Fed to start cutting rates?
• Is it premature for European nations to recognize a Palestinian state?
• Are military strikes by Israel against neighboring countries making the Middle East less age?
• Can Nepal’s youth-led political movement for a new stable government?
• Can Putin continue to string Trump along long enough to accomplish his goals in Ukraine?
• Has America reached a turning point in the acceptance of political violence?
• Will Russian incursions into NATO airspace trigger an aggressive response from Europe?
• Will Steve Witkoff’s efforts as US envoy be successful in the long term?
• Will the UK government’s designation of Palestinian Action as a terrorist organization withstand judicial scrutiny?
• Can Russia continue to rely on support from North Korea to fuel its war machine in Ukraine?
• Is the Russian economy starting to break under international sanctions?
• Is the Trump White House driving India closer to Russia?
• Can Europe cut itself off from Russian oil in time to save Ukraine?
• Will the lax regulatory environment for cryptocurrencies create a new economic bubble in the US economy?
• Is Kash Patel unfit to lead the FBI?
• Has Russia’s economy become dependent on migrant labor?
• What will the guilty verdict against Bolsonaro mean for Brazil’s future?
• Will fresh leadership in Bolivia bring a major political shift to the right?
• Will new elections in Japan mark a shift to the political right?
• Will the GOP redirecting gamble in Texas pay off?
• What can be done to make progress on the border dispute between Cambodia and Thailand?
• Will California voters support Newcom’s redistricting plans?
• Has Thailand’s Shinawatra family come to a political end?
• What will France’s budget crisis mean for the EU as a whole?
• Is China’s Shanghai Cooperation Organization growing in geopolitical importance?
• Can the US and China find a way out of escalating trade tensions?
• How important is North Korea’s continued support for Russia’s war effort?
• Will France’s Macron be forced to step down early?
• Are Trump Administration policies driving foreign investment away from the US?
• Will the Gulf States withdraw from Abraham Accords?
• Will the Courts block Pres. Trump’s deployment of military troops to major US cities?
• Will the Gaza peace deal get buy-in from all sides? 
• Would a government shutdown work to the benefit of President Trump’s political agenda?
• Does the Trump TikTok deal address the national security concerns that made Congress ban it in the first place?
• Is the Trump economic agenda failing?
• Will President Trump win the Nobel Peace Prize he wants? 
• Will digital ID cards stop migrants from working illegally in the UK?
• Do Russian incursions into NATO airspace represent a significant escalation in Putin’s aggression towards Europe?
• Is it past time for Europe to drive up the pressure on Vladimir Putin?
• Has the relationship between the US and the UK entered a new era of uncertainty under President Trump?
• Will changes to the visa programs made by the Trump Administration slow America’s tech sector?
• Should the UN Security Council have a permanent seat for Africa?
• Is more international support needed to push back against the gang violence in Haiti?
• Will the Taliban’s decision to cut off the Internet make it more difficult to govern Afghanistan?
• Will the decision to cut off the Internet further isolate Afghanistan from the rest of the world?
• Can Nettanyahu survive another election in Israel?
• Would a lasting ceasefire in Gaza bring Israel back into the international community?
• Will America face a prolonged government shutdown?