Extemp Questions - 2025 October

• Will the Gaza ceasefire gikd/.
• What will it take for the Gaza peace deal to successfully reach the next stage? 
• Should Israel bear the cost of rebuilding Gaza?
• Will displacing the supremacy of coal in global energy production mark a turning point in the fight to reduce global carbon emissions?
• Can Macron bring France out of its spiralling political crisis?
• Will the federal courts uphold the layoffs made by the Trump Administration during the government shutdown?
• Has President Trump lost touch with the economic realities faced by Americans?
• Will Congress find a bipartisan solution to end the government shutdown?
• Have we reached peak partisan polarization in Congress?
• Can the Democrats maintain their unity over the government shutdown?
• Does Macron have a way out of France’s political crisis?
• Will trade tensions between the US and China continue to escalate?
• Are President Trump’s trade policies disproportionately hurting his own political base?
•  Will Speaker Johnson and House Republicans bear most of the blame for a prolonged government shutdown?
• Has the government shutdown strengthened the Democrats position in the 2026 midterms?
• Can President Trump convince India to stop buying Russian oil?
• Is there more the international community should be doing to crack down on Russia’s shadow fleet?
• Should Europe do more to disrupt Russia’s shadow fleet?
• Have drones become a critical threat to international security?
• Are Ukrainian attacks against Russian oil refineries having an impact on Putin’s ability to continue the war?
• Who should govern Gaza moving forward?
• Will the value of Bitcoin continue to rise?
• Will the regulatory environment pushed by the Trump Administration drive the value of cryptocurrencies over the long term?
• Do the recent string of political revolutions around the world share a common root cause?
• Can President Trump be relied on to keep the Gaza peace deal on track?
• Does President Trump have the attention span to see the Gaza peace deal be successful?
• Will Japan’s new Prime Minister reinvigorate the LDP?
• How quickly can China find a new driver for its economic growth?
• Does the leaked Young Republicans group chat represent the future of the GOP?
• What more should the Labour government do to curb growing anti-semtism in the UK?
• Will Israel move to annex to West Bank/
• Does the new Prime Minister have the means to revitalize Japan’s economy?
• Will growing protests bring down the government in Morocco? 
• Will the Trump Administration take real steps to crack down on Russia’s shadow fleet of tankers?
• Will Argentine voters reward Javier Milei’s economic policies?
• Is Japan ready for its first female Prime Minister?
• Will Japan’s new Prime Minister shift the role of women in public life? 
• Are the nationwide No Kings protests making any difference?
• Will Trump Executive Orders on domestic terrorism be used to quash political opposition in the midterms?
• Do military strikes on suspected drug boats put Americans at risk abroad?
• How long will the government shutdown last?
• What should European nations do to prevent further Russian drone incursions?
• Will the anti-government protests in Georgia be successful?
• Will anti-government protests in Madagascar bring real reform?
• How quickly will Madagascar return to civilian control of government?
• Will Javier Milei’s free market experiment in Argentina prove successful?
• Will President Trump effect regime change in Venezuela?
• Will Republicans in Congress back Trump's economic support for Argentina’s President Milei?
• Will President Trump's military strikes against suspected drug boats have a measurable impact on America’s war on drugs?
• Will voters care about President Trump’s White House renovations by the time the midterms come around?
• Will the Trump cuts to SNAP during the shutdown blow back on Congressional Republicans in the midterms?
• Is AI slop taking over the internet?
• Is the Trump White House living up to the President’s promise about transparency?
• Is the Trump Administration living up to the President’s economic promises?
• Will the Trump White House take military action in Nigeria?
• Which party will bear the brunt of the blame for the prolonged government shutdown?
• Will President Trump try to get a third term?
• Does President Trump’s self-dealing in office matter to American voters?
• Will off-year redistricting be a deciding factor in the midterm elections?
• Has America become less prepared to deal with natural disasters under President Trump?
• Will investigations into how the Biden White House used the autopen result in changes to how it gets used in the future?
• Is France’s political chaos making it impossible to police small boat migration across the channel?
• Have the Trump tariffs failed?
• Should harm reduction programs be a larger part of the federal government’s plans to reduce drug overdose deaths in America?
• Have RSF forces reached a tipping point in the war to control Sudan?
• Should the US be doing more to block arms shipments to Sudan? 
• Is Japan going to have to make drastic social changes to deal with its aging population?
• Does the surge in the price of gold signal a deep distrust in the global economy?