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HotTopics: International Extemp Questions for the Week of October 25th-31st, 2011

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On October 25, 2011

In International Extemp, Weekly Questions

1.  How can the world ensure enough food to feed the world’s hungry?
2.  What does Japan need to do to forge a closer bond with South Korea?
3.  Is there enough time in the EU’s “political clock” to solve its financial crisis?
4.  Would the world be a better place without WikiLeaks?
5.  Why is the Swiss right in retreat?
6.  What should Bashar al-Assad do to ensure that he does not become the next Gaddafi?
7.  Has the Arab Spring disappointed liberal reformers?
8.  What will Kirchner’s priorities be in her second term?
9.  Will the euro zone crisis provide a boon for the American or Chinese economy?
10.  Should the international community worry about the new Libyan government?

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HotTopics: International Extemp Questions for the Week of October 18th-24th, 2011

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On October 19, 2011

In International Extemp, Weekly Questions

1.  Has the international community failed to establish a strong democratic culture in Afghanistan?
2.  Is Mexico’s drug war a regional more than a Mexican national security issue?
3.  Should the French Socialist Party have gone younger for the 2012 presidential election?
4.  Will Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf win the Liberian runoff election?
5.  Is Kosovo on the verge of a new round of ethnic violence?
6.  Will the “Chinese century” be a short one?
7.  Is Tymoshenko’s jailing the final nail in the coffin for the Orange Revolution?
8.  Will Kenya’s decision to send troops to Somalia backfire?
9.  How should Saudi Arabia respond to the reported assassination plot hatched by Iran?
10.  Did Israel give up too much for Shalit?

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HotTopics: International Extemp Questions for the Week of October 11th-17th, 2011

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On October 11, 2011

In International Extemp, Weekly Questions

1.  Is the Chinese government doing enough to restore investor confidence in financial stocks?
2.  Will Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner easily win re-election in two weeks?
3.  Is another global oil crunch on the horizon?
4.  Will China’s growing economic clout eventually make the “one China” policy a reality?
5.  What economic reforms does Poland need?
6.  Is it safe to say that democracy has failed in Russia?
7.  Will new measures proposed by France and Germany resolve the euro debt crisis?
8.  How can the Egyptian military reduce the country’s latest outbreak of sectarian violence?
9.  Is democracy that best way to curb extremism in the Middle East?
10.  How can Euroskeptics seize on the problems of the euro zone and win back powers that were once granted to the EU?

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HotTopics: International Extemp Questions for the Week of October 4th-10th, 2011

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On October 5, 2011

In International Extemp, Weekly Questions

1.  Is the international community giving Meles Zenawi a pass on human rights violations?
2.  Why have recent Bulgarian protests against the Roma broken out?
3.  How can Brazil clean up its football federation?
4.  Is the failure of the Dalai Lama to secure a visa from South Africa politically motivated?
5.  Should Bashar al-Assad’s threats of retaliation if he is attacked by NATO be taken seriously?
6.  What steps does David Cameron need to take to rescue the British economy?
7.  Is the creation of a Eurasian Union a Russian foreign policy victory?
8.  Should the Saudi government worry about recent outbreaks of sectarian violence?
9.  Are al-Qaeda elements in Somalia still a potent force?
10.  Why did Russia and China veto the recent UN resolution on Syria?

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HotTopics: International Extemp Questions for the Week of September 27th-October 3rd, 2011

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On September 27, 2011

In International Extemp, Weekly Questions

1.  What steps do developing countries need to take to bolster their defenses against natural disasters?
2.  Is Myanmar gradually becoming more democratic?
3.  Why are recent Tibetan protests garnering such little international attention?
4.  Could the Libyan civil war pull in other countries?
5.  Would Turkey be better served creating a free trade zone in the Middle East than joining the EU?
6.  What can end the violence in Yemen?
7.  Why is Pakistan refusing to crack down on the Haqqani network?
8.  Should Sarkozy be alarmed at the left retaking the French Senate?
9.  Will Vladimir Putin easily coast back into the Kremlin next year?
10.  How will the decision to give women the right to vote impact Saudi politics?

HotTopics: International Extemp Questions for the Week of September 20th-26th, 2011

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On September 21, 2011

In International Extemp, Weekly Questions

1.  What steps does Russia need to take to bring more prosperity to its eastern cities?
2.  Does the globe need more female leaders?
3.  What impact will S&P’s credit downgrade have on the Italian economy?
4.  How can fraud be stopped in African elections?
5.  What does China’s money buy in the global economy?
6.  Is it too late to save the euro?
7.  Will Gaddafi ever be brought to justice?
8.  How will the killing of Burhanuddin Rabbani impact the chance of a negotiated peace in Afghanistan?
9.  Will the Palestinian Authority’s membership request at the UN reach the General Assembly?
10.  How would a close alliance between Turkey and Egypt impact Israel’s Middle East foreign policy strategy?

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HotTopics: International Extemp Questions for the Week of September 13th-19th, 2011

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On September 13, 2011

In International Extemp, Weekly Questions

1.  Will the conviction of Julius Malema for hate speech only enhance his political stature?
2.  Should Egypt’s military revive Hosni Mubarak’s emergency law?
3.  With calls in the U.S. to leave, where should the Afghan government turn for aid?
4.  How serious are Pakistani promises to crack down on the Taliban?
5.  Is Sudan becoming Africa’s Yugoslavia?
6.  Would it be in Kenya’s interest to stop the flood of Somali refugees into its territory?
7.  Is Victor Yanukovich modeling himself after Vladimir Putin?
8.  Did Spain implement austerity measures too quickly?
9.  Is Juan Manuel Santos doing a better job forging ties with his neighbors than his predecessor?
10.  Are Latin American economies still too dependent on mineral wealth?

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HotTopics: International Extemp Questions for the Week of September 6th-12th, 2011

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On September 7, 2011

In International Extemp, Weekly Questions

1.  Is China’s recent announcement that it will tighten arms sales political posturing?
2.  Does the euro debt crisis give Russia a new foreign policy opportunity?
3.  Would Afghanistan benefit from a return of the country’s monarchy?
4.  How would an increased Turkish naval presence in the Mediterranean impact Israeli security policy?
5.  Should African nations be wary of China?
6.  Is political unity possible in Zimbabwe as long as Robert Mugabe is alive?
7.  Would the fall of the Merkel government trigger the collapse of the euro?
8.  Is Hosni Mubarak’s trial in Egypt pure political theatre?
9.  What should the international community due to secure Libya’s weapons stockpile?
10.  Is it in Pakistan’s best interest to distance itself from the United States?

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HotTopics: International Extemp Questions for the Week of August 30th-September 5th, 2011

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On August 30, 2011

In International Extemp, Weekly Questions

1.  How should the international community respond to Russia’s claim to hundreds of thousands of square miles of the Arctic?
2.  What should be the top priority for rebel forces in Libya?
3.  Should African nations provide more food aid to Somalia?
4.  Does the IMF have the right prescription for ending Europe’s debt crisis?
5.  Will Nepal succeed in drafting a new constitution within the next three months?
6.  Is the International Space Station on borrowed time under Russia’s leadership?
7.  Why do the Palestinians refuse to recognize Israel as a Jewish state?
8.  What impact would Iranian isolation of Syria have on the Assad regimes?
9.  Can Yoshihiko Noda stay in office for more than a year?
10.  Where did Gaddafi go?

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HotTopics: International Extemp Questions for the Week of August 23rd-29th, 2011

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On August 24, 2011

In International Extemp, Weekly Questions

1.  What will the next Libyan government look like?
2.  Will the UN’s investigation in Syria amount to anything?
3.  How would a complete breakdown in Israeli-Egyptian affairs impact the Middle East?
4.  Can military might help Turkey crush the PKK?
5.  How can Japan stop its rotating door of prime ministers?
6.  Does the EU need more members?
7.  What steps should the Honduran government take to end land violence?
8.  Does China need the U.S. more than the U.S. needs China?
9.  What should be done to make elections smoother in the developing world?
10. Will Sarkozy’s deficit-reduction blueprint cost him the 2012 French presidential election?

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HotTopics: International Extemp Questions for the Week of August 16th-22nd, 2011

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On August 16, 2011

In International Extemp, Weekly Questions

1.  Has the world forgotten about Tibet?
2.  What steps does Manmohan Singh need to take to tackle corruption in the Indian government?
3.  Why are Nepalese politics so dysfunctional?
4.  Who is at fault for the Somali famine?
5.  What message is Pakistan sending to the United States by allowing Chinese military engineers to examine the wreckage of a stealth American helicopter?
6.  Should Western government crack down on social media networks in light of the London riots?
7.  Is Syria in a state of civil war?
8.  Will the Libyan rebels defeated Gaddafi by the end of the month?
9.  Does Iraq need American troops to stay in order to fight insurgent groups effectively?
10.  Will Italy’s austerity measures keep it from becoming the next Greece?

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HotTopics: International Extemp Questions for the Week of August 9th-15th, 2011

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On August 10, 2011

In International Extemp, Weekly Questions

1.  How will riots in London impact David Cameron’s political standing?
2.  Is Benjamin Netanyahu on the ropes? 
3.  How will the U.S. credit downgrade impact European markets?
4.  Is Libya’s rebel movement fracturing?
5.  Will al-Shabab’s withdrawal from Mogadishu shore up Somalia’s transitional government? 
6.  Is the case against Yulia Tymoshenko politically motivated?
7.  Will Yingluck Shinawatra’s government steer Thailand’s economy in a poor direction?
8.  What needs to be done to save the Spanish economy?
9.  Is Hosni Mubarak receiving a fair trial?
10.  What lessons should be drawn from the London riots?

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HotTopics: International Extemp Questions for the Week of August 2nd-8th, 2011

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On August 2, 2011

In International Extemp, Weekly Questions

1.  What should NATO do about Syria?
2.  Could Netanyahu politically afford a peace deal with the Palestinians?
3.  What will Venezuela be like after Chavez?
4.  Will the Socialists lose Spain’s upcoming elections?
5.  What steps should European governments take to blunt the expansion of far right parties?
6.  Is it necessary to put Hosni Mubarak on trial?
7.  How will recent unrest in Xinjiang impact Chinese relations with Pakistan?
8.  Is the AU failing Somalia?
9.  How will the murder of Abdel Fatah Younes impact the Libyan rebel movement?
10.  Are mass resignations by the Turkish military leadership a political victory for the AK Party?

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HotTopics: International Extemp Questions for June 7th-13th, 2011

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On June 8, 2011

In International Extemp, Weekly Questions

1.  What impact will Ali Abdullah Saleh’s absence have on Yemen’s political situation?
2.  Did the IAEA mishandle the Japanese nuclear crisis?
3.  Will Humala govern like Chavez or Lula?
4.  How would the fall of the al-Assad regime impact Hezbollah?
5.  Will Greece eventually default?
6.  Does Ban Ki-moon deserve a second term as UN Secretary General?
7.  Will NATO ground troops be needed to topple Gaddafi?
8.  What impact will the latest E. coli outbreak have on Europe’s economy?
9.  Will China’s moves in the South China Sea significantly damage its relations with Southeast Asian nations?
10.  Is France’s television and radio ban of the terms “Twitter” and “Facebook” misguided?

Here are your last International Extemp questions for the 2010-2011 season.  Thank you again for utilizing Extemp Central as your main extemporaneous speaking resource.

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HotTopics: International Extemp Questions for the Week of May 31st-June 6th, 2011

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On May 31, 2011

In International Extemp, Weekly Questions

1.  Should a non-European be the next leader of the IMF?
2.  Will Yemen be al Qaeda’s next major operating base?
3.  Can South Africa stop the Libyan war?
4.  Will poor results in mayoral races for Silvio Berlusconi’s governing coalition lead to early elections in Italy?
5.  How can the developing world stop its brain drain?
6.  Should Nigeria adopt a “three child” policy?
7.  Why has Keiko Fujimori taken the lead over Ollanta Humala in pre-election polling?
8.  Does Serbia’s arrest of Ratko Mladic guarantee accession to the European Union?
9.  Have Hamad Karzai’s recent warnings to NATO about civilian deaths weakened his political credibility?
10.  What impact will the closure of all nuclear power plants have on the German energy grid?

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