1. Will Southern Sudan have to secure its independence in another civil war?
2. How can the Cuban government solve its liquidity problem?
3. Will a recent decision by the Colombian Constitutional Court that charging tuition for public elementary school was unconstitutional provide a path for social and economic mobility that the nation needs?
4. Will Naoto Kan succeed in preventing the Japanese government from having its credit rating downgraded?
5. How is the race for global natural resources impacting global stability?
6. Should Crotia become the next member of the EU?
7. Will Nepal’s plans for land reform effectively ward off the risk of a food crisis?
8. Have democratic reforms across the globe made the world a more dangerous place over the last decade?
9. Has the ICC been successful in providing justice for the victims of war crimes?
10. How should Israel have dealt with the Gaza flotilla?
11. What steps does Russia need to take to make its military a more elite fighting force?
12. Is Taiwan moving outside of America’s orbit?
13. Would a global bank tax among G-20 members provide stablity for the global economy?
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1. Should there be stricter global regulations aimed at the tobacco industry?
2. Why did Georgia’s ruling party win the country’s latest round of elections?
3. How are low oil prices affecting the Nigerian economy?
4. Will Iraq’s new parliament make Nuri al-Maliki prime minister again?
5. Should the crime of aggression be added to the ICC’s jurisdiction?
6. Will Israel’s raid on an aid flotilla end the blockade of the Gaza Strip?
7. Do high poll ratings for South Korea’s Grand National Party translate into support for a more confrontational stance toward North Korea?
8. What caused Horst Koehler’s resignation?
9. Will the SPD’s abandonment of the DPJ enable the LDP to come back to power in the next general election?
10. Should the EU press the U.S. to make Russia a member of the WTO?
1. How should the U.S. respond to Israel’s raid on a convoy of boats that were carrying aid to the Gaza Strip?
2. Has America’s national security strategy been derailed by debt?
3. Why are Americans so stressed out?
4. Would Charles Schumer’s effort to charge companies for transferred calls positively or negatively impact the U.S. economy?
5. Will Mark Kirk’s misrepresentation of a military commendation cost him the Illinois Senate race?
6. How will the Gulf oil spill impact the 2012 presidential election?
7. Is the U.S. misguided in its backing of a UN Security Council resolution for a nuclear free zone in the Middle East?
8. Will the 2010 midterm elections lead to the election of a lot of one term senators?
9. Has the military’s voice been ignored in Congressional proceedings over whether “don’t ask, don’t tell” should be repealed?
10. Are America’s schools becoming economically segregated?
1. Does America need more charter schools?
2. Would a line item veto reduce federal spending effectively?
3. Were recent Clinton and Geithner led Sino-U.S. talks a failure?
4. How critical is the independence of the Federal Reserve for U.S. economic growth?
5. Can Linda McMahon win Christopher Dodd’s Senate seat?
6. How damaging are Rand Paul’s comments on the Civil Rights Act for the tea party movement?
7. Will Congress succeed in overturning “don’t ask, don’t tell” by the end of the summer?
8. What should be President Obama’s top domestic priority in 2011?
9. Is the Obama administration being unfairly criticized over its response to the Gulf oil spill?
10. Does Obama’s decision to send National Guard troops to the US-Mexican border go far enough?
1. Is Brazil’s fiscal policy too lax?
2. In light of recent violence, should the Jamaican government refuse to extradite Christopher Coke to the United States?
3. Will German’s short-term ban on naked short-selling hurt the euro zone’s bond markets?
4. Can Saad Hariri do more to prevent arms smuggling in Lebanon?
5. Will recent hostilities on the Korean peninsula provide political cover to Yukio Hatoyama over the U.S. airbase on Okinawa?
6. Should NATO be integrated into the EU?
7. Do recent spending cuts by the new British government do enough to safeguard the nation’s triple-A credit rating?
8. Is Hamas wise to boycott elections in the West Bank?
9. Was Ethiopia’s recent election fair?
10. What impact will South Korea’s decision to half inter-Korean trade have on the North Korean economy?
1. In light of the EU’s recent deals to protect the euro zone, has the organization become a “transfer union”?
2. Can Benigno Aquino revitalize the Filipino economy?
3. How will the departure of Wan Yanhai impact China’s fight against AIDS?
4. Are Maoist protesters in Nepal negotiating from a position of strength or weakness?
5. Will the Greek bailout lead to the downfall of Merkel’s government?
6. Are Tymoshenko’s concerns about Russian influence in the Crimea valid?
7. How should the international community respond to violence against homosexuals in Africa?
8. Will the latest EU-Central American free trade deal be implemented?
9. Is it a mistake for Israel to reject Qatar’s bid for a restoration of diplomatic relations?
10. How should China respond to South Korea’s findings that North Korea sank a South Korean warship in March?
1. Should the U.S. put off new sanctions on Iran in light of Iran’s agreement to send low-enriched uranium to Turkey?
2. What steps can the federal government take to ensure that another offshore oil drilling disaster does not occur?
3. Should Obama’s aunt Zeituni Onyango have been granted asylum?
4. Are public employee unions too powerful?
5. How optimistic should GM executives be after the company posted its first quarterly profit in three years?
6. Will Eric Holder file a lawsuit against Arizona’s new immigration law?
7. Should ethnic studies programs be banned?
8. How big of a blow to school reform advocates is the decision by Central Fall High School to rehire much of its staff who were fired earlier this year?
9. What did Tuesday’s primaries say about the mood of the American electorate?
10. Does the Supreme Court’s ruling in US v. Comstock demonstrate that federalism is not a high priority among the Court’s conservatives?
1. Should Congress tax oil companies to pay for the Gulf oil spill?
2. Will Charlie Crist be Florida’s next senator?
3. Should the U.S. rethink the use of drones in Pakistan?
4. Is Obama interfering too much in the Greek debt crisis?
5. Are furloughs of state workers illegal?
6. Was Kagan a shrewd Supreme Court choice?
7. Can the tea party sustain its momentum through election day?
8. Should Obama campaign for Specter?
9. Does an audit of the Federal Reserve significantly violate its independence?
10. Now that David Cameron is prime minister, will America’s relationship with Britain improve?
Note: I’m sorry about the delays in the posting of some information over the last week. This week has been finals week @ WKU so my attention has been taken up by that. This Thursday will feature the return of R&D for Extemp TOC topic areas.
1. Who will be the next British prime minister?
2. Is Honduras’s Truth Commission legitimate?
3. Why are Bolivia’s unions turning against Evo Morales?
4. How can China convince North Korea to abandon its nuclear program?
5. Is Pakistan doing enough to root out terrorism within its borders?
6. Will new corrupt allegations lead to the collapse of Berlusconi’s government?
7. Should the Liberal Democrats align themselves with Labour or the Conservatives?
8. Does Syria or Iran pose a bigger immediate threat to Israel?
9. Did Nigeria handle the Yar’Adua fiasco effectively?
10. Will the violence in Greece prevent other European nations from tackling their fiscal problems?
1. Will Merkel’s decision to prop up Greece severely damage her political standing in Germany?
2. Does the formation of a governing coalition of Shia parties in Iraq undermine attempts to reconcile with the nation’s Sunni minority?
3. Will Spain’s decision to speed up banking reform prevent a Greek-style meltdown?
4. How much will Yukio Hatoyama’s flip flop on getting the U.S. out of Okinawa cost him politically?
5. Will the interim Kyrgyzstan government force the U.S. military out of the country?
6. Is South Africa prepared to host the World Cup?
7. Why has Iran agreed to make Brazil the mediator for a deal on providing it with nuclear fuel?
8. Should China do more to push North Korea towards economic reforms?
9. How can Israel be convinced to scrap its atomic weapons?
10. If the Conservatives get a disappointing election result is David Cameron gone?
1. Will the declaration of the size of the U.S. nuclear arsensal place more international pressure on Iran?
2. Is Chris Christie’s decision to replace John E. Wallace Jr. on the New Jersey Supreme Court a blow to judicial independence?
3. Does the U.S. need to find a more cost effective way to do the census?
4. How would the imposition of the “Oz law” impact future elections?
5. Will the Gulf oil spill be Obama’s Katrina?
6. Should there be a national prescription drug monitoring program?
7. How will the planned merger between United and Continental impact the airline industry?
8. Should a bailout fund exist within the financial reform bill?
9. Will boycotts of Arizona force the state to change its law targeting illegal immigration?
10. What impact will the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico have on the U.S. economy?
1. Does the fight over financial reform still carry significant resonance with American voters?
2. How will political problems in Iraq impact plans to withdraw all U.S. combat forces this summer?
3. Would the imposition of a VAT cost Obama re-election?
4. Will the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico put a damper on efforts to expand offshore drilling?
5. Can more gun control solve Chicago’s homicide problem?
6. Will Charlie Crist’s reported decision to run as an indepedent cost the GOP its Florida Senate seat?
7. Is the Federal Reserve keeping interest rates too low?
8. Do the signers of public petitions have a right to privacy?
9. Does the Supreme Court’s ruling in the “Mojave Cross” case enhance or destroy First Amendment rights?
10. Will Congress pass comprehensive immigration reform this year?
1. What impact will Russia and Norway’s agreement on their Arctic maritime border have on oil and natural gas exploration in the region?
2. Will the ECFA make Taiwan overly dependent upon China?
3. How should the international community handle the Chernobyl nuclear site?
4. Should the Arab League accept the Obama administration’s proposal for indirect Middle East peace negotiations?
5. How critical is Yemen to the war on terrorism?
6. Will Belarus extradite Bakiyev?
7. If Iran acquires a nuclear weapon, will the United Nations become another League of Nations?
8. Will Jaroslaw Kaczynski replace his late brother as Polish president?
9. If Labour comes in third in the popular vote, should Gordon Brown remain prime minister?
10. Can King Bhumibol solve Thailand’s political crisis?
1. Does Jacob Zuma need to be firm with Julius Malema?
2. Will the Liberal Democrats be the kingmakers of the upcoming British elections?
3. Are efforts taken to dismantle Al Qaeda in Iraq succeeding?
4. Does Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas need to step down?
5. What does the SPLM gain from the latest Sudanese elections?
6. Is the arrest of Victoire Ingabire a sign of a clampdown on political opposition in Rwanda?
7. Should Israel inaugurate a new series of “land for peace” deals?
8. What signal does Ukraine’s extension of a lease on Russia’s naval base in the country send to the West?
9. Is France’s ban against the niqab unconstitutional?
10. How should Pope Benedict XVI deal with the latest church abuse scandal?
1. What role will abortion play in this summer’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings?
2. Is it possible for Democrats to steal the tea party’s message?
3. How can President Obama project more strength on the Iranian question?
4. Do problems with Massachusetts healthcare model foreshadow problems that will occur under Obamacare?
5. Is President Obama losing the support of the gay community?
6. Do the ends justify the means for the FDA’s plans to limit the amount of salt that is allowed in processed foods?
7. Are the recent allegations against Goldman Sachs politically motivated?
8. How should the Supreme Court rule in Christian Legal Society v. Martinez?
9. Will the ongoing Fort Hood investigation be an embarassment for the Obama administration?
10. What impact would Charlie Crist’s departure from the GOP have on the party’s national image?