1. Should Saudi Arabia pursue a nuclear weapons program?
2. How can Mexico better combat air pollution?
3. Will Heinz-Christian Strache’s corruption lead to the collapse of the Austrian Freedom Party?
4. Did climate change issues cause the Labor Party to lose the recent federal election?
5. Will more governments copy China’s “social credit system” within the next decade?
6. Could Hong Kong one day prove to be the flash point of a major war between China and Western powers?
7. Are Nordic welfare states facing a demographic time bomb?
8. Why is Jamaica experiencing a significant economic turnaround?
9. Is dictatorship returning to Serbia?
10. What is the best way to restructure sovereign debt?
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1. Is the EU undemocratic?
2. Does the international community need the United States to be tough on trade with China?
3. Should Venezuelan officials arrest Guaido?
4. Will Cuba’s recent economic difficulties force its communist regime to fall from power?
5. Are European fears of Turkish expansion into the Western Balkans unfounded?
6. Is the British Conservative Party headed for a disastrous result in European parliamentary elections?
7. Have the Filipino midterm elections bolstered Duterte’s power?
8. Is authoritarianism returning to Latin America?
9. Will Israel’s recent ceasefire with Hamas last more than six months?
10. Why is global military spending increasing?
1. Is the U.S. edging closer to a military confrontation with Iran?
2. Can expanded sports gambling bring significant assistance to state economies?
3. Is President Trump trying to goad the House into impeaching him?
4. Should local governments ban the use of facial recognition technology?
5. Is Florida the key state that President Trump must win in 2020?
6. Will higher gas prices dampen U.S. economic performance in the second quarter?
7. Is the United States headed for a debt crisis?
8. Could the U.S. assemble a multinational military force to unseat Maduro?
9. Can there be a “grand bargain” between the U.S. and China on trade?
10. Has Beto O’Rourke’s presidential bid fizzled out?
1. Is Clarence Thomas’s influence on the Supreme Court growing?
2. How can U.S. healthcare best prepare itself to deal with an aging population?
3. Should the Trump administration pursue anti-monopoly litigation against Big Tech?
4. Has the Internet destroyed traditional news outlets?
5. Is Mark Morgan a smart choice to head ICE?
6. Will the economy be Trump’s “trump card” in 2020?
7. Should Barr be held in contempt?
8. Does the Democratic nominee need a tough position on China to win working class voters in 2020?
9. Where should the withdrawal of American forces in the Middle East stop?
10. What would a GOP climate change policy look like?
1. Should Israel retake the Gaza Strip?
2. What lessons will future dictators learn about Bashar al-Assad’s ability to retain power in Syria?
3. Should the international community continue to provide food aid to North Korea?
4. Was the latest uprising against Maduro the last good chance to remove him from power?
5. How can Western government best combat jihadist terrorism in the Sahel?
6. Should Bosnia be partitioned?
7. Will support for Spain’s Vox Party continue to grow?
8. Are South Africans losing faith in Nelson Mandela’s legacy?
9. How can Nigeria stop its “brain drain”?
10. Should Japan keep its monarchy?
1. Is the Iranian nuclear deal dead?
2. How can the Sri Lankan government reduce sectarian tensions within the country?
3. Should Russia welcome the election of Volodymyr Zelenskiy as Ukraine’s next president?
4. What should be Jokowi’s priorities in his second term?
5. Is a new IRA becoming a growing threat in Northern Ireland?
6. Has Cyril Ramaphosa done an effective job combating corruption within the ANC?
7. Is Canada becoming a more conservative country?
8. Will Thailand’s marijuana gamble pay off?
9. Is regime change possible in North Korea?
10. Are Egypt’s economic reforms harming its domestic markets?
1. Does the U.S. need a revamped “Good Neighbor Policy” with Latin America?
2. Should Catherine Pugh resign?
3. Is greater restraint in American foreign policy a negative thing?
4. Should the federal government forgive student loan debt?
5. Are American students under too much pressure to perform?
6. Is it in the Democratic Party’s best interest to avoid a brokered convention?
7. Do new GDP growth numbers indicate that the U.S. economy will not go into recession in 2019?
8. Are state attorney generals offices becoming too politicized?
9. Is anti-Semitism growing in the United States?
10. Should President Obama endorse someone in the Democratic presidential primary?
1. Will the Democratic presidential primary be too disive to mount an effective challenge to President Trump?
2. Should the national smoking age be raised to twenty-one?
3. Are the capabilities of U.S. intelligence agencies falling behind their counterparts across the globe?
4. Should Democratic presidential candidates refuse to go on FOX News programs?
5. Do U.S. schools need to embrace project based learning?
6. Does the U.S. have a national homelessness crisis?
7. Why is U.S. inflation so low?
8. Should Mitt Romney continue criticizng the Trump administration?
9. Is illegal immigration putting a strain on the U.S. public education system?
10. Should fentanyl be considered as a weapon of mass destruction?
1. Can General Haftar bring order to Libya?
2. If the EU collapsed, how would that affect European geopolitics?
3. Should Guaido call for the U.S. military intervention?
4. Is Ekrem Imamoglu emerging as Erdogan’s biggest political challenger?
5. How can Algeria’s protesters ensure that their demands are met?
6. Should Germany increase military spending?
7. What impact will the Sri Lankan church bombings have on the nation’s economy?
8. How will the outcome of the Ukrainian presidential election affect the country’s relationship with Russia?
9. Can China end all poverty by 2020?
10. Is ecotourism still a viable economic model for Central American nations?
1. Should Great Britain extradite Julian Assange?
2. Why is Israel’s Labour Party facing extinction?
3. To what extent should the world fear the emergence of China?
4. Should Sudan’s new military leadership hand Omar al-Bashir over to the ICC?
5. Is Brazil making progress in its anti-corruption efforts?
6. Should Mexico work with the United States to oust the Maduro regime?
7. Does the Roman Catholic Church need to turn in a more conservative direction?
8. Is climate change to blame for the Central American migrant crisis?
9. Will the latter half of 2019 be good for global economic growth?
10. Will the Brexit Party become a force in British politics?
1. Does the arrest of Julian Assange create new legal problems for the Trump administration?
2. Should the U.S. pay slave reparations?
3. If President Trump is able to reach an agreement with congressional Democrats on infrastructure spending, would that bolster his re-election chances?
4. Should President Trump send migrants to sanctuary cities?
5. Are heartbeat abortion bills constitutional?
6. Should more U.S. states introduce ranked-choice voting?
7. Is the Treasury Department legally required to give House Democrats President Trump’s tax returns?
8. Should American journalists cheer the arrest of Julian Assange?
9. Can the U.S. beat China in the race for 5G technology?
10. Does Bernie Sanders personal wealth hurt his presidential bid?
1. Should Ecuador expel Julian Assange from its embassy?
2. Could Venezuela become the next Syria?
3. Is the British Conservative Party imploding?
4. Does Israel have the right to define itself as a “Jewish nation”?
5. Is NATO still an effective alliance against Russian aggression?
6. Can the UN broker a solution to Libya’s political crisis?
7. Has Rwanda taken effective steps to handle the historical legacy of its past genocide?
8. Are Arab states doing enough about China’s Muslim crackdown?
9. Will the emerging “Balkan Spring” fix the region’s corruption woes?
10. Should Turkey leave NATO?
1. Should felons in prison get the right to vote?
2. Has Joe Biden waited too long to announce if he is going to run for president?
3. How important is the white male voting demographic for the 2020 presidential election?
4. Should presidential candidates be legally required to submit their tax returns?
5. Would a shutdown of the U.S.-Mexican border plunge the U.S. economy into a recession?
6. How can the U.S. persuade its NATO allies to increase their levels of defense spending?
7. What reforms need to be made to America’s prisons?
8. Has Attorney General Barr mishandled the Mueller Report?
9. Is the California primary the most significant contest in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary?
10. What steps can Tim Ryan take to become a 2020 presidential contender?
1. Will the winner of the Iowa caucus win the Democratic presidential nomination?
2. Is growing student loan debt becoming a national economic emergency?
3. Should there be a second independent counsel investigation into the 2016 presidential election?
4. Is President Trump making an electoral miscalculation in supporting legal challenges to the Affordable Care Act?
5. Should the U.S. close the Mexican border?
6. Are heartbeat abortion bills constitutional?
7. Should the Justice Department release the full Mueller report?
8. Is it time for the United States to begin treating as Russia as an ally rather than an enemy?
9. Should the U.S. encourage Great Britain to stay in the European Union?
10. How can Pete Buttigieg become a presidential contender?
1. Is access to a free, global Internet a human right?
2. Does the UN need to play a leadership role in preventing the increased militarization of space?
3. Is Theresa May the problem with Brexit?
4. Can Maduro’s “gold diplomacy” gambit pay off?
5. Is political corruption the number one problem facing the world?
6. What steps can Mexico take to profit more from its energy resources?
7. Has the Islamic State truly been defeated?
8. Have Hamas’ protests in the Gaza Strip failed?
9. Is Ethiopia poised to be Africa’s next powerhouse?
10. What does the rise of Muqtada al-Sadr mean for the future of Iraq?