- Why have democratic activists failed in Belarus?
- How will U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord impact the global fight against climate change?
- What does Syria need to do to be ready to welcome back its refugees?
- Is Mexico doing enough to combat fentanyl trafficking?
- How will an arrest order against Evo Morales impact the next Bolivian presidential election?
- What is most responsible for Macron’s low popularity ratings?
- Is South Africa’s land seizure law a mistake?
- How much of a threat is Lakurawa to Nigeria’s national security?
- Is there any significance in the ICC’s pursuit of arrest warrants for the Taliban’s leadership?
- How important is Lula da Silva to the Brazilian political left?
Tag: January 2025 extemp questions
- What will be the domestic implications of the U.S. withdrawing from the World Health Organization (WHO)?
- Were Biden’s pre-emptive pardons necessary?
- Is the American dream dying?
- How will forced departures at the State Department impact U.S. foreign policy?
- Does DOGE violate federal transparency laws?
- Will Musk and Trump eventually have a falling out?
- Which of Trump’s cabinet members will last the shortest amount of time in his administration?
- Will California’s secessionist movement go anywhere?
- Would it be wise for New York City Mayor Eric Adams to embrace MAGA?
- Should the U.S. be more stingy with foreign aid?
- Was 2024 a bad year for progressive policy goals?
- Is Andrew Cuomo positioning himself for a run for New York City mayor?
- Can the U.S. budget deficit be solved only through cuts to the federal government’s workforce?
- Has the U.S. federal government been too involved or not enough in boosting the EV market?
- Are Donald Trump’s statements about expanding American territory a way to distract voters from domestic problems?
- What is a problem that the U.S. federal government must solve in 2025?
- Will Democrats regain the Virginia governorship this fall?
- Has Israel’s war in Gaza strengthened or weakened U.S. national security?
- How far with Trump’s deportation scheme go?
- Has the ERA become the 28th Amendment?
- Who will be the next global dictator to fall?
- What can stop Sudan’s genocide?
- Will political instability in Syria exacerbate tensions between Turkey and Syria’s Kurdish peoples?
- Should Urrutia return to Venezuela?
- Will the Gaza ceasefire lead to a lasting peace between Israel and Hamas?
- What does BRICS membership mean for Nigeria?
- Why has the British Conservative Party lost ground to Reform UK?
- Is outsourcing strengthening or weakening developed economies?
- Have the Houthis become the most powerful non-state actor in the Middle East?
- Is Cuba a state sponsor of terrorism?
- What percentage of the vote will the AfD win in the German federal elections?
- Is Russian influence growing in Central Europe?
- Should Indonesian try to become a global EV exporter?
- Is AUKUS working?
- Can the EU do much to prevent Elon Musk’s involvement in European politics?
- Who should be the next leader of Canada’s Liberal Party?
- What should Denmark do with Greenland?
- How should Panama respond to U.S. President-elect Trump’s rhetoric about the Panama Canal?
- Is ISIS a bigger threat today than it was a decade ago?
- Will 2025 be the year that the Russo-Ukrainian War comes to an end?
- Are right-wing forces winning the American culture war?
- Is the U.S. reward for the arrest or conviction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro counterproductive?
- Has Senator John Fetterman become another Krysten Sinema?
- Will the Supreme Court rule against Tik Tok?
- What will be President Biden’s legacy?
- How will the Los Angeles fires affect national home insurance rates?
- What is the future of the First Amendment in an age of disinformation?
- Should Democrats make Governor Gavin Newsom the voice of “resistance” to a new Trump administration?
- Will more U.S. cities copy New York City’s congestion pricing model?
- What would be the implications of the U.S. retaking the Panama Canal with military force?
- What will be President-elect Trump’s first legislative priority when he takes office?
- If Canada were to join the United States as one state or a collection of states, how would it transform the U.S. economy?
- Was President Biden wise to block the U.S. Steel-Nippon Steel merger?
- Should Americans be optimistic about the U.S. economy going into 2025?
- Is the U.S. prepared for a large-scale bird flu pandemic?
- How will the terror attack in New Orleans affect the confirmation of the next FBI director?
- What should America’s living and future presidents learn from Jimmy Carter?
- Does the U.S. economy need more tax relief?
- Will Mike Johnson be the Speaker of the House until the 2026 midterms?
- Should the Trump administration continue the Biden administration’s “hostage diplomacy”?
- Which nation is winning the AI race?
- Will 2025 see a further weakening of Iran’s strategic position in the Middle East?
- Should Denmark sell Greenland to the United States?
- Are there still risks of escalation in the Russia-Ukrainian War?
- Is there any way for the Social Democratic Party to avoid a thrashing in the German general elections?
- Will China’s infrastructure plans for its western provinces lead to an economic boom?
- Is the Schengen Area on borrowed time?
- Could rising authoritarianism in Latin America give day to a “Latin American Spring”?
- Is growing skepticism about the effectiveness of international institutions justified?
- Should the European Union think of adding nations beyond Europe’s continental footprint?