Tag: October 2011 extemp 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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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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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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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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