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The nation with the largest population
What is India?
This island contains a democratic government that claims leadership over mainland China
What is Taiwan?
This 32 member alliance is seeking a collective defense spending target of 5% of GDP by 2035 to bolster European security.
What is NATO?
The length of time given to prepare a speech
What is 30 minutes?
This string of characters should be memorized
What is your speaker code?
The international organization in Europe aimed at bolstering peace, economic strength, and core values of democracy
What is the EU (European Union)?
The union of Slavic peoples in the Balkan region of Europe that collapsed into several states in a brutal civil war
What is Yugoslavia?
In late 2026, Antalya, Turkey is set to host a conference on this global issue
What is climate change?
The maximum time given to present a speech
What is 7 minutes?
This consequence comes from contacting someone outside of the prep room
What is potential disqualification?
The nation that is piloting the "Belt and Road Initiative"
What is China?
A Salafi-Jihadist terrorist organization aiming to create a transnational Islamic caliphate with territory from Europe to Africa to Asia.
What is ISIS?
The "Belem mission" seeks to align foreign policy to prevent temperature rises from reaching this Celsius mark
The number of topics to choose from
What is 3?
Following this event, talking in the prep room is forbidden
What is the release of first speaker topics?
A Washington-based international organization of 191 member countries aimed at fostering global monetary cooperation
What is the IMF (International Monetary Fund)?
This war resulted in the deaths of over half of the population of Paraguay
What is the Chaco war?
This 2027 high-level meeting will be the final review of the 17 "Sustainable Development Goals" before their 2030 deadline.
What is the SDG Summit?
This slip of paper should be brought to your judge
What is the topic paper?
This is the minimum recommended number of sources to have memorized in your speech
What is 3?
The clan that dominates the secessionist movement in Somaliland
What is the Isaaq clan?
Following the 2008 Russo-Georgian War, the Russian Federation formally recognized these two Georgian breakaway states.
What is Abkhazia and South Ossetia?
What is the singularity?
This action, if done, prevents you from getting first
What is not having your speech memorized?
This describes the first thing you should do when arriving at a tournament
What is finding the prep room?