YOU ARE A 23-YEAR-OLD INDIAN DEBATER

HAVING ACHIEVED MODERATE SUCCESS AT

MAJOR TOURNAMENTS. YOU RECENTLY REACHED

THE OCTO-FINALS OF THE WUDC 2026. YOUR

LONG-TERM DEBATE PARTNER HAS RETIRED

PERMANENTLY. YOU HAVE SPENT THE LAST 4

YEARS IN THE DEBATE CIRCUIT. YOU ARE

GOING TO BE ENTERING A BUSINESS SCHOOL

THIS SUMMER FOR A 2-YEAR MBA DEGREE.

YOU HAVE BEEN APPROACHED BY MULTIPLE

DEBATERS FOR WUDC 2027.

RELATIONSHIP MINIMALISM REFERS TO THE PRACTICE OF REGULARLY PURGING FRIENDSHIPS AND/OR RELATIONSHIPS. THIS ACT SEEKS TO DECLUTTER AN INDIVIDUAL’S SOCIAL LIFE BASED ON WHAT THE PERCEIVED VALUE OF THE RELATIONSHIP WITH/WITHOUT EXPLANATION.

India has significantly accelerated its pursuit of Free Trade Agreements since 2021, including finalized deals with the United Arab Emirates, Australia, and EU

While South Korea has many political parties, the landscape has been dominated only by the conservative People’s Power Party (PPP) and the progressive Democratic Party (DP).

Yoon Suk Yeol was the President of South Korea. He declared martial law in December 2024, as a result of which he was impeached in April 2025. As a result, he was also sentenced to life imprisonment for attempting to incite an insurrection.

In the wake of this, his party - The People’s Power Party - has seen factions emerge. On one side, there are ‘Yoon-Again’ supporters, who believe his hardline conservative stances should be the main party line, and on the other side there are the ‘Reformists’, who want to significantly reform and readjust the party line, and distance themselves from Yoon Suk Yeol.

You are a high-ranking warrior in a Viking clan. You have plausible evidence about the existence of a prosperous place called England with multiple kingdoms and treasures. Your leader wants to raid east again as has been the custom for many years. The kingdoms in East are poor and the treasures as vastly limited. The leader has given clear orders not to sail west. You have secretly built a ship and have access to trusted 30 warriors who are willing to travel with you.