Repair, Reform, or Abolish the European Union?
One of the proposed NCFCA resolutions is about Europe. If chosen students can make the case to parents that travel to Europe for in-person research is key to success. Parents will likely say no,...
Economic Thinking Posts on Debate Topics
When Debate Topics Collide: Infectious Diseases in West Africa
Recent posts looked at economics and demographics of West Africa for the proposed NCFCA resolution. Recently in the news, Ebola is back with an outbreak in Congo. The major 2014 Ebola outbreak brought this...
Notes on NCFCA Demographics is Destiny Topics
Learning a foreign language helps us better understand and appreciate the workings of our own language. Similarly, researching the dynamics and demographics of either of two proposed NCFCA topics, Economic Community of West African States...
West Africa Trade, Aid, Conflict, Fish, and Health
The proposed NCFCA West Africa topic is a big one and a good one for researching geography, economics, and international relations. West Africa has a big future as populations and economies surge. Christianity is...
Notes on Proposed NCFCA Resolutions
Resolved: The United States Federal Government should substantially reform its policy toward one or more countries in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). For the 2018-2019 school year, NCFCA proposes three resolutions,...
Problems, Benefits, and Reform for U.S. Foreign Aid
A recent post reviewed the three proposed Stoa policy resolutions, including this one on reforming foreign aid: Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially reform its foreign aid. All three proposed topics are...
Ocean Plastics: Time for A New Convention?
…about 90 percent of all the plastic that reaches the world’s oceans gets flushed through just 10 rivers: The Yangtze, the Indus, Yellow River, Hai River, the Nile, the Ganges, Pearl River, Amur River,...
Topic Notes: Infectious Diseases, Environmental Issues, and Foreign Aid
Stoa’s three policy resolutions offered for 2018-19 are on the StoaUSA website: reforming international policy toward infectious diseases, international conventions on environmental issues, and reforming federal government foreign aid. The resolutions are interconnected as both...
Economic Thinking Africa
[transferred page from old ET site…] Africa High School Debate Topic Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its public health assistance to Sub-Saharan Africa. See the video on the economics of...
Nationalism, Globalism, and The Commanding Heights
For Lincoln-Douglas debaters, the 2017-2018 Resolution –Resolved: Nationalism ought to be valued above globalism, invites research and discussion of U.S. and European history and economics. Global trade, investment, and migration have been central to...