Policy
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Analysis: NSDA Nationals & Framing Debates
General policy debates in the status quo center around a utilitarian framework, maximizing pleasure and minimizing pain. However, NSDA takes a different approach with a large pool of lay judges, creating the soft-left affirmative strategy.
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Analysis: U.S Arctic Policymaking Under President Donald Trump and How it Affects Debates
Ever since Donald Trump was sworn into the Oval Office, he has made dramatic shifts in U.S. posture towards the arctic. As he has taken multiple executive actions, the arctic’s geopolitics and regional development have adapted alongside them.
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Analysis: Trump’s Threats to Greenland Give Pressing Uniqueness and Inherent Value to the Arctic Debate
President Trump has said that if he fails to take Greenland “the easy way,” then he will take it “the hard way.” This continued geopolitical uncertainty has multiple implications for arguments regarding the policy topic.
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Analysis: Beyond the Plan: How Kritiks Are Transforming Debate
Bryan Gu explains the history of kritiks and analyzes their impact on policy debate today.