Debate Topics · All Formats, One Place

A motion, or a resolution, is the topic of a debate round. This page tracks the current and recent ones across Public Forum, Lincoln-Douglas, Policy, Big Questions, World Schools, Asian Parliamentary, British Parliamentary, and Congress. Each topic links to a guide with framing, common arguments, and a way to practice against an AI opponent that already knows the format.

Public Forum
PF Monthly Topics
Two-on-two, evidence-driven, a new topic every month. Current National Speech & Debate Association (NSDA) resolution plus the last 6 months. Strategy, evidence framing, common argument chains.
Lincoln-Douglas
LD Bi-Monthly Topics
One-on-one, philosophy-first, a new topic every two months. Current LD resolution, the values it turns on, the literature behind them, and common attack lines.
Policy / CX
Policy Annual Topic
Two-on-two, the deepest research format, one topic for the whole season. Cards (quoted evidence), plans, kritiks (philosophy-level objections), topicality challenges, and case lists.
Big Questions
BQ Annual Topic
NSDA Big Questions resolution. Philosophy of mind, science vs. religion, ethics framings.
World Schools
WSDC Motions
The international schools format: three-on-three with short closing replies. Motions both prepared in advance and impromptu, released minutes before the round.
Asian Parliamentary
Asians Format · IIDC, UADC
The dominant Indian and SE Asian university format. Three-on-three: seven-minute main speeches, then short replies. Motion banks from the IIDC and UADC tournaments.
British Parliamentary
BP / Worlds Format
Four teams, eight speakers, seven-minute speeches. The format of the world and European university championships (WUDC, EUDC) and most Indian invitationals. Closing teams add new material (extensions); whip speakers summarize the round.
Student Congress
Active Bills & Resolutions
Mock legislature. The current NSDA docket (the list of bills up for debate), authorship speeches, parliamentary procedure, refutation chains.
Model UN
THIMUN, HMUN, NHSMUN
Diplomacy simulation. Position papers (your country's written stance), moderated and unmoderated caucus (structured vs. free-form negotiation), draft resolutions, committee procedure.
APDA Parli
American College Circuit
The U.S. college parli circuit founded by Princeton/Yale/Brown/Harvard/Brandeis. Topics land on the spot: 15 minutes of prep, no quoted evidence, and the Prime Minister's rebuttal (PMR) gets the last word.

Each topic links to an AI opponent that runs your format's actual conventions: speech times, judging standards, terminology, structure.

It isn't a search engine; it argues. It baits you, drops weak points, weighs the round, and writes the judge's verdict (an RFD) when it's done. Try a round →

How topics are picked

Public Forum and Lincoln-Douglas rotate on the NSDA calendar. PF is monthly, LD is bi-monthly. Policy uses one resolution for the entire September-to-June season, set by a coach committee vote. Big Questions runs an annual NSDA-selected topic. World Schools mixes prepared motions with impromptu motions released hours before each round. Asian Parliamentary and British Parliamentary use tournament-specific motion sets pulled live from IIDC, UADC, AIDC, WUDC, and EUDC. Congress uses a "docket" of bills/resolutions specific to each tournament.

Practice mode

Every topic page has a "spar with AI" button that drops you straight into the AI debate trainer. You pick a side, the AI takes the other, and you debate timed rounds with judge feedback at the end. Open the trainer →

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