Debate Topics · All Formats, One Place

Current and recent resolutions 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 CTA to practice with an AI opponent that already knows the format.

Public Forum
PF Monthly Topics
Current NSDA Public Forum resolution + last 6 months of topics. Strategy, evidence framing, common contention chains.
Lincoln-Douglas
LD Bi-Monthly Topics
Current LD resolution. Value/criterion frameworks, philosophical literature, common turns.
Policy / CX
Policy Annual Topic
Yearly policy resolution. Cards, plans, K's, T-violations, and case lists for the season.
Big Questions
BQ Annual Topic
NSDA Big Questions resolution. Philosophy of mind, science vs. religion, ethics framings.
World Schools
WSDC Motions
International circuit motions. Prepared and impromptu. Three-on-three structure with reply speeches.
Asian Parliamentary
Asians Format · IIDC, UADC
The dominant Indian and SE Asian university format. Three-on-three, seven-minute substantives, reply speeches. Motion banks from IIDC and UADC.
British Parliamentary
BP / Worlds Format
Four teams, eight speakers, seven-minute speeches. Used at WUDC, EUDC, AIDC, and most Indian invitationals. Extensions, whips, dynamic side identification.
Student Congress
Active Bills & Resolutions
NSDA Congress docket. Authorship speeches, parlipro, sponsorship strategy, refutation chains.
Model UN
THIMUN, HMUN, NHSMUN
Diplomacy simulation. Position papers, moderated and unmoderated caucus, draft resolutions, parliamentary procedure across committees.
APDA Parli
American College Circuit
The U.S. college parli circuit founded by Princeton/Yale/Brown/Harvard/Brandeis. Impromptu cases, 15-min prep, no evidence, PMR is the last word.

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

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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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