HotTopics: International Extemp Questions for the Week of January 11th-17th, 2011

1.  Is Cuba’s economic model in disarray?
2.  Should Chinese economic policymakers fear a rise in worker wages?
3.  Is the world headed for a food crisis in 2011?
4.  What is behind the recent protests in Algeria?
5.  Why has the ETA called for a permanent ceasefire with the Spanish government?
6.  How should the EU sanction Belarus over the jailing of opposition leaders?
7.  Should Sudan recognize the results of the South’s independence referendum if it means that they are removed from the U.S. State Department’s list of state sponsors of terrorism?
8.  Are concerns about the security of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons misguided?
9.  Should South Korea upgrade its defense deal with Israel?
10.  Is China’s new stealth fighter a significant threat to the United States?