HotTopics: International Extemp Questions for the Week of October 5-11, 2015

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HOTtopics1. Will climate change produce the next refugee crisis?
2. Is trade the new “great game” of the world’s major powers?
3. Will the easing of the U.S. embargo actually prove damaging to the Cuban economy?
4. Has Hezbollah been a significant loser in the Syrian Civil War?
5. Will the Bank of England raise interest rates before the Federal Reserve?
6. Would the Middle East be better off today if Saddam Hussein and Moammar Gaddafi had never been removed from power?
7. How should Israel react to the Abbas’s claim that the Palestinians are no longer bound by the Oslo Accords?
8. Was the recent Portuguese election a setback for pro-austerity forces?
9. Will the European refugee crisis force early elections in Germany?
10. Can Afghanistan fight off the Taliban without American support?

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