Speech and Debate Curriculum Part 2.pdf

Federal Bureaucracy Theme
1. How is the executive branch organized?
2. How is leadership selected for the various Federal departments?
3. What is the role of each executive department, particularly the Department of Defense,
the various social service departments, the Justice Department and the State Department?
4. What are the current controversies involving the various Federal departments?
5. How efficient is the Federal bureaucracy and how could it be reformed?
International Relations Theme
1. What are the various theoretical approaches to foreign policy?
2. How has the power dynamic shifted since the end of the Cold War?
3. How has the “War on Terror” impacted America’s standing in the world?
4. What are the major international organizations and what function do they serve?
5. When should nations engage in military intervention, if ever?
6. What are the major foreign policy concerns of the European Union and Russia?
7. What are the major foreign policy concerns of the emerging Asian powers India and
China?
8. What are the major foreign policy concerns of the African Union and other African
nations?
9. What are the major foreign policy concerns of Israel and other Middle Eastern countries?
10. What are the major foreign policy concerns of developing nations?
11. How does energy policy (particularly oil) intersect with other foreign policy issues?
Domestic Politics of Other Nations Theme
*courtesy of Jonathan Peele
1. What are the political systems and parties of selected other nations?
2. In the United Kingdom, what are the current domestic political controversies?
3. In France and Germany, what are the current domestic political controversies?
4. In Israel and other Middle Eastern countries, what are the current domestic political
controversies?
5. In Russia, what are the current domestic political controversies?
6. In China, India, and Japan what are the current domestic political controversies?
7. In the developing world, what are the current domestic political controversies?
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