In 2024, the Ethiopian government enacted reforms to open up its banking sector to foreign competition, ending decades of exclusivity for domestic banks. The new law allows foreign banks to operate as subsidiaries, branches, or joint ventures with local banks, with a maximum foreign shareholding of 49%.    However, many domestic banks in Ethiopia face capital shortages, legacy debt risks, and are still in the process of aligning with international regulatory standards, such as the Basel II/III frameworks.

The United States policy towards Taiwan is one of “strategic ambiguity”—based on the theory that it’s best to keep all parties guessing whether, and to what extent, the U.S. military will intervene in a war across the Taiwan Strait. The election of Lai Ching-te has Taiwan’s president has reawakened old debates about “strategic ambiguity.” The Biden administration has stuck with its approach of keeping vague any scenarios for intervention in a conflict with China over the island. Advocates say this enigmatic ploy keeps Beijing and Taipei on their toes, deterring the former while ensuring the latter does not act rashly. Critics suggest that “strategic clarity,” meaning spelling out when the United States might act, would do more to deter Beijing.

The “Enhanced Games” refer to an emerging field in sports where athletes are allowed to openly use Performance Enhancing Drugs (PEDs). The use of PEDs is prohibited in traditional sport under a global anti-doping regulatory framework which has been adopted across all major sport disciplines. 

Context: For the purpose of this debate, "cut-off culture" refers to the social phenomenon of figuratively cutting people out of one's life. Anyone from acquaintances to significant figures which may include, but are not limited to, close friends and family members are capable of being cut-off from one's life. This act is most commonly, though not exclusively, done at or after the point of conflict/tension within a relationship.

In the year 2450, humanity has expanded across galaxies, forming multi-species, multi-cultural federations governed by complex AI-administered systems.Religion still exists, but theological systems that rely on rational proofs or compatibility with science have declined, seen as outdated or redundant.

In contrast, a resurgence of fideism has occurred — belief systems that rely purely on faith, revelation, and mystical experience, untethered from reason or empirical validation. These have grown among human and alien populations alike, offering meaning in a vast, hyper-logical, and emotionally sterile cosmos.

The spread of fideism has sparked both awe and alarm — seen by some as a return to spiritual roots, and by others as a retreat from shared rational frameworks that underpin galactic coexistence.

In 2022, CAF introduced new club licensing requirements. One requirement demands that all men's clubs eligible for CAF interclub competitions must also operate/affiliate with a women's team. CAF has also made this a mandatory licensing requirement for all top-tier national men's leagues in all its Member Associations e.g. The FKF Premier League

For the purposes of this debate, ACAB (All Cops Are Bastards) represents a narrative that assumes bad intentions on the part of all police officers, discredits their professional competence, and warns against engaging with them.