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Nov/Dec 2026 asks whether Europe’s NATO members should join the treaty that bans nuclear weapons outright. Pro argues the ban is the only credible path out of a renewed arms race; Con argues that ratifying it means walking away from the deterrent that has protected Europe since 1949, at the worst possible moment.
The 2026-27 season opens with the infrastructure behind the AI boom. Pro argues the buildout is outrunning the grid, water supplies and local consent, and a national pause is the only way to catch up; Con argues a moratorium would hand the AI race to rivals and knock the legs out from under an economy that AI investment is carrying. This analysis builds on Katheryne Dwyer’s DebateTrack topic lecture.
The ten arguments you’ll hear most on the regime change topic, with frontlines for each and crossfire questions that set up your summary.
Why normal cost-benefit weighing breaks on the regime change topic, and how to weigh principle against consequences, certainty against magnitude, and a single success against a record of failure.
How to write a Con case that beats a bounded Pro principle: structural arguments about why regime change fails, the precedent problem, and why the United States in particular can’t be trusted with the principle.
How to write a Pro case that survives the historical record: grounding justification in just-war criteria, choosing your limiting cases, and getting ahead of the "who decides" objection.
A word-by-word guide to "The United States is justified in using force to remove authoritarian leaders from power": what each term commits Pro and Con to, and which definition fights are worth having.
I present: Robert Richie, the Godfather of RCV.
Arctic Evidence ► debatetrack.com PF Intro Class ► Prezi ► tiny.cc/arcticmil
Student Loan Evidence ► debatetrack.com
a brief introduction to the concept of frameworks and how to best think about them -- some of the big ones to learn about: