The slate of topics approved by the topic committee for the 2015-2016 resolution.



1. Resolved: The United States should significantly enhance its military presence in Afghanistan, the Baltic States, Iraq, and/or Ukraine; or significantly reduce its military presence in Bahrain, Djibouti, and/or the Republic of Korea.



2. Resolved: The United States should either significantly enhance its military presence in Afghanistan, Iraq and/or Syria; or significantly reduce its military presence in Bahrain, Djibouti, and/or Saudi Arabia.



3. Resolved: The United States should reduce its military commitment to, by at least significantly reducing its forward deployed forces in, one or more of the following: the Baltic States, Gulf Cooperation Council member states, Japan, the Republic of Korea.



4. Resolved: The United States should significantly reduce its military presence in one or more of the following: the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, the Greater Horn of Africa, Northeast Asia.



5. Resolved: The United States should either significantly increase its military presence or significantly reduce its military presence in one of the following: Afghanistan, Bahrain, the Baltic States, Djibouti, Iraq, the Republic of Korea.

