"debatable policy" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to refer to any policy that is likely to be controversial and subject to debate. For example, "The new tax policy is a debatable policy and has been met with mixed reactions from the public."
Mr. Cohen is surely right that many of those who oppose Israel are looking only for a shift in the balance of power in the Middle East, or changes to certain debatable policies, but other current enemies (most notably Hamas and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad) make no secret of their more far-reaching and sinister aims.
That authority results in Draconian enforcement, however, when used capriciously to uphold debatable policies that aren't relevant to safety.
These prices are rising largely because of a highly debatable government policy that mandates production of a huge amount of ethanol for use in motor fuel.
The expansion or contraction of personal liability within the corporate context is a debatable public policy question that will likely be analyzed in depth.
It would certainly benefit the taxpayers who now fund the haredi men's widespread lifelong unemployment payments.It is more debatable whether foreign policy will change.
The findings by the panel attract wide attention in Germany, but the actual effect on government policy is debatable.
Whether the public crush will carry over to policy is debatable: reasonable people can agree on the Pottery Barn and part ways on the stimulus.
The extent to which local authorities and their partners can influence income and unemployment independent of national policy is debatable.
(Whether a majority of the public supports those policies is debatable, but Republicans still back Bush, and Democrats are still cowed by the risk of appearing soft on the issue).
The study has implications for the methodological design of studies addressing this debatable issue and health spending policy in SSACs.
