Bonus blog question: which representation of "Indians" here is more acceptable?

[Photo courtesy of Erin Lockwood]

blog question #11 for blue team (section 081)

Is it fair to blame Columbus for what happened after he "discovered" the Americas? Did something about how he acted, and inter-acted with the native population, set things off on a course that could have been avoided if he had acted differently?

blog question #11 for red team (section 080)

Todorov asks (rhetorically, perhaps) whether the Spaniards conquered the Aztecs "by means of signs." Do you agree with Todorov's answer?

World Politics blog question #10 for blue team (section 081)

Is there an inherent value to analyses of world politics from alternative perspectives? Ann Tickner argued that we need alternative foundational stories about global politics; what is the value of such stories, if there is value to such stories?

World Politics blog question #10 for section 080 (red team)

Inayatullah's argument about states having a right to wealth is predicated on tbe claim that states are unequally prepared for global economic competition. Is the economic success or failure of a state under such circumstances a fair outcome? If so, why? If not, what should be done?

World Politics blog question #9 for blue team (section 081)

Does the fact that the United States has troops deployed in Afghanistan at the present time make you more or less secure?

World Politics blog question #9 for section 080 (red team)

"Because of economic globalization and other challenges that affect very large numbers of people, the only viable mode of political and economic organization in world politics is some form of supernational integration." Discuss. Use IR theory vocabulary as appropriate.