Over There

With two wars in the Middle East and rising challenges to America’s status as the world’s lone superpower, Columbia students cannot afford to ignore issues of international importance. This Monday, Spectator Opinion takes a look at questions of foreign policy facing the new administration. Reid Bagwell argues for improved US relations with Iran, Alex Frouman discusses foreign policy with China, and Sonali Pillay looks at a possible solution to Afghanistan’s problem of opium production.

• The case for Iran
• On money, morals, and might
• Red gold: the solution to Afghanistan’s opium addiction