In this New York Times opinion piece, Prof. Jon Shields, co-director of CMC’s Open Academy, explains how he gets students to engage in open inquiry with a mix of classroom norms and guidelines. “While robust defenses of free expression and debate, like the ‘Chicago Principles’ ... are important,” he writes, “they do little to soften the climate of fear that has gripped our campuses.” This is because they “neglect the concrete social norms necessary to facilitate and regulate the collective search for truth in college classrooms.”

Prof. Hilary Appel was interviewed on CNBC to assess the ceasefire negotiations between Ukraine and Russia, as well as security guarantees sought from NATO by Ukraine President Zelenskyy. “There is no way that the security guarantees that he hopes to get from the existing NATO member states and other countries are the least bit realistic,” she said.

In a Nikkei Asia op-ed, Prof. Minxin Pei suggested a strategy for preventing war in East Asia, looking at what the United States, China, and Taiwan can learn from the war in Ukraine. “While it is unlikely that the three protagonists can reach a new political understanding in an environment of enmity and distrust, they still need to intensify diplomatic efforts to know what each other’s bottom line is and find a new modus vivendi,” he said.

Prof. Angela Vossmeyer’s co-authored study “Stock Volatility and the War Puzzle” was cited in an op-ed in MarketWatch about the stock market’s prospects as a result of the war in Ukraine.

In his Cutting-Edge Leadership column for Psychology Today, Prof. Ronald E. Riggio explained why punitive leaders are destined to fail. “Effective leaders use positive reinforcement to motivate followers,” he said. “Offering rewards for good and productive behavior is a much better strategy. It focuses on what team members are doing right, and encourages that, rather than focusing on stopping what they are doing wrong.”

Prof. George Thomas reviewed Noah Feldman’s “The Broken Constitution,” a book about how President Abraham Lincoln remade the U.S. Constitution.

In an op-ed for The Japan Times, Prof. Minxin Pei warned that the war in Ukraine could trigger a nuclear arms race in Asia. “By bolstering the case for more nuclear weapons in Asia, Putin’s war in Ukraine could decimate what little is left of the region’s strategic stability,” he said. “This not only poses an existential threat to Asia; it would also deliver yet another blow to the global nonproliferation regime, making it even harder to prevent the spread of such weapons in other regions.”

A Washington Examiner piece about Biden’s attempts to move past the pandemic quoted Prof. Jack Pitney: “Most Americans are sick of restrictions and want the pandemic to be over,” he said. “Sounding the alarm bell might trigger resentment instead of watchfulness.”