Prof. Jack Pitney was quoted by The Press Enterprise about how Southern California Republican lawmakers have voted on matters tied to the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. With polls showing most GOP voters believe the election was stolen, “Republican politicians buck this sentiment at their own peril, even if they know better,” Pitney said.

In an op-ed published in the East African Business Week News, Prof. Minxin Pei writes that the United States strategic priorities have flipped and East Asia is replacing Europe as the greatest threat to the U.S. security strategy.

At a high school competition in Seoul, Korea for students interested in data science, Prof. Jeho Park, who is director of the Murty Sunak Quantitative and Computing Lab at CMC, led a four-week course on big data analysis. In an interview with Korea JoongAng Daily, Park said, “Some of the students took on issues that graduate students would take on, and tried to visualize data on issues very relevant to our lives.

In an article published in Mint, Prof. Minxin Pei writes of the legacy of Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister. He writes that the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad), may shape the future of Asia’s geopolitical landscape.

Sarah Chen ’22 and Prof. Manfred Keil shared 21 “good news” items from 2021 in an article they co-wrote for the San Bernardino Sun. Chen, who was recently named a Rhodes Scholar, is a forecast analyst with CMC’s Lowe Institute of Political Economy. Keil is the Associate Director of the Lowe Institute and leads the Inland Empire economic forecast research team.

In a commentary published in Real Clear Politics, Prof. Andrew Busch discussed the history of budget reconciliation use and misuse, starting with the establishment and evolution of the Budget and Impoundment Control Act from 1974.