Prof. Jack Pitney was quoted in a CBS Los Angeles story about Gov. Newsom’s plan for universal healthcare, which he said would be paid for through the state’s general fund, and the Democrats’ proposal in the state legislature that would require a major tax increase. “This proposal could allow for a very large tax increase, and in recent elections, California voters have not been entirely positive about tax increases,” he said. “Even though they are overwhelmingly Democratic, that doesn't mean they are going to be progressive up and down the line.”

The Claremont Colleges were included in a Los Angeles Times story about California colleges extending remote instruction amid the Omicron surge. President Hiram E. Chodosh’s message to the community announcing online instruction for the first two weeks of the spring semester was quoted.

Prof. Minxin Pei published an editorial in the Taipei Times about U.S.-China relations. “In the unfolding new ‘cold war’ between the U.S. and China, the U.S.’s strategic priorities have flipped,” he wrote. “Today, U.S. security strategy is dominated by the China threat, and East Asia has replaced Europe as the principal theater of the world’s defining geopolitical contest.” Pei’s editorial explored the security consequences of this shift.

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.