An op-ed in the January 27 edition of The Washington Post by Jackson Diehl: "Obama Administration could still get it right on Egypt".

An op-ed in the January 31 edition of The Washington Post by Anne Applebaum: "Embrace the instability" 'Egypt's future uncertain, but change had to come'.

A report by Karel Janicek and Vanessa Gera in the January 31 edition of The Washington Times, under the heading of "Briefing – Europe": "Gypsies use education to rise to middle class" 'Millions of Roma live in poverty, but some find way to succeed'.