A commentary by Prof. Ian Ayres and Prof. Jonathan Macey in the February 18 edition of POLITICO: "Did Egypt's Rising Economy Lead to Mubarak's Fall?".

An op-ed by Juan C. Zarate in the February 20 edition of The Washington Post: "An alarming South Asia powder keg" There is a reference to the 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo.

An op-ed by Messrs. Mikhail Kasyanov, Vladimir Milov, Boris Nemtsov and Vladamir Ryzhkov, co-chairs of the People's Freedom Party in Russia in the February 21 edition of The Washington Post: "No more hugs for Putin".