A commentary by Judy Dempsey in the January 17 edition of The New York Times: "A Leader's Gamble in Hungary".

An op-ed by Michael J. Green, former official at the National Security Council, now at Georgetown University and the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington DC, and Daniel M. Kliman, visiting fellow at the Center for a New American Security in the January 17 edition of The Washington Times: "The words China needs to hear".

A commentary by William C. Tripplett II, former chief Republican counsel to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee: "Who is Hu Jintao?" 'Official niceties obscure his bloody record'.