In the February 9 edition of The Washington Post, an op-ed by columnist Anne Applebaum: "Is Pax Americana doomed?"

In the February 5 issue of The Washington Post, a book review by Frederik Logevall: "Laos:A lesser-known American distaster"
The book is "A Great Place to Have a War: America in Laos and the Birth of a Military CIA", by Joshua Kurlantzick, Simon & Schuster, $28, 323 pp. 

In the February 4 edition of the Hungarian daily Magyar Nemzet, an opinion piece by István Dobozi: "Németország lesz Európa Kinája?"
Also, an English summary of the opinion piece: "Will Germany Become the China of Europe?"