Associate Professor Wang Kun-yi, of the Research Institution of International Affairs and Strategic Studies at Tamkang University, has written that Chen's overseas trip shows that Taiwan is not totally consumed by the issue of cross-strait relations, but is also approaching other countries directly in an effort to achieve its strategic objectives.
淡江大學國際事務與戰略研究所副教授王崑義為文表示，陳水扁走出去，代表著不只是台灣想從兩岸關係的泥沼中脫困，而是一種經營全球的戰略企圖心。