"It depends on what the Egyptians will do out of it and how they focus the investment foreign policy-wise in key spaces which are relevant to national security issues where Egypt has a greater chance of success."

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

And Mira Woods is co-director of foreign policy in focus at the Institute for Policy Studies.

NPR: Chad Conflict Stirs Global Response

They're also likely to have consequences for the Bush administration's foreign policy and its focus in Iraq.

NPR: Mideast Conflict Has Ripple Effect in Washington

After visiting Burma, Mr Obama headed to Cambodia to join a meeting of the Association of South East Asian Nations, in a trip that underlines the shift in US foreign policy focus to the Asia-Pacific region.

BBC: US President Obama hails Burma's 'remarkable journey'