A chance for the Obama regime to leave its mark on the world

Interesting post from David Paul over at the Huffington Post who believes that it will be foreign policy and not economic policy that will define the Obama regime.

He writes that

we appear to be at a tipping point in foreign affairs that can lead to positive new directions or a new downward spiral in regional conflicts.

He makes some good points about the current state of world affairs

1.that the economic downturn has illustrated the interdependence of national economies, while at the same time demonstrated the risks to individual states that flow from that interdependence.

2.the election of Barack Obama signaled the end of the neoconservative era in US policy, and portends a renaissance of realism in foreign affairs and diplomacy based on national self-interest.

The focus of foreign policy will be on three countries,Russia,Iran and Syria all wanting to use this opportunity to alter their place in the world

As Paul says

For Barack Obama, as well, this is a moment of opportunity. But as he has suggested when speaking of the economic challenges we face, in the world of foreign policy, our major challenges are interconnected. He cannot put any aside for another day.