The terrorist attacks in Paris and talk of reprisals for the Islamic State quickly threatened to overshadow Obama's good-news tour to the Philippines and Malaysia this week. While Obama was ready to talk up his freshly inked trade deal and military cooperation in Asia, the rest of the world was looking for leadership on the Islamic State's relentless terror spree. Recent elections in Myanmar, where activist Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party won overwhelming victory, were a boost for Obama's foreign policy team, which has been deeply involved in guiding the shift away from military control. The visit was staged to call attention to a defense cooperation agreement cemented last year that gives the U.S.