The guests of the "Beyond the News" episode agreed that the expected impact of the international community on the ongoing conflict in Sudan is limited. Dr.

Abdul Hamid Siam, a former spokesman for the United Nations, said that the ability of the U.N. to influence the conflict is small. Sudanese writer and political researcher Mohamed Torchin believes that the European Union is the most keen to return the situation to what it was before, and to reach relative stability that helps tighten control for fear of refugee flows.