Like every partisan document in a tense prelude to national elections, the 2016 Democratic platform reflected the party’s status quo with presidential nominee Hillary Clinton taking the foreign policy mantle from President Barack Obama while putting her own stamp on how the party views global challenges. However, the platform language on the Middle East reflected how difficult it is for Democrats, as the incumbent party in office, to address the daunting international challenges. My policy assessment of the DNC platform on the Middle East and Hillary’s foreign policy.