However, the book is limited by a lack of meaningful discussion about both Israel-Palestine, and the future of the Democratic Party’s foreign policy. Wright focuses on a few major themes, the most important of which is the idea that the post-Cold War world is over. In this light, Biden’s presidency and Trump’s return to office constitute definitive inflection points from the post-Cold War world. If Democratic foreign policy experts cannot think of a new path forward in the Middle East beyond opposing Trump’s actions, then the party will be rudderless going forward. The message of this book is that there’s no going back.