Truman National Security Project

James Carville and Truman Fellow Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza write about the changing electorate in CNN: In 2009, we wrote a book, “40 More Years: How Democrats Will Rule the Next Generation.” Building on Ruy Teixeira and John Judis’ 2002 tour de force “The Emerging Democratic Majority” predicting the 2008 election, we argued that America’s diversifying and increasingly liberal [...]

Paul Muir writes about Truman’s Iran war simulation game: An alarming “announcement” marked the beginning of a Tel Aviv University-based think tank’s recent simulation of a plausible security scenario: namely, an unprovoked Israeli strike on Iran, made without the prior knowledge of the United States. “Al Jazeera reports that Israeli airplanes have attacked Iran’s nuclear [...]

If you thought that the only people focusing intently on Ohio’s returns were caffeine-spiked politicos and journalists, think again. Foreign ministries, Syrian rebels, and armed forces across the world have a major stake in the outcome of November 6. Syria’s fate hangs in the balance most of all. Nineteen months after the Syrian uprising began [...]

By now, everyone knows that Florida is home to some pretty big numbers. 29 electoral votes are up for grabs with state polls simply too close to call. 19 million people call Florida home, and more than 11 million of them are registered voters (Democrats hold a statewide lead of 500,000 voters). 3.5 million Floridians [...]

Win, lose, or recount, Barack Obama’s reelection campaign will have a lasting impact on thousands of neighborhoods around America. I’m a neighborhood guy. I’ve loved living in cities like Boston, Cincinnati, and San Francisco that have distinctly different areas, with traditions and cultures, almost like a big giant family. And now living in DC annoys [...]