By K. David Du Nationsmith Longform writer K. David Du writes an article about the challenges Al Qaeda represents for the US and its national interests. St. George and the Hydra: The United States and […]
Category: World Affairs
The Road to 9/11
Nationsmith writer K. David reminisces on where he was on that fateful day. It was on September 11, 2001 four jetliners were high-jacked into becoming improvised weapons of terror. Of the four, three successfully made […]
It’s Time to Get Scared People
By Eric Zanzucchi (@ericzanzucchi) The rioters in Egypt and Libya got a lot of media attention for their attacks on U.S. Embassies and thus they’ve spawned copycats. Protesters jumped the U.S. Embassy gate in Tunisia, […]
The Movie Behind the Madness
For all who haven’t seen it, this is the movie that has sparked so much controversy in Egypt and Libya over that past few days. From what I’ve heard it is still unclear who made […]
Egyptians Gone Wild
By Eric Zanzucchi (@ericzanzucchi) Muslims stormed their respective U.S. Embassies in Egypt and Libya today to tear down the American flags. This was done in response to an American video that depicts Mohammad negatively that’s […]
The Only Man Who Wants to Live in Ecuador
By Eric Zanzucchi (@ericzanzucchi) Julian Assagne’s journey is a strange one to say the least. An internet hacker with a prison stint, he is said to live a nomadic lifestyle. He ran Wikileaks, a website […]
Mr. Romney goes to Jerusalem
By Andrew Aldrian We proudly present Andrew Aldrian of Al-Ra˚yee: My Take on Issues in Int’l Relations as a contributing writer at Nationsmith. Coming off a widely publicized trip to Israel this past weekend, Republican […]
American Gerontocracy
By K. David Du Nationsmith writer K. David Du analyzes interesting age trends amongst the world’s political elites and their countries’ population median and the sharper differences between the emerging world and the industrialized one. […]
Not Just the Day You Consume One Pound of Sugar for Free
By K. David Du Great news fellow readers, Today’s July 11th, 2012 and that means you can go your to your local 7/11 and consume enough high fructose corn syrup (or sugar in select locales) […]
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