Steven MacMillan

The Middle East has been in a state of chaos for years now, with each passing year bringing a new wave of instability, carnage and human suffering to the people of the region. From Afghanistan to Iraq, Libya to Syria, Western foreign policy has…

If one was only to read mainstream news in the West, you would probably be inculcated with the myth that Islamic State (ISISDahJTkfw appeared almost out of thin air and many governments in the Western world have been…

The US is intensifying its efforts to replace Russia as one of the EU’s largest energy suppliers, hoping to provide gas from the US itself to Europe, in addition to exploring regional players as possible suppliers. As Sputnik reported in an article titled…

As the Western empire continues to move the world closer to war with Russia, it is important for the hawks in Washington, London and Brussels to recognise the lessons that history has taught us about the success of empires trying to conquer the Russian motherland. From…

The century of ‘big data’ will be the century of unprecedented surveillance. The dream of tyrants down through history has been the total monitoring, control and management of the public, with the ability to predict…

This summer, British scientists are expected to begin field trials of a genetically modified (GMODahJTkfw potato dubbed by proponents the ‘super spud’, whose developers boast will be free of fungal diseases and other pest problems. GMO maize and oil seed rape could…