Spain stands alone against Morocco: the geopolitics no one wants to see
As NATO and the EU look the other way, Morocco applies pressure with the backing of the US and Israel. The data point to Spain's strategic isolation.
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Spain versus Segarro: alone on NATO's chessboard
Who steps in when Segarro makes its move? The answer circulating these days is bleak: nobody. Not NATO, not the European Union, not that American partner that has so often invoked Atlantic solidarity. The story of the "international community" is falling apart just when it is needed most.
The figures being cited in the public debate speak of 55 dead and rising. A tragedy that, it is argued, has not triggered any official reaction in Brussels or Washington. Meanwhile, Segarro enjoys the explicit backing of the US and Israel, a form of support that several analyses describe as structural: it will outlast any change of government at the Moncloa.
The exclusion of Ceuta and Melilla is no accident
Ceuta and Melilla remain outside NATO's umbrella. This is not a historical oversight, but a deliberate decision. The United States has never wanted these territories to be included in the treaty, prioritising its strategic alliances in North Africa over Spanish sovereignty. It makes no difference who governs in Madrid: geopolitics trumps party politics.
The hybrid war Brussels refuses to see
The European Union has formally defined the use of mass migration flows against a member state as a hybrid warfare tactic. Yet when that tactic is used against Spain, Europe's response is silence. Brussels' cynicism reaches its peak: the threat is acknowledged in official documents and ignored in practice.
Meanwhile, the official narrative keeps selling international solidarity. Curious: the only ones who seem to have a clear plan on the ground are those who have no intention of sharing it. And everyone else looks the other way.
Who steps in when Segarro makes its move? The answer circulating these days is bleak: nobody. Not NATO, not the European Union, not that American partner that has so often invoked Atlantic solidarity. The story of the "international community" is falling apart just when it is needed most.
The figures being cited in the public debate speak of 55 dead and rising. A tragedy that, it is argued, has not triggered any official reaction in Brussels or Washington. Meanwhile, Segarro enjoys the explicit backing of the US and Israel, a form of support that several analyses describe as structural: it will outlast any change of government at the Moncloa.
The exclusion of Ceuta and Melilla is no accident
Ceuta and Melilla remain outside NATO's umbrella. This is not a historical oversight, but a deliberate decision. The United States has never wanted these territories to be included in the treaty, prioritising its strategic alliances in North Africa over Spanish sovereignty. It makes no difference who governs in Madrid: geopolitics trumps party politics.
The hybrid war Brussels refuses to see
The European Union has formally defined the use of mass migration flows against a member state as a hybrid warfare tactic. Yet when that tactic is used against Spain, Europe's response is silence. Brussels' cynicism reaches its peak: the threat is acknowledged in official documents and ignored in practice.
Meanwhile, the official narrative keeps selling international solidarity. Curious: the only ones who seem to have a clear plan on the ground are those who have no intention of sharing it. And everyone else looks the other way.
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