“De cara al mundo”, the Onda Madrid programme directed and presented by Javier Fernández Arribas, director of Atalayar, tackles global current affairs and the key political issues shaping the international agenda on a weekly basis.
The NATO summit has captured everyone’s attention. Beyond the usual theatrics from US President Donald Trump, directed against his own European allies – which he eventually retracted after getting Spain to give in and pay what was demanded – the NATO summit held in Ankara has concluded with significant outcomes and strategic agreements, largely centred on the security of Europe.
This summit coincides with a period of extreme volatility in the Middle East, where the ceasefire previously reached between the United States and Iran appears to have completely broken down following the latest serious tit-for-tat attacks between the two powers. Faced with this breakdown, international mediators are racing against the clock to re-establish channels of negotiation.
Meanwhile, as a direct result of personal contacts made at the summit in Turkey, Trump has given the green light for Ukraine to begin producing Patriot air defence systems on its own territory – a move on which Poland has already announced it will actively cooperate with the government in Kyiv. This milestone for the Ukrainian defence industry coincides with this week’s successful test of a new domestically produced long-range missile, capable of travelling 3,000 kilometres.
All this is happening at the same time as an international journalistic investigation has been unveiled, revealing the close, covert military cooperation between China and Russia – an alliance that both countries had been concealing for four years. Meanwhile, on the ground, the Russian army continues its relentless attacks on civilian targets in Ukraine, whilst its own civilian and military populations are beginning to suffer severe petrol shortages.
Journalist and correspondent María Senovilla will analyse in detail the implications of these military and technological developments on “De cara al mundo”.
Furthermore, the conflict in Western Sahara continues to undergo a political shift of great international significance. The United States maintains its firm support within the UN for the Movement Saharawi for Peace (MSP), consolidating it as the authentic Sahrawi voice that rejects the radicalism and the immovable positions of the Polisario Front.
The US Ambassador to the UN, Mike Waltz, has reiterated his support for the movement, stating emphatically that “the world must listen to the Sahrawis who are seeking a viable solution”. To analyse this new situation, the programme will welcome Hach Ahmed, First Secretary of the MSP, as a guest.
The expert international analyst Lucas Martín will explain the most significant points and the strategic impact these defence agreements will have on a global scale.
As on every programme, the discussion will feature Atalayar’s regular contributors. On this occasion, the studio debate will include Pedro González, journalist and founder of Euronews, with Javier Fernández Arribas moderating. The panel of analysts will break down the main conclusions of the NATO summit, the alarming collapse of the diplomatic pact between Iran and the United States, the new industrial and military landscape in the war in Ukraine against Russia, and the impact of the MSP–US axis on the future of the Sahara.
“De cara al mundo”, Friday 10 July, from 10.05 pm to 11.00 pm.