Opinions of F. Javier Blasco

F. Javier Blasco
<p>El secretario general de la OTAN, Mark Rutte, y el primer ministro holandés, Dick Schoof, posan para una foto familiar con los líderes de la OTAN durante una cumbre de líderes de la OTAN en La Haya, Países Bajos, el 25 de junio de 2025 - REUTERS/ YVES HERMAN</p>

Back to the five percent

Much has been speculated, said, written, commented on, criticized, and heard on the subject; the worst part is that it has not only been at the…
<p>Siete bombarderos furtivos fueron utilizados en el ataque estadounidense contra los sitios nucleares iraníes, que aparentemente vieron poca respuesta por parte del Ejército de Irán - PHOTO/REUTERS/Fuerza Aérea de EE. UU./Aviador superior Kenny Holston&nbsp;</p>

Iran, that thorn in the side

The international community has been talking a lot and not very nicely about Iran for years, ever since it became an Islamic republic after the…
Una imagen satelital muestra las instalaciones de Arak en Irán en esta imagen del 15 de febrero de 2025 - PHOTO/ Maxar Technologies vía REUTERS&nbsp;

And the wolf... appeared

There are many of us, perhaps too many, who for years, in the face of the repeated and insistent attitude of Iran and North Korea in their constant…
El presidente estadounidense Donald Trump y el presidente ruso Vladimir Putin en una reunión bilateral en la cumbre del G20 en Osaka en junio de 2019 - REUTERS/KEVIN LAMARQUE

Changes in the world order

Not many years ago, in geopolitics and recent history, the expression ‘world order’ began to be used to refer to new and quasi-renewed historical…
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... and grandmother gave birth

There is no doubt that the world is going through one of its most turbulent periods, mainly because the USA is in the hands of a person who has lost…
La presidenta de la Comisión Europea, Úrsula von del Leyen, se siente menospreciada por Washington, tras haber creado los instrumentos para financiar el envío a Ucrania de grandes cantidades de municiones, armas y equipos - PHOTO - MSC/Conzelmann

Dress me slowly, I'm in a hurry

Although some of us, and not a few, have repeated it ad nauseam, it seems that our message is not getting through to the leaders or the media across…
El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump - REUTERS/KEVIN LAMARQUE

The invention was fucked

In the world, and more so in the so-called Western world, we have been living the dream for 80 years, or rather, immersed in a dream that we cling to…
Era muy frecuente que los chavales tuviéramos una colección, más o menos grande, de soldaditos de plomo - <a href="https://depositphotos.com/es/?/">Depositphotos</a>

Lead soldiers

I remember that, in my childhood and teenage years - in the 50s and 60s of the last century - it was very common for us kids to have a collection,…
El presidente español, Pedro Sánchez, el rey Felipe y la reina Letizia caminan por una calle embarrada a su llegada para visitar las zonas afectadas por la DANA, tras las fuertes lluvias que provocaron inundaciones, en Paiporta, cerca de Valencia, España, el 3 de noviembre de 2024 - PHOTO/ Casa de SM el Rey/José Jiménez/Reparto vía REUTERS

Ductile and malleable

When we talk about the adjective ductility we are generally referring to certain specific qualities possessed only by certain minerals that allow…
<p>La exvicepresidenta tercera y exministra para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico, Teresa Ribera, durante la rueda de prensa posterior al Consejo de Ministros - PHOTO/Pool Moncloa/José Manuel Álvarez. La Moncloa&nbsp;</p>

The indelible mark

It was in June 2018 when the then Equo co-spokesperson said of the recently appointed Minister for Energy Transition - Teresa Ribera - the following:…
<p>Combinación de imágenes de Mark Rutte, durante una conferencia de prensa en la sede de la OTAN en Bruselas, el 17 de abril de 2024 y del secretario general de la ONU, Antonio Guterres - AFP/ANGELA WEISS Y KENZO TRIBOUILLARD &nbsp;</p>

An unrecognisable world

The RAE dictionary defines the adjective Unrecognisable as the situation whereby, after a period of time, something or someone is unrecognisable