@dominik · read in 2018
This short book presents the case that *migration*, particularly that precipitated by Libya and Syria, was the European establishment's kryptonite. Europe's ideals of human rights and equality put European leaders in an awkward position of either (in the eyes of their critics) ceding national sovereignty or heartlessly turning away from people in need. Europe's own refugee laws were built for a different era and unequipped to meet the necessary scale. This disruption-by-migration has not yet been settled in Europe and it is unclear how it will be settled, as evidenced by the rise of a variety of populist movements, on both right and left, and no consensus on how to resolve inherent contradictions in the foundation of Europe. A thought-provoking read.