Flash Points: Europe Slams Its Gates: Imperiling Africa – and Its Own Soul

Europe has outsourced the dirty work of border control to Libyan militias. In doing so, it has turned African migrants into commodities to be captured, sold, and traded like slaves. If you have problems viewing this email, [view it in a browser.]( Please feel free to [forward it to a friend](. [Foreign Policy]( FLASH POINTS Highlights from [Foreign Policy]( [SUBSCRIBE TO FP]( Follow Us: Friday, October 6, 2017 [Nearly There, but Never Further Away]( [Nearly There, but Never Further Away]( by Peter Tinti Europe has outsourced the dirty work of border control to Libyan militias. In doing so, it has turned African migrants into commodities to be captured, sold, and traded like slaves. [MORE]( [The Dam Will Hold. Until It Doesn’t.]( Special Report [The Dam Will Hold. Until It Doesn’t.]( by Cameron Abadi Europe has managed to slow the flow of migrants, at least for now — but is undermining its most-cherished values in the process. [MORE]( [Highway Through Hell]( Special Report [Highway Through Hell]( by Ty McCormick The human-smuggling route across the Sahara may have been the deadliest on Earth. Then the EU paid Niger’s army to shut it down — and made it even more treacherous. [MORE]( [The Savior’s Dilemma]( Special Report [The Savior’s Dilemma]( by Peter Tinti Are naval search-and-rescue operations saving migrants’ lives — or just encouraging them to take greater risks? [MORE]( [The Paradox of Prosperity]( Special Report [The Paradox of Prosperity]( by Ty McCormick Europe is spending billions of dollars to jump-start Africa’s poorest economies. But that may just accelerate the exodus. [MORE]( [Voices] VOICES [Donald Trump Threatened North Korea After Completely Imaginary Negotiations]( JEFFREY LEWIS [Keep the Iran Deal, Attack the Regime]( MAX BOOT [America Should Let a Thousand Political Parties Bloom]( JAMES TRAUB [There’s Still No Reason to Think the Kellogg-Briand Pact Accomplished Anything]( Stephen M. Walt [The Fatal Flaw in Trump’s U.N. Speech Could Be Disastrous for American Power]( Kori Schake [What’s the One U.N. Treaty Trump Should Love?]( David Bosco [GALLERIES] GALLERIES [My Smuggler, My Savior]( by Nichole Sobecki [My Smuggler, My Savior]( [The World in Photos This Week]( by FP Staff [The World in Photos This Week]( This email was sent to {EMAIL} by fp@foreignpolicy.com. [UPDATE PROFILE]( [UNSUBSCRIBE](email_name=top5) [PRIVACY POLICY]( [ADVERTISE](mailto:advertise@foreignpolicy.com) [GROUP SALES AND LICENSING](mailto:licensing@foreignpolicy.com) Foreign Policy Magazine is published by the FP Group, a division of Graham Holdings Company. All contents ©2017 The Slate Group, LLC. All rights reserved. Foreign Policy, 11 DUPONT CIRCLE NW, SUITE 600, WASHINGTON DC 20036