In my research on security and conflict for my book No Go World, I’ve heard the gate clang shut across borders and distant “danger zones”. And in danger zones such as conflict-hit Mali, I met European soldiers cowering behind similar walls while insurgents roamed the hinterland. Maps tell stories about our world, and the fearful tale of today’s danger maps is haunted by older ones. As Washington ramped up border security, more Mexicans stayed in the US and became long-term undocumented migrants. Wrong, in that the politics of danger creates vested interests both in the West and in those buffer zones.

Source: Libya Today June 24, 2019 09:33 UTC