The moral realism of Europe's refugee hypocrisy

Why is Europe treating the Ukraine crisis different than Syria's? For James Traub, a nonresident fellow at New York University's Center on International Cooperation, the difference between European countries' treatment of Syrians and Ukrainians is evidence of racism — and reality. Here, Traub explores the double standards of Western societies and explains there is still time to "design a humane and just system that takes account of political and human realities."