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Mohamad Forough
@Mohamad_Forough
Researcher @GIGA_Institute & associate research @Clingendaelorg PhD in IR #Geoeconomics #Infrastructures #Tech/#Cyber #BRI #China-Middle East #Iran #GCC
Oct 15, 2022 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
Josep Borrell: "Europe is a garden. Most of the rest of the world a jungle. The jungle could invade the garden. The Jungle has a strong growth capacity.'

Dear Mr. @JosepBorrellF
This is the WORST ANALOGY of all time, for the following reasons:
a thread🧵 1/7 Conceptually, "garden" sounds like a euphemism for "civilized" & "jungle" like one for "barbarian". It rings of the 19th century colonial discourse of 'la mission civilisatrice' or 'white man's burden'.

May I introduce you to Walter Benjamin's ideas on "civilization"?