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Hey Derek,

I greatly enjoyed your work with ATTWIW and I'm excited for the new start here. I was wondering if you have a reading list or books you personally enjoy/recommend on the various topics that you usually cover.

Thanks again!

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I have noticed that the YPG is alleged by Turkey to be an arm of the PKK. There are few articles that dispute this or delve deeper into the allegations, it is merely stated. Do you think there are truths to this accusation?

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Do you think Theresa May would've had the votes for her Brexit deal by now had she not punched herself in the dick and called that snap election in 2017?

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Is the recent Russia-US-Turkey weapons system brouhaha really over just the guy linked with Gülen? It seems like quite the faux pas considering, as you wrote, that Turkey has production facilities for American stuff within its borders. What's the upside here for Erdogan?

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Do you have any comments on the wider significance of the regional elections in Turkey, especially concerning the performance of the HDP? Thanks.

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Hey Derek! I first heard about your work on Chapo, and I really appreciate the concise analysis on this blog. I'm a recent graduate from an MA political science program, but without prior relevant working experience, I'm having some trouble breaking into the IR field, which strikes me as more elitist than it needs to be. Any broad advice you can offer?

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More a housekeeping question but do you intend to redirect the attwiw.com domain or should I go ahead and fix my bookmark to this?

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