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Published · transcript-backedDani Rodrik: belief
1 Oct 2015 Conversations with Tyler Dani Rodrik on Premature Deindustrialization and Why the World is Second Best at Best
“I think there was a possibility that the Turkish government would have reached a modus vivendi with the Kurds and some kind of resolution in the same way that the Basque problem in Spain was resolved.”
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- Dani Rodrik
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- belief
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- 1 Oct 2015
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- Conversations with Tyler
Transcript context
…What then is the equilibrium with the Kurds? They’re scattered across several nations. It’s a burning issue in Turkey. Even with Kurdish circles there are multiple languages and different points of view. Do you see that is headed toward something like Lebanon in its more vital, feistier time? Or do you see it going very badly wrong? The Kurds, Turkey, and to some extent Kurds and Iraq. Will there be a Kurdish state, and is there any equilibrium at all? I think it’s very unlikely that there will be redrawing of the borders, formally. I see that as a very remote possibility. I think there was a possibility that the Turkish government would have reached a modus vivendi with the Kurds and some kind of resolution in the same way that the Basque problem in Spain was resolved. Is that resolved?…
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