Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- November 28, 2017

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watches the launch of a Hwasong-12 missile in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency on September 16, 2017. Photo: KCNA via Reuters

BBC: North Korea's nuclear programme: How advanced is it?

North Korea's nuclear programme remains a source of deep concern for the international community. Despite multiple efforts to curtail it, Pyongyang says it has conducted five nuclear tests.

Has North Korea got the bomb?

Technically yes - North Korea has conducted several tests with nuclear bombs.

However, in order to launch a nuclear attack on its neighbours, it needs to be able to make a nuclear warhead small enough to fit on to a missile.

While North Korea claims it has successfully "miniaturised" nuclear warheads, international experts have long cast doubt on these claims.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- November 28, 2017

Missile Launch Is Just North Korea's Latest Bait and Switch -- Eli Lake, Bloomberg

US-North Korea conflict a '50-50 prospect' -- SKY News

How the U.S. and China Differ on North Korea -- Krishnadev Calamur, The Atlantic

Pakistan's ignominious surrender to Islamists -- Shamil Shams, DW

Pope Francis Faces a Problem From Hell -- Sohrab Ahmari, Commentary

Duterte’s peace try falls to pieces -- Bong S Sarmiento, Asia Times

Will Africa's autocrats stay in power? -- Martina Schwikowski, DW

Egypt Is in Trouble, and Not Just from ISIS -- Robin Wright, New Yorker

Damascus throws ‘transition’ up in air by skipping Geneva talks -- Sami Moubayed, Asia Times

Thousands of foreign troops in Syria but will they leave? -- Zeina Karam, AP

Transnistria youth look to Catalonia -- Glen Johnson, Le Monde Diplomatique

Germany's Schulz Has Little Choice But to Compromise -- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg

What's Left for France's Socialists? They Can't Say. -- Chloe Morin, Bloomberg

Governing Germany: More of the Same? -- Holger Schmieding, The Globalist

Will Bitcoin hit $10,000? -- Nils Zimmermann, DW

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