Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- September 15, 2017

Zachary Cohen, CNN: Could North Korea help Iran develop nuclear weapons?

Washington (CNN)As North Korea continues its march towards developing a reliable long-range nuclear missile, US officials are becoming increasingly vocal about concerns over Pyongyang's ties to another familiar adversary: Iran.

Despite current restrictions in place to monitor and curtail Iran's nuclear program, several lawmakers and members of the intelligence community have warned in recent weeks that Tehran could theoretically purchase technology or knowledge related to building a nuclear weapon in the future.

The ominous predictions have coincided with escalating tensions between the US and North Korea: Pyongyang conducted its sixth nuclear test and issued a variety of heated threats, including a retaliatory threat to launch missiles near the American territory of Guam.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- September 15, 2017

A Reporter’s Takeaways from a Trip to North Korea -- Evan Osnos, New Yorker

What are North Korea's other WMDs? -- Jonathan Marcus, BBC

How North Korea Is Ensuring a Nuclear Arms Race in Asia -- Michael Auslin, National Interest

A Perfect Storm of Chinese Economic Instability? -- Joshua Stowell, Global Security Review

Brutally put, the Rohingya are pawns in a big power game -- Alan Philps, The National

The Zapad Military Exercise Reveals Putin's Fear -- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg

Moscow flaunts might against fading Isis as it alters balance of power in Syria -- Shaun Walker, The Guardian

The UK was already having its cake and eating it in the EU -- George Eaton, New Statesman

Ukraine’s Volunteer Militias May Have Saved the Country, But Now They Threaten It -- Kimberly Marten and Olga Oliker, War On The Rocks

Nigeria’s use of brute force to stem Biafra agitation is stoking fears of conflict again -- Yomi Kazeem, Quartz

Latin America Has a Blueprint of How to Deal with Venezuela -- Juan Gabriel Tokatlian, National Interest

Downward spiral: how Venezuela’s symbol of progress became political prisoners’ hell -- Emma Graham-Harrison, The Guardian

Arrest the American Islamic State Fighter -- Noah Feldman, Bloomberg

Chelsea Manning: What Was Harvard Thinking? -- Jacob Heilbrunn, National Interest

More Rules for Launching Nukes Won't Make U.S. Safer -- Stephen L. Carter, Bloomberg