The Lead
Dismantling the House of Dynamite
by Jason Ross (EIRNS) — Oct. 24, 2025
As the world hurtles deeper into confrontation, the danger of nuclear war looms closer than at perhaps any time. Speaking at today’s meeting of the International Peace Coalition, MIT professor Ted Postol delivered a stark warning: the global nuclear system remains a hair-trigger architecture of annihilation, one that could obliterate civilization within minutes through accident or miscalculation. His sharp analysis comes amid new sanctions and a wave of militarization sweeping through NATO.
From Trump’s new sanctions on Russia, which Russian analysts say could derail prospects for a Ukraine settlement, to the EU’s so-far unsuccessful efforts to achieve unity on the decision to seize Russian assets, to Germany’s revival of a war economy, the West is marching toward catastrophe. The film A House of Dynamite now streaming on Netflix captures the insanity of this condition, the impossible decisions that nuclear war brings.
Unlike a TV show, the world cannot change the channel when the countdown begins.
At the same time, Southwest Asia remains a potential trigger for a global conflagration. With Israel’s far-right ministers pushing annexation of the West Bank and the Gaza ceasefire still fragile, one misstep (or a deliberate provocation) could set off an unstoppable chain reaction. The nuclear tripwires Postol warned of exist here as well.
But this week has also brought glimpses of the potential to achieve a different future. The favorable responses to EIR’s Bering Strait Tunnel roundtable, as for example in Türkiye and Brazil, show the potential for real discussion of ideas for the future can capture the imagination and transform confrontation into cooperation. Russian Direct Investment Fund CEO and Kremlin Envoy Kirill Dmitriev’s arrival in the U.S.—just days after new U.S. sanctions on Russia—signals that dialogue is still possible. Dmitriev is an enthusiastic proponent of the Bering Strait tunnel project to link the Americas with Eurasia, a project that embodies the principle of peace through development that leaders like Franklin Roosevelt once envisioned.
That this idea is gaining attention now, as Postol warns of the nuclear abyss, is not a coincidence. Humanity is at a fork in the road: one path leads toward thermonuclear ruin, the other toward collaboration on great projects that unite rather than destroy. Will the Bering Strait be crossed by nuclear missiles, or railroads and development corridors? With Dmitriev now in the United States, the potential exists to turn dialogue on infrastructure into dialogue for peace.
There is still time to dismantle the house of dynamite.
Contents
LaRouche movement
- EIR's Bering Strait Conference Covered in Türkiye (↓)
- Brazil Press Cover EIR's Bering Strait Tunnel Forum (↓)
Strategic War Danger
- Top Russian Envoy Visits U.S. (↓)
- EU Leaders Fail to Agree on Planned Seizure of Russian Assets (↓)
- Saudi Arabia Posts Joint Statement Denouncing Israeli Vote To Annex West Bank (↓)
- The Nuclear House of Dynamite (↓)
- Rubio Backs Israel on Gaza Ceasefire, Meets Netanyahu in Jerusalem (↓)
- Vance Slams Israeli Annexation Vote as Smotrich Stirs Saudi Backlash (↓)
New World Paradigm
- Trump and Xi Will Meet at APEC Summit, White House Says (↓)
- India and China To Resume Direct Flights (↓)
- China Charts Course for 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030) (↓)
U.S. and Canada
- Millions of Americans Face Loss of SNAP Food Benefits Amid Shutdown (↓)
- Trump Says He Stopped Netanyahu, To Save Israel's Standing (↓)
