The Lead
Nuclear War or Peace? The Future Must Determine the Present
by Megan Dobrodt (EIRNS) — Nov. 05, 2025
In times such as these, when current events seem to ricochet wildly between the trajectories of war and peace, sometimes moving toward both at once, true leadership—and that includes you, the citizen—must orient not to the day-to-day changes, but to the deep, historic currents which underlie and drive the drama playing out on the stage of human history.
In a Nov. 5 interview given by First Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN Dmitry Polyanskiy, Schiller Institute founder Helga Zepp-LaRouche provided an example of such leadership: “Immediately after the special military operation started in February 2022, I issued a call for the establishment of a new global security and development architecture which must take into account the interests of every single country on the planet. In the meantime, President Putin has called for an international order in which countries would work together like instruments in a polyphonic symphony. Then he said at the Valdai Club—and I want to read you this quote: ‘Today’s world is an exceptionally complex, multi-faceted system. To properly describe and comprehend it, simple laws of logic, cause and effect relationships, and the patterns arising from them are insufficient. What is needed here is a philosophy of complexity; something akin to quantum mechanics, which is wiser and in some ways more complex than Classical physics.’”
Such wisdom must be brought to bear in a world of escalating nuclear tensions.
Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with his Security Council on Wednesday, Nov. 5 at which the question of how to respond to U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated statements that the U.S. would be resuming nuclear weapons testing became the first topic of discussion. After hearing reports and comments from the defense and intelligence chiefs assembled, which pointed variously to the U.S. violations of and withdrawal from the arms control treaties, the difficulty in getting clarification from Washington, and measures Russia might take in response, Putin responded by stating that Russia has always adhered to the Test Ban Treaty and has no plans to abandon it, but that if the U.S. resumes nuclear testing, Russia should take measures in response.
Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chair of the Security Council of Russia, summed up the character of the situation aptly in a post on X: “No one knows what Trump meant about ‘nuclear testing’ (he probably doesn’t himself). But he’s the president of the United States. And the consequences of such words are inescapable: Russia will be forced to assess the expediency of conducting full-fledged nuclear tests itself.”
Add to this uncertainty the increasingly dangerous situation in the Caribbean, where preparations are underway for confrontation, including Marine training exercises and rebuilding the former Roosevelt Roads naval base in Puerto Rico, along with the arrival of the massive USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier, expected in one week. Rumors are flying of Russian military support for Venezuela, as some in Washington, Marco Rubio’s State Department chief among them, insist that Maduro has asked Russia, China, and Iran for support. Who is trying to stoke yet another proxy war against Russia?
Moscow has made clear that they will not fall for it and insist that the Caribbean remain a zone for peace. Even more to the point was Celso Amorim, Brazilian President Lula da Silva’s Special Advisor, who told O Globo on Nov. 4: “Peace is indivisible. You cannot think that there will be peace in Ukraine and, at the same time, a war or some kind of attack in South America. All of this is connected, all of this contaminates each other.”
So, which trajectory is humanity on? Nuclear war? Or peace? Only those with the wisdom to organize for a new kind of future for humanity can effectively decide the answer to that question. The upcoming Nov. 8-9 Solidarité & Progrès international conference, “The Emancipation of Africa and the World Majority, A Challenge for Europe,” in which you, the citizen, should participate, will take up the question: “Committed citizens and young people from around the world will come to defend their vision of the world to come and their solutions for winning peace, bringing with them the voices of Africa, the countries of the Global Majority, and every other nation fighting for the true emancipation of the people, for peace, solidarity, and progress for all.”
Contents
LaRouche movement
- Zepp-LaRouche Interviews Russian First Deputy UN Rep. Polyanskiy (↓)
- Zepp-LaRouche Open Letter and Document Package Now Available (↓)
- EIR Weekly: Cusa's 'Coincidence of Opposites' Gives Hope for Peace (↓)
New World Paradigm
Strategic War Danger
- Putin Meets with His Security Council To Discuss Trump Statements (↓)
- Lula Advisor Warns Military Action Against South America May Sink Any Ukraine Peace (↓)
U.S. and Canada
Collapsing Imperial System
- Trump's ‘Options’ in Venezuela (↓)
- Pressure on the Fed To Move More Quickly (↓)
- Israel Pushing Death Penalty Bill for Palestinians (↓)
- Geopolitical War Rages over China- Argentina Radio Telescope (↓)
Harley Schlanger Update
Watch The Daily Update with Harley Schlanger, a short video update available every weekday morning from The LaRouche Organization.
