By Julia Cooper, Policy Intern, Fall 2025 In Kathryn Bigelow’s nuclear thriller A House of Dynamite, allusions to President Dwight Eisenhower are present throughout. Portraited just over the Secretary of Defense’s shoulder in the film, Eisenhower’s watchful gaze serves as a reminder that many present-day challenges in nuclear policy have been around since the 1950s […]
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Experts: Full nuclear weapons tests would backfire on US
Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with Defense News about President Trump’s comments to restart nuclear testing. At the time, said John Erath, the senior policy director for the Washington-based Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, a global movement against nuclear testing was on the rise. The United States joined that effort in part because it did […]
How accurate is A House of Dynamite? Experts sort fact from fiction
Executive Director John Tierney spoke with The Times about “A House of Dynamite” and missile defense. John Tierney, the executive director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, and a former nine-term congressman from Massachusetts, also praised the film’s accuracy. “It’s close enough that people should be concerned,” he said. “This has been a scam […]
Are We Living in a House of Dynamite?
Has A House of Dynamite popped up on your Netflix? Our staff got the chance to see it early in theaters and decided to break down what this film gets right (and wrong) about the nuclear weapons complex and what we hope people will take away from it. Host and Communications Associate Farah Sonde is […]
‘A House of Dynamite’: Minute-By-Minute Watch-Along Guide
Snacks are ready, cozy slippers are on and you’re ready to watch A House of Dynamite on Netflix on your couch. Something pops up on your screen that has you wondering: What is that? Is that realistic? What does that mean? A work of fiction, A House of Dynamite depicts how U.S. national security […]
