A candid conversation with Army veteran and defense analyst Larry Provost on why Ukraine’s fight is a defining front in a larger global struggle—and why real peace requires Russian defeat, not compromise.
In this episode of Peace and Power: Ukraine, host Gary Marx speaks with Larry Provost, a 26-year U.S. Army veteran, conservative columnist, and defense policy analyst, about the war in Ukraine, Russia’s weakening position, and why a Ukrainian victory makes moral, strategic, and economic sense. Drawing on personal family ties to Eastern Europe, Provost explains how Baltic states view the conflict, why “half-measures” peace deals fail, how Russia’s economy and propaganda machine are faltering, and why Reagan-era conservatism would firmly stand with Ukraine today. A grounded discussion on geopolitics, faith, deterrence, and what’s truly at stake for Western civilization.