Alexander G. Markovsky
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Military History
June 27, 2025
Ukraine – A Nation Established by Lenin, Stalin, and Hitler
This is the story of how a small frontier territory of approximately 80,000 square kilometers — once home to the free-roaming Zaporozhian Cossacks...
Alexander G. Markovsky • RealClearDefense
Russo-Ukraine War
June 18, 2025
Russia Is Not an Aggressor, and Ukraine Is Not a Victim
It is widely accepted that the Ukrainian crisis erupted into a military conflict on February 24, 2022, with the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Contrary...
Alexander G. Markovsky • RealClearDefense
Russo-Ukraine War
May 23, 2025
Strategic Analysis of Peace
Establishing peace in Ukraine demands addressing the longstanding historical injustice Geopolitics The lodestar of President Donald J. Trump’s foreign...
Alexander G. Markovsky • RealClearDefense
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