The US-Russia Alaska Summit: Optics Over Outcomes

by Marina Tovar I Velasco

In this paper we discuss:

• Background: Trump’s approach to the Russia-Ukraine conflict;
• The Key Alaska summit takeaways: legitimising Russia and “Incognitas”; 
• Post-Alaska summit: Zelensky-Trump-EU leaders meeting and the prospects of a bilateral Russia-Ukraine summit.

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