‘Alaska meet based on miscommunication between Putin & Witkoff’: Geopolitical expert’s big claim

U.S. President Donald Trump is set to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin at a military base in Alaska, the same base that once stood on the frontlines of the Cold War. This historic location now becomes the stage for a new round of high-stakes diplomacy. Could this be the first step toward ending the war, or just another strategic pause? We speak to Andreas Umland, analyst at the Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies, Swedish Institute of International Affairs, joining us from Berlin, to unpack the real agenda behind these talks. Have Ukraine and Europe, the war’s central players, been sidelined? Is Washington aiming for more than just a Nobel Peace Prize moment? And could Putin be using the peace table to buy more time on the battlefield? The answers could reshape Europe’s security and redraw global power lines.