Pretty good summary of the Alaska events. From a strategic view, it comes down to "concentrate on China." The shift in U.S. foreign policy from the Atlantic to the Pacific was obvious even during the Obama administration. To make this shift possible, a quick peace deal or at least a freeze of the conflict in Ukraine is necessary. There's also a discussion about the "reverse Nixon" strategy, which aims to pull Russia away from China to avoid a larger alliance of adversaries. Putin's personal drive has always been the restoration of the Soviet Union, whose fall he saw as one of the biggest tragedies of the 20th century. If you consider that Obama called Russia a "middle power," Putin's visit to Alaska was a big success both internally and externally.
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Pretty good summary of the Alaska events. From a strategic view, it comes down to "concentrate on China." The shift in U.S. foreign policy from the Atlantic to the Pacific was obvious even during the Obama administration. To make this shift possible, a quick peace deal or at least a freeze of the conflict in Ukraine is necessary. There's also a discussion about the "reverse Nixon" strategy, which aims to pull Russia away from China to avoid a larger alliance of adversaries. Putin's personal drive has always been the restoration of the Soviet Union, whose fall he saw as one of the biggest tragedies of the 20th century. If you consider that Obama called Russia a "middle power," Putin's visit to Alaska was a big success both internally and externally.