Lawfare Daily: The Alaska Summit and Its Fallout

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🗓️ 19 August 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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In a live conversation on August 18, Lawfare Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Wittes spoke to Lawfare Legal Fellow Mykhailo Soldatenko, Lawfare Ukraine Fellow Anastasiia Lapatina, and Carnegie Senior Fellow Eric Ciaramella about President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s meeting in Alaska on Aug. 15, Trump’s meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and other European leaders, in the White House on Aug, 18, and what it all means for the future of the Russo-Ukrainian War.

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0:31.9	If you travel to tick off landmarks and top 10 eats lists, Salt Caravan probably isn't for you.
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1:07.4	It's the Lawfare podcast. I'm Benjamin Wittes, editor-in-chief of Lawfare, with Lawfare Legal Fellow
1:14.5	Mikhailo Salvatenko, Ukraine fellow Anastasia Lapitana, and Carnegie Senior Fellow, Eric Charimela.
1:22.5	In a live recording on August 18th, we talked about President Trump's meeting with Russian President
1:29.3	Vladimir Putin on Friday in Alaska, his meeting at the White House with President Zelensky
1:35.7	and European leaders, his truth social posts in between and what it all means about the future
1:43.1	of the Russo-Ukraine war.
1:47.4	So, Eric, get us started.
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