Trump–Putin Alaska Summit 2025: Key Insights and What It Means for India

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin shake hands at Alaska 2025 summit with Air Force One and fighter jets in the background.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin held their first structured bilateral summit at Joint Base Elmendorf, Richardson, Alaska. This highly publicized meeting lasted nearly three hours and had the full attention of the world. However, in addition to the optics and rhetoric, the summiter’s activity culminated in no ceasefire agreement in Ukraine and limited actual deliverables.