By Professor Andrew Moran

There’s an awful lot of superlatives being used to describe Trump’s meeting with Putin in Alaska today - it’s “historic”, “crucial”, “momentous” and more.

Some hope that it could be the beginning of the end for the war in Ukraine.

I can see why it might look like a positive step in that direction; however, the reality is that it demonstrates why this war is unlikely to end anytime soon. At least not with a solution all sides can be happy with.

The sad but fundamental truth is that for summits like this to work, they require months of detailed preparation; this one has been hastily cobbled together with barely a week’s notice, so the essential behind-the-scenes back and forth over territorial and operational disputes, as well as the wording of potential statements,........

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