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Lawfare Live: The Alaska Summit and Its Fallout

Benjamin Wittes, Anastasiia Lapatina, Mykhailo Soldatenko, Eric Ciaramella
Monday, August 18, 2025, 11:00 AM
Join the Lawfare team at 3 pm ET for a discussion on President Trump's meetings with President Zelenskyy and President Putin.
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On Aug. 18 at 3pm ET, Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes will sit down with Lawfare Ukraine Fellow Anastasiia Lapatina, Lawfare Contributing Editor Eric Ciaramella, and Lawfare Legal Fellow Mykhailo Soldatenko to discuss the meeting between President Trump and Russian President Putin in Alaska this past weekend, the White House meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky alongside European leaders, and what this all means for ending the Russia-Ukraine War.

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Benjamin Wittes

Benjamin Wittes

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Benjamin Wittes is editor in chief of Lawfare and a Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. He is the author of several books.
Anastasiia Lapatina

Anastasiia Lapatina

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Anastasiia Lapatina is a Ukraine Fellow at Lawfare. She previously worked as a national reporter at Kyiv Independent, writing about social and political issues. She also hosted and produced podcasts “This Week in Ukraine” and “Power Lines: From Ukraine to the World.” For her work, she was featured in the “25 Under 25” list of top young journalists by Ukraine’s Media Development Foundation, as well as “Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe” class of 2022 in the category Media and Marketing.
Mykhailo Soldatenko

Mykhailo Soldatenko

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Mykhailo Soldatenko is an attorney in Ukraine and New York and an S.J.D. candidate at Harvard Law School. He was previously a senior associate at a leading Ukrainian law firm, practicing international dispute resolution. He is also currently a Legal Fellow at Lawfare.
Eric Ciaramella

Eric Ciaramella

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Eric Ciaramella, a Lawfare contributing editor, is also a senior fellow in the Russia and Eurasia program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he specializes in Ukraine and post-Soviet affairs. He previously served in the U.S. government as an intelligence analyst and policy official, including at the CIA, National Intelligence Council, and National Security Council.
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