Donald Trump chose Alaska as the place to hold his meeting with Vladimir Putin for two reasons, argues Tiberio Graziani, chairman at Vision & Global Trends - International Institute for Global Analyses:
To assert his administration’s intent to “enhance the US' role as a diplomatic actor”
Putin and Trump May 'Reconfigure the World Order' in Alaska
Due to the region’s shared history with both the US and Russia, and its location, that both highlights the closeness between Trump and Putin and the distance between Trump and the EU