But with Ukraine being excluded -- as was the case for Indigenous Alaskans when their land was transferred -- the summit has already revived discussion of what some scholars say Putin and Trump seem in some ways to share: an imperial mindset. When President Trump chose Alaska for Friday’s summit with President Vladimir Putin of Russia to discuss the war in Ukraine, his supporters suggested that the location offered a nod to savvy dealmaking. The United States had purchased the territory from Russia in 1867 for about 2 cents an acre. The term was first popularized by Gerard Libaridian, an...