00:00The summit may be in Alaska, but the Western media is talking about Yalta.
00:08They're comparing tomorrow's summit to the famous 1945 conference, or should I say infamous.
00:14Yalta was widely seen as a failure. It was attended by the victors of the Second World War.
00:19Their goal was to create lasting peace, but the outcome was the opposite.
00:24Yalta redrew national boundaries.
00:26It carved up spheres of influence, and that too without the affected countries at the table.
00:32Basically, it was hegemonic diplomacy.
00:36Why is Alaska being compared to that, and is the comparison warranted?
00:41Our next report tells you.
00:44Will Alaska 2025 be a repeat of Yalta 1945?
00:49Many Western newspapers have drawn this parallel.
00:52They have dusted off their old, Cold War-style hysteria.
00:57But is there truth in this comparison?
01:00Yalta is a coastal city on the Crimean Peninsula.
01:04In 1945, after the Second World War ended in Europe, this city hosted a historic meeting.
01:11In attendance were the big three leaders.
01:14US President Franklin Roosevelt,
01:16British Prime Minister Winston Churchill,
01:19and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.
01:21They represented the three countries that won the war.
01:26Their goal in Yalta?
01:27To carve up the war-torn world.
01:30Borders and frontiers were redrawn at that meeting.
01:34The Soviets would retain influence over Eastern Europe.
01:37They would also be granted parts of Manchuria,
01:40a region that combined pockets of China and Russia.
01:43This meeting happened eight decades ago.
01:47So why the comparison to Alaska 2025?
01:49Because there are fears of territorial concessions.
01:55Donald Trump has suggested that Ukraine and Russia will have to swap lands.
02:00But, Ukraine will not be represented in Alaska.
02:03That's where the comparison stems from.
02:06Western analysts fear that Trump and Putin will carve up Ukraine.
02:10That too, without any Ukrainian at the table.
02:15The same thing happened at Yalta too.
02:18Decisions were taken about Poland, Eastern Europe and China.
02:22But those countries were not at the table.
02:25If that does happen in Alaska, the comparison would be warranted.
02:29But right now, it's far-fetched.
02:32And there are four reasons why.
02:35Number one.
02:36Yalta was a post-war conference.
02:39It happened once the outcome of the fighting in Europe was clear.
02:42In Alaska, it's the opposite.
02:48Friday's summit is aimed at ending the war.
02:52Number two.
02:54The world has changed a lot since 1945.
02:57Yalta preceded the United Nations.
03:00It was held during a period of global turmoil and upheaval.
03:042025 is not that.
03:07Number three.
03:09Yalta dealt with multiple countries.
03:11It had to settle the question of post-war Germany.
03:15It had to decide the future of Poland and Eastern Europe.
03:19Again, Alaska is different.
03:21This summit is focused solely on one country, and that's Ukraine.
03:27And finally, reason number four.
03:29Yalta was a conference of allies.
03:32In 1945, the US, Britain and the Soviets were fighting together.
03:37In 2025, the US and Russia are not allies.
03:42Even a volatile leader like Trump understands that.
03:46So the chances of Alaska becoming a Yalta are slim.
03:50But the commentary around it is worrying.
03:53Along with Yalta, analysts have compared Alaska to other 20th-century summits too.
03:58Like Munich, 1938, where Britain tried to appease Hitler.
04:04Or Potsdam, 1945, where Europe's borders were redrawn.
04:09All these summits led to grave political errors.
04:12They unleashed decades of Cold War rivalry between the US and the Soviets.
04:16So comparing them to Alaska is a defeatist approach.
04:22Any attempt to end the Ukraine war must be welcomed.
04:25But unless all the stakeholders talk, there can be no negotiated settlement.
04:30And outdated comparisons do not help.
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