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When President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage today, the summit of the two leaders will do more than discuss the Ukraine conflict. Their presence in the Last Frontier will confirm the axiom of modern geopolitics that energy security is national security . For territory that Russia sold to the United States for a mere $7.2 million in the 19th century can now become the nation’s powerhouse in the 21st, thanks to President Trump’s vision for energy dominance.

Over the last century and a half, energy exploration has allowed our state to vastly exceed the "Seward’s Folly" nickname originally given to America’s purchase of Alaska. By far the least densely

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