U.S. and Europe Split Over Future of Ukraine

As diplomatic efforts to end the war in Ukraine gain urgency, a growing rift has emerged between Washington and Europe over what peace should look like. While the United States pursues a plan forged largely behind closed doors with Russia, European leaders are advancing an alternative vision built in closer coordination with Ukraine. These diverging proposals reflect not only different strategic calculations, but competing worldviews—one that leans toward expediency and compromise, and another that insists on sovereignty, accountability, and a rules-based order. At stake is not just Ukraine’s future, but the foundations of global security laid in the aftermath of World War II.