What do the United States and Europe want from peace talks?

Donald Trump wants to see the end of the war in Ukraine.

He has had several successes this year in concluding ʹ or at least stopping the wars in Caucasus, Iran, and possibly between India and Pakistan. But so far, a peace deal in Ukraine has survived, and it has wavered amid guilt over Moscow and Kiev.

He has heard his MAGA support base and knows there is little appetite for continued US support for a war Ukraine cannot win. But partly because of his clear personal friendship with Vladimir Putin, he seems too reluctant to exert the kind of economic pressure on Russia that his critics say is necessary to force Putin to stop fighting.

Europe:

Europe's leaders, especially those present in Washington today, are aware that Ukraine's security is inextricably linked to Europe's broader security.

Earlier this summer, Germany's chief of staff told me that within three to four years -- or less -- Russia may be able to launch an attack on a NATO country.

European leaders are strongly opposed to the idea of changing an international border by force, yet that is exactly what is being circulated after the Alaska summit and the visits of US Presidential Envoy Steve Witkoff to Russia, writes the BBC, broadcast Clankosova.tv, Periscope.

Leaders gathered at the White House have come to Washington to show unity with Ukraine, to convince Trump that there should be no agreed-on agreement without Kiev's involvement and to try to protect President Zelensky from having to make an impossible proposal that his national constitution would not allow him to accept.

The main points of land and security guarantees:

Russia wants all Donbas, Ukraine will not want to give it up.

And what form will this take of “security stock in Article 5” that is potentially being offered to Ukraine? Will there be strong support from the United States or just a promise of purpose in a vague way?

After all, the question is this: if an agreement can be reached that stops this war here and now, then how will the West collectively ensure that it will not resume further?