Zelensky traveled to the United States last week to meet with President Donald Trump and finalize a long-term U.S.-Ukraine agreement. But that trip turned into a disaster when they got into an argument in front of cameras in the Oval Office that led to Zelensky being kicked out of the White House and his delegation leaving with no deal signed.

European Allies have consis­tently thought of the good of this international world order during and perhaps after the Cold War era, based on the protection of their national interests. Now that the alliance is being fragmented,