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From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

How should NATO respond to incursions by Russian drones?

How seriously is Europe rousing itself to face the threat from Vladimir Putin?

And why is a Ukrainian defense company setting up shop to make missile propellants in Denmark. Welcome, I'm

Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal. We are pleased today to be joined by Anders Fograsmussen,

the former Secretary General of the NATO Alliance from 2009 to 14, as well as former Prime Minister

of Denmark, now founding chairman of Rasmussen Global.

Welcome, and let's start with your trip to the United States.

You stopped by the Journal's Office in New York a couple days ago.

You're now calling in from Washington, D.C., where you've posted a photo of yourself with a visit with Senator Lindsey Graham.

What is the message that you're bringing to the policymakers you're meeting there in D.C.?

Actually, I have two messages.

First, I hope the United States appreciate that the Europeans are doing much more now

when it comes to investment in defense, including support

for Ukraine.

And my second message is to achieve peace in Ukraine, we need to strengthen the pressure on Putin,

because Putin doesn't want peace. And the only way to change his calculus,

the key to starting a peace process is to force him to the negotiating table by telling him

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