Why America Can’t Be Denmark

<p>Can there be anyone not shocked and appalled by Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine – a war intended to extinguish Ukraine as an independent nation; a war in which it appears that war crimes are not just being tolerated by the Kremlin but actively encouraged; a war intended to establish that the only laws that apply in the world today are those of the jungle?</p> <p>The answer: yes. Such people prefer to call themselves ‘realists’, or ‘restrainers’, or ‘re-trenchers’, or ‘anti-interventionists’ or people who just want to prioritize “nation-building at home!”</p> <p>Objectively, one might call them isolationists. And they can be found on both the left and the right of the political spectrum.</p> <p>To discuss, Foreign Podicy host Cliff May is joined by FDD senior fellow <a href='https://www.fdd.org/team/aaron-maclean/'>Aaron MacLean</a>.</p> <p>Aaron served as a U.S. Marine for seven years with two tours in Afghanistan. He later taught at the U.S. Naval Academy, where in 2013 he received the Apgar Award for Excellence in Teaching.</p> <p>Aaron received a B.A. in philosophy and the history of math and science from St. John’s College, Annapolis, and an M.Phil. in medieval Arabic thought from Oxford. He has been a Boren Scholar and a Marshall Scholar.</p> <p>And he served as senior foreign policy advisor and legislative director to Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas.</p> <p>MORE</p> <p>View the episode page on FDD's website <a href='https://www.fdd.org/podcasts/2022/04/22/why-america-cant-be-denmark/'>here</a>.</p> <p>More from FDD's Foreign Podicy <a href='https://www.fdd.org/category/analysis/podcasts/foreign-podicy/'>here</a>.</p> <p>More from Cliff <a href='https://www.fdd.org/team/clifford-d-may/'>here</a>.</p>