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This report argues that Cold War lessons were replaced slowly by at least two kinds of activist foreign policy doctrines. The first embraced military measures with or without broad international support while the second was more multilaterally inclined and had a stronger focus on humanitarian aid. External factors, particularly American foreign policy, have masked the different visions for Danish foreign policy and give a false perception of a consensus. The author argues that for this reason the present Danish consensus on activist foreign policy is unlikely to survive any major American aggressive resurgence or big shifts away from multilateralism.