Mr. Zhirinovsky favors the kind of aggressive Russian expansionism that has cost Eastern Europeans their freedom in the past.

Under the Third Reich, Hitler's aggressive expansionism led to the outbreak of World War II.

Nevertheless, Polk's aggressive expansionism has been criticized on ethical grounds.

There had been episodes of aggressive expansionism, the so-called 'forward' policy, which would then be followed by a period of retrenchment.

But critics of the giant sports center, who argue that it has too much control of public space for private profit, say the proposal is another example of aggressive expansionism.

The latter debates on aggressive expansionism to Asia became clearly apparent.

Ioannidis pursued a savage crackdown internally and an aggressive expansionism externally.

In this sense, the aims of the Soviet Union may not have been aggressive expansionism but rather consolidation, i.e., attempting to secure the war-torn country's western borders.