Not all of the opposition in Washington to Polk and his expansionism sprang, however, from cold political calculation (even though the president, with his limited moral imagination, believed that it did).
Regardless of the empire's plans for Deva, Londinium, the province's economic and trading centre, emerged as the capital of Britannia, reflecting a change in imperial policy from expansionism to consolidation.
Between 718 and 709, a number of East Anatolian and North Syrian Luwian princes sought help from Phrygia in a failed attempt to protect themselves from Assyrian expansionism.
Diplomats in all the Baltic states argue that only robust economic sanctions, combined with strong signals about the West's military commitment to the Baltic states, will deter Russians from further expansionism.
Tan Dun's double bass concerto The Wolf, inspired by Jiang Rong's novel, Wolf Totem, about the threat to traditional Mongolian culture from Chinese expansionism, invents a typically exotic and eclectic sound world.
He campaigned for the Australian Greens before last year's general election, and is an unflinching critic of the government's treatment of asylum-seekers.Mr Fraser claims Australia's strategic dependence on the US was warranted during the cold war as it offered protection from Soviet expansionism.
In The Necessary War, Hastings argued that, while hugely murderous, the first world war had to be fought to protect Europe from a German expansionism not so different to Hitler's.
It's clear that Putin is making some bold moves, but homophobic legislation and activist bashing is a far cry from the Russian expansionism and return to totalitarianism that Dugin hopes for.
Sarasin & Cie, another Swiss bank, is on a similar hiring spree.Such expansionism may look rather brave, given recent attacks from American and German tax authorities on private-banking practices.
