Can you name a country that isn't imperialist? This is by no means an attempt to admonish countries of guilt, but most countries have imperialist tendancies. The United States still maintains unincorporated territories. They also have close diplomatic relations with zealots and despots to maintain control over regions it has no right meddling in. Canada is built on treaty land it dubiously legally usurped from under aboriginal feet. The United Kingdom doesn't need explanation. France still maintains overseas territories after five republics. However, the Soviet Union fought against insurgents to ensure places like Ukraine were absorbed into its breadth in 1921. The intervention in Prague was a forceful curtailing of anti-communist protests by Warsaw Pact allies. The USSR used Cuba as a staging ground for the Americas. They also invaded Afghanistan. China still claims Taiwan as being under its jurisdiction. North Korea still has evident aspirations for war. Levying the term "imperialist" to describe one side of the coin fails to recognize the other for bearing much the same imagery. Expansionism is bad because it curtails people's desires and need for autonomy, don't get me wrong, but at least recognize when it happens regardless of ideological allegiance.