"Exploited in the Extreme, and Getting Nothing in Return"

"Imperial-colonial relationships are not limited to those between European empires and colonies elsewhere in the world but occurred extensively within Europe itself. Irish and Ukrainian historians explore these intra-European examples in a forthcoming book which argues that understanding this better undermines the usual normative distinction between good western European civic and bad eastern European ethnic nationalisms. Post-colonial and othering relationships apply in Europe too."

Paul Gillespie at The Irish Times compares Ukraine and Russia to Ireland and Britain.