Irredentism
Journal: Manchester University Press eBooks
Year: 2017

In the context of ‘Putin’s Russia’ (which it is not!) annexing the Crimea, the word ‘Irredentism’ is being bandied about. According to the <italic>Guardian</italic> newspaper of the 28/03/2014 in an article by Luke Harding, ‘Talbott was referring to the doctrine that a country is entitled to control areas or territories outside its borders to which it has an ethnic or historical claim. The word comes from the Italian for unredeemed – ...