The new publication by Foteini Kalantzi and Iryna Lapshyna entitled ‘Ukraine and Greece - Two Diasporas: Engagement and Disengagement with the Homeland at Times of Crisis’ in the Central and Eastern European Migration Review focusses on the interrelationship between homeland and diaspora at times of crisis. It constitutes a comparative analysis of engagement and disengagement with the homeland. The main research issues are how crises affect the engagement between homeland and diaspora – taking Greece and Ukraine as case studies – and which the defining contextual factors are that transform diaspora engagement. The special contribution of this piece is to add to the solidified understanding that the role of diasporas cannot be placed in a normative framework but only analysed from a transnational perspective, affected by a variety of actors, agendas and goals. It also scrutinises the transnational character of the diaspora’s actions, which have the dynamic to influence political and economic developments in the homeland. This contribution is particularly useful to the diaspora scholarship, as there is a gap in the literature and research on the interaction of homelands and diasporas at times of crisis in democratic countries
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