Andreas Umland is Senior Non-Resident Fellow at the Center for European Security in the Institute of International Relations at Prague, Principal Researcher of the Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation at Kyiv, and General Editor of the ibidem-Verlag book series “Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society”.

Mijnssen clarifies the role that historical consciousness plays in the construction of security politics against domestic and external enemies as well as the translation of these constructions into concrete actions with precise conceptual thinking and clear language. This is an excellent study! -- Heiko Haumann, Professor Emeritus of East European History, University of Basel

"For the Kremlin likes NAA" as an instrument of power had its haben.Ivo Mijnssens study, however, is precisely because still relevant, that the national patriotic orientation in the russiandischen youth policy continues seamlessly." -- Eastern Europe, 12/2013