This report examines Russia’s growing use of private military companies (PMCs) to increase its influence through irregular means. In recent years, Moscow has

Force Structure, Tactics, and Modernization of the Russian Ground Forces The mighty Soviet Army is no more. The feckless Russian Army that stumbled into Chechny

"The United States has long utilized private military contractors to augment regular military forces in support of its national foreign policy and security need

"The chapters included in this volume all come from an international conference on the Russian military that aimed to examine the Russian military establishment