Overview
CAST was founded in the summer of 1997 by Ruslan Pukhov and Konstantin Makienko. Pukhov and Makienko both attended the Franco-Russian dual-degree program between Master d'Etudes Internationales Sciences Po and MGIMO in Paris where Makienko interned at the French defense think tank Centre for Study of Strategies and Technologies (CREST), which is now theMajor publications
Since 1997, CAST has been publishing the Russian-language journal ''Eksport Vooruzheniy'' (Arms Export) on arms trade and defense industries issues, '. CAST typically publishes 6 editions of ''Eksport Vooruzheniy'' each year, and it contains a comprehensive list of all the open-source Russian arms sales and military procurement decisions for each year. Till 2018 CAST also published the English language '' Moscow Defense Brief'' (MDB), which was aimed to provide and analysis of trends in Russian defense policy and industry for professionals in the English-speaking world. CAST maintains an electronic archive of all previously published '' Moscow Defense Brief'' on its website. CAST also publishes the comprehensive daily digest ''Periscope'', which compiles all of the news on Russia's military, defense industry, arms sales, and defense policy from Russian and foreign media sources. CAST has published a variety of books on a variety of defense topics in Russian and English. These books, which are often released soon after the events occur, provide an informed Russian perspective on defense issues and developments. In 2008, CAST released the Russian language book ''Military-Technical Cooperation between Russia and Foreign Countries: A Market Analysis'', which gave a detailed analysis of the global arms market and Russia's position within it. CAST published the definitive account of the five-day war between Russia and Georgia in South Ossetia in ''The Tanks of August'' soon after the conflict ended. Their next book ''Russia's New Army'', which was published in both Russian and English, detailed the radical reforms undertaken by Russia Defense Minister Anatoliy Serdyukov. CAST's next two books, both in Russian, ''Alien War'' and ''World of Khaki: Armed Forces in the System of State Power'', analyzed armed conflicts since 1991 and the role of the military in the political affairs of a number of countries, including Pakistan, Turkey, and Algeria, respectively. The last two Russian language books from CAST were ''The Defense Industry and Arms Trade of China'' and ''Radio-electronic Warfare: From Experiments of the past to the Future Decisive Front''. They also published two editions of the English language ''Brothers Armed: Military Aspects of the Crisis in Ukraine'', which analyzed Russia's military operation in Crimea and the ongoing conflict in the Donbass. In October, 2016, CAST released the second edition of the Russian-language book ''The Syrian Frontier'' edited by Maxim Shepovalenko. The book examines the history of Russia's relationship with Syria, and it details the conduct of Russia's military intervention in Syria beginning in September 2015. The second edition features a foreword by the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Sergey Shoygu, and an afterword by the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergey Lavrov. On December 21, 2016, CAST published the Russian-language book ''The Defense Industry and Military-Technical Cooperation with Foreign States of India''. ''In 2017'' the Centre published ''Turkish Military Machine: Strengths and Weaknesses''. The book examines the Turkish defense industry, the defense budget, the Turkish officer class as a social institution, and its recent military history. CAST has also recently published two books, one in Russian and the other in English, on international Special Operations Forces. The first, ''Between War and Peace: Special Operations Forces'' is in Russian, and it provides a detailed description of the Special Operations Forces of the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Turkey, Israel, Iran, China, and Colombia. It features a foreword from the Director of "Helicopters of Russia", and it is edited by Mikhail Barabanov. The second book, which will be released in 2017, is called ''Elite Warriors: Special Operations Forces From Around the World''. Edited by Ruslan Pukhov, director of CAST, and Dr. Christopher Marsh, professor of National Security and Strategic Studies at the US Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, ''Elite Warriors'' is in English and it covers the special operations forces of Algeria, China, Colombia, France, Germany, Iran, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Poland, Russia, Singapore, Turkey, and Ukraine. In 2018 the books ''Thunder Sky: Aviation in Modern Conflicts'' (edited by former Commander of the Russian Aerospace Forces Viktor Bondarev) and ''Waiting for the Storm: South Caucasus'' were published. The latter examines CAST's latest book is ''Global Arms Market: Structure, Tendencies, Challenges'', it was published with support ofOgarkov Readings
In October 2018 CAST organized the Ogarkov Readings. The conference is dedicated to the memory of Marshal of the Soviet Union Nikolay Ogarkov – a Russian military thinker of the second half of the 20th century who anticipated the Revolution in Military Affairs. The Conference is held on a yearly basis. Participants discuss the development of military technologies and their impact on modern conflicts. The event is attended by prominent representatives of the armed forces and defense industry.History
The organization was founded in June 1997 by graduates of Moscow State Institute of International Relations and it has close contacts with the Russian arms industry, theSee also
Moscow Defense BriefReferences
External links
* http://www.cast.ru/eng/ English homepage {{DEFAULTSORT:Centre For Analysis Of Strategies And Technologies Think tanks based in Russia