Will to Fight of Private Military Actors: Applying Cognitive Maneuver to Russian Private Forces

by Anthony Atler and Molly Dunigan

Deploying private military actors allows Russia to expand its military footprint while maintaining plausible deniability of direct involvement in military operations. An adaptation of the RAND-developed military will-to-fight model highlights opportunities to counter these actors and target potential vulnerabilities through cognitive maneuver at the individual, team, organizational, state, and societal levels.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1977406475
• ISBN13: 9781977406477
• Release Date: July 2023
• Publisher: RAND Corporation
• Length: 98 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"