In addition to his work at CAST, Pukhov is member of the Public Council of the Russian Ministry of Defense and the former executive director of the Russian Armorers Union. Since 2008, Makienko has served as a member of the expert council under the Russian Duma defense committee. 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, in both English and Russian, on a variety of defense topics. 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.