Roger N. McDermott, FRHistS, is the visiting senior research fellow for the department of war studies at King's College in London; a research associate at the Institute of Middle East, Central Asia and Caucasus Studies (MECACS) at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland and a guest lecturer on Russian military strategy, Führungsakademie der Bundeswehr in Hamburg, Germany. He is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a member of the British Commission for Military History.