  We study the interplay between the <A^2> condensate and instantons in
non-Abelian gauge theory. Therefore we use the formalism of Local Composite
Operators, with which the vacuum expectation value of this condensate can be
analytically computed. We first use the dilute gas approximation and partially
solve the infrared problem of instanton physics. In order to find quantitative
results, however, we turn to an instanton liquid model, where we find how the
different contributions to the condensate add up.
