Dr. Stephen J. Blank is Senior Fellow at Foreign Policy Research Institute’s Eurasia Program. He has published over 900 articles and monographs on Soviet/Russian, U.S., Asian, and European military and foreign policies, testified frequently before Congress on Russia, China, and Central Asia, consulted for the Central Intelligence Agency, major think tanks and foundations, chaired major international conferences in the U.S. and in Florence; Prague; and London, and has been a commentator on foreign affairs in the media in the U.S. and abroad. He has also advised major corporations on investing in Russia and is a consultant for the Gerson Lehrmann Group.
Stephen has published or edited 15 books, most recently Russo-Chinese Energy Relations: Politics in Command (London: Global Markets Briefing, 2006). He has also published Natural Allies? Regional Security in Asia and Prospects for Indo-American Strategic Cooperation (Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2005). He is currently completing a book entitled Light From the East: Russia’s Quest for Great Power Status in Asia to be published in 2014 by Ashgate. Dr. Blank is also the author of The Sorcerer as Apprentice: Stalin’s Commissariat of Nationalities (Greenwood, 1994); and the co-editor of The Soviet Military and the Future (Greenwood, 1992).
The Latest from Stephen Blank
What Comes Next for Turkey? Prospects for Change on the Political, Economic, and Foreign Policy Fronts
The weight of past mistakes and the post-election push for economic normalization
Normalizing transactionalism: Turkish foreign policy after the 2023 elections
Turkey after the 2024 elections: Transition to democracy or bumpy road to authoritarian consolidation?
Central Asian states look to Iran as they seek to expand regional transit corridors
Monday Briefing: How significant is “reformist” candidate Pezeshkian’s victory in Iran’s presidential vote?
ATFL-MEI Policy Brief Launch Event: Securing Lebanon to Prevent a Larger Hezbollah-Israel War and Wider Escalation
NATO, North Africa, and the Sahel: Squaring the triangle of insecurity
What’s at stake as Iran heads to a presidential runoff?
On the Eve of the Washington Summit: Shoring up NATO’s Vulnerable Flanks
New EU aid and investment in Egypt linked to migration control