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
The Necessary Risk of America’s Military Strikes in Yemen
Iranian youth and the protest movement in 2023: Drivers and limitations
Weekly Briefing: US wrestles with friends and foes as regional crisis continues
Robust diplomacy is Washington’s only chance to stop a Lebanon-Israel war
US options to counter Houthi threat to global shipping
Houthis see domestic and regional benefit to continued Red Sea attacks
Policy shifts and political challenges as Algeria prepares for upcoming elections
Jordanian ambitions, Saudi funds: A look at Saudi investments in Jordan
Reinventing a square wheel: Can a revitalized Palestinian Authority lead the way to a better “day after?”
Antisemitism and Islamophobia in the US Political Discourse on Israel/Palestine