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
Ukraine is an intractable problem, made worse by a lack of strategy
The Roadblocks to a Regional Security Dialogue in the Middle East
Monday Briefing: Iraq’s ongoing cycle of successes and disasters
Making sense of the Iran-China strategic agreement
حلقة 14: آراء من واشنطن – محادثات سعودية-إيرانية في العراق
What does the transition in Chad mean for Middle Eastern regional powers?
Russian Aggression in the Black Sea: Regional and International Responses
Peacebuilding in the Time of War: Tribal Cease-fire and De-escalation Mechanisms in Yemen
It looks like 1939 in Kyiv. Is Ukraine this century’s Poland?
MEI Climate Week – Trends in Green Finance in the Middle East and Lessons to be Learned from China
Necessity or luxury?: Environmental sustainability and economic growth in MENA
Failing to learn from past mistakes, Pakistan caves to the TLP
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