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
Turkey’s Political Economy: Prospects, Challenges, and Opportunities
Monday Briefing | Egypt: Misfortunes never come singly
Lebanon’s economic crisis: A tragedy in the making
Political risk vs. risk to force: How policy decisions impact risk and capability in partner operations
A Strategic Proxy Threat: Iran’s Transnational Network
حلقة 10: آراء من واشنطن – تغييرات في العلاقات الأمريكية-الفلسطينية
Russia’s growing ties with Iran-aligned militia groups
حلقة 28: آراء (8) خطورة تبسيط سردية إنهاء الحرب في اليمن
For Yemen’s Houthis, the status quo is the key to power
Energy transition and climate change efforts in the Black Sea
No kingmaker – and no king following Israel’s latest election
The geopolitics of space: Why did the UAE send a probe to Mars?
MEI Defense Leadership Series: Episode 12 with CFR President Richard N. Haass