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
Special Briefing: A new Israel-Gaza war and regional reverberations
IMF-MEI panel on Structural Reforms to Reinvigorate Growth in MENA
Carbon trading in the MENA region: Opportunities and challenges
MEI Side Events | UNFCCC Regional Climate Week: Middle East and North Africa
Understanding the legal drama in Israel: Will the Supreme Court prevent a constitutional crisis?
The US Cyber Workforce and Education Strategy: A blueprint for building cyber talent in the Gulf
Syria’s Suwayda protests underscore pressing need for a political solution
مظاهرات السويداء في سوريا تؤكد الضرورة الملحّة الى الحل السياسي
Nagorno Karabakh offers the US a chance to make new friends and weaken old enemies
Fires of Damascus: Protecting Syria’s homes and heritage from the failed and rapacious state
Turkey's Post-Election Dynamics: Political Direction, Economic Challenges, and Foreign Policy Strategy
Monday Briefing: Third war over Karabakh crystallizes a new balance of power in the South Caucasus
Myths and realities of ‘gender apartheid’ in Afghanistan under the Taliban