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
Assessing US Assistance to the Lebanese Armed Forces
100 Days of Israeli Foreign Policy under the New Government
Unexpected beneficiary: The implications of the China-brokered Saudi-Iran deal for Pakistan
Why the Iranian public remains silent in the face of Israeli attacks
Arab women break boundaries and stereotypes in Middle Eastern militaries
Monday Briefing: A night like no other, as throngs of Israelis gather to safeguard democracy
Missed opportunities: The billions sacrificed annually to generate electricity in the GCC
A Saudi-Houthi deal won’t bring lasting peace in Yemen
Saudi-Iranian Rapprochement: A Diplomatic Coup or a Temporary Respite?
If the US wants to make its mark on the future of Israeli democracy, it’s time it moved from words to deeds
Pakistan’s democratic dilemma at the edge of a political precipice
Paris failed. Washington must lead in breaking the mafia-militia’s chokehold on Lebanon