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
After eight years as Iran’s president, what is Rouhani’s record on women’s rights?
Defense Rapid Reaction: The threat of armed drones
Migration in Perpetuity: Yemeni Voices from the Diaspora
The EU in the Black Sea is absent, but highly desired
With the Hope Line, Iran aims to boost seawater transfer to fight growing drought
The Abraham Accords and their cyber implications: How Iran is unifying the region’s cyberspace
Black Sea security: Is COVID-19 a window of opportunity for Ukraine?
Tehran and Moscow: Alignment and Divergence in the Caspian
حكومة التغيير في إسرائيل: اكتملت ولكن لم تتحقق بعد
International Relations and the Middle East: US, China, and Regional Powers