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
Middle East cyber priorities for the Biden administration
MEI Defense Leadership Series: Episode 11 with Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East Simone Ledeen
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Kuwait’s fractious politics undermine much-needed fiscal measures
Turkey’s energy relations with Russia: How should the West respond?
The Biden Administration and the Middle East: Policy Recommendations for a Sustainable Way Forward
بالنسبة لإيران والولايات المتحدة: ربما حان أخيرًا وقت التفاوض
Burmese Generals Counter Electoral Defeat with Coup d’État
America’s Black Sea strategy in 2021 and beyond: The case of Ukraine
MENA at the center of the West: China’s “opening up to the West” strategy
How is Iran responding to Biden’s policy shift on Yemen?
الولايات المتحدة ومحاولاتها اليائسة لدفع عملية السلام الأفغانية
It’s time to reappraise the United States’ Afghanistan policy
Monday Briefing: The US throws a “Hail Mary” pass at the Afghan peace process