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
Washington’s response to counterrevolutionary agendas in Libya
The Chinese Islamic Association in the Arab World: The Use of Islamic Soft Power in Promoting Silence on Xinjiang
Why did Moscow call Ankara’s Hagia Sophia decision “Turkey’s internal affair”?
Lebanon Policy Paper: Recommendations for a Sustainable Bilateral Relationship
Russia’s approach to Responsibility to Protect in the Black Sea and Syria
The eastern Mediterranean heats up as conflicts over energy move onshore
Status and Priorities for Lebanon’s Political Transition
Monday Briefing: Erdoğan and the “symbolic war” over Hagia Sophia
Voices from Turkish Politics: A Conversation with H.E. Ahmet Davutoğlu
US-Russia rift exacerbates Afghanistan’s crisis of confidence
حلقة 2: الميليشيات العراقية المدعومة من إيران — مع رندى سليم