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
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Zarif to Trump: U.S. Will Pay High Price for Annulling Nuclear Deal
Gaza Three Years after the War: Ten Critical Observations
Tehran’s Iraqi Proxies and Looming Conflict with U.S.
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Iraqi Paramilitary Forces to Participate in Tal Afar Operation despite Concerns
Malaysia Navigates the Sectarian Dimension of the Saudi-Iran Rivalry
Iraqi Militia Leader Says Will Hold U.S. Responsible for Killing 40 Militiamen, 7 I.R.G.C. Officers
Iran-Allied Iraqi Militia Group Threatens Violence over Kurdistan Independence Plan
I.R.G.C. Commander: Iran Won’t Repeat Libya’s Mistake of Giving up Its Military Assets
Top Iranian Nuclear Official: All Options on Table If Washington Abandons Deal