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
The United States and the Gulf: Trapped in transition?
“Civilianizing” the State in the MENA and Asia Pacific Regions
India’s Relations with West Asia: What Patterns and What Future?
Let justice be done: Respect for female land rights in the Middle East and North Africa
An Emboldened Horn of Africa Axis and an Unfolding Humanitarian Crisis Await the Biden Administration
China’s Libya Policy and the BRI: Sights Set on the Future
Cyber War and Cyber Peace: Past and Future Cyber Clashes in the Middle East
Political support, not terrorist designation, is key to moving forward in Yemen
How can China mediate between Israel and Pakistan?
The Fakhrizadeh assassination: A major failure for Iranian intelligence
The Black Sea: How America Can Avoid a Great-Power Conflict