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
Pandemics and Public Shutdowns: Challenges for MENA Economies
Iran’s Unconventional Alliance Network in the Middle East and Beyond
Blurring the lines: The case of the Nakhsa Warriors
Civil Society and COVID–19 in India: Unassuming Heroes
Militias in the time of the Pandemic: The Community Dynamics and Economic Interests of Libyan Armed Groups
Amid political jockeying, militia fragmentation, COVID-19, and an economic crisis, Iraq's outlook is bleak
Continuity and Change in US Policies towards the Caspian Region
Five years on, has the Arab coalition achieved its objectives in Yemen?
Biological Warfare and Pandemics in the Middle East: Confronting a Growing Crisis