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
Unlocking the Levant: Why the United States and Syria Must Pursue a Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreement
Shifting Vulnerability: Saudi Oil After the East-West Pipeline Attack
Poisoning the Well: Water as a Source of Conflict in the MENA Region
The Legacy of Morocco’s Gen Z Protests: Development as the New Political Language
Public Opening | El Marsam: Modern and Contemporary Art from Egypt
Private Opening | El Marsam: Modern and Contemporary Art from Egypt
A Strategy for Lebanon: A Conversation with Congressman Darin LaHood
Sanctions on Israeli Settlements: Understanding the Recent Announcements and Their Implications
Consolidating Sovereignty, Security and Peace: Time to Step up the Game
Mounting Tensions: Turkish-Israeli Rivalry in Syria
A New Front Opens: The Houthis and the Widening Middle East War