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
Sadr’s top aide says relations with Iran to remain strong, calls for exit of U.S. troops
Locating Oman in India’s Strategic Engagements with the Gulf
Iran’s energy sector after the JCPOA: external players and internal dynamics
The battle for Hodeida and the humanitarian crisis in Yemen
A war torn Yemen: local frontlines and regional dynamics
India and the Middle East: Common Areas of Action on the Sendai Framework
The Manbij deal and the state of US-Turkish cooperation in Syria
The Middle East and the Global Order: Great Powers and Key Sectors
June elections in Turkey: key issues and potential outcomes
One Country, One Province: China’s External Industrial Policy in the Middle East