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
Mega Projects and the Limits of Urban Planning in Megacities: The Case of Istanbul in the AKP Era
A Mosque Grows in Lanham: New Institutions Seek to Rebrand Islam in America
Pulling the Strings: How Khamenei Will Prevent Reform in Iran
Charting a Course for Syria after Paris and Vienna
Space Matters: Civil Society in Indonesia at the Crossroads
Reappraising the U.S. Military Strategy and Mission in Afghanistan
Keynote by Amb. Robert Ford at MEI's 2015 Annual Awards Banquet
Obama's Mideast Legacy and the Next Administration
5 Obstacles That We Must Overcome in Syria — Starting with Assad