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
Displacement During COVID-19: An Urgent Humanitarian Imperative
The times have changed, but the need for a US-led MFO hasn’t
The U.S.-Iran showdown: Clashing strategic universes amid a changing region
Diversify and expand: Turkey’s drive towards natural gas security
The Middle East in an Era of Great Power Competition: A Conversation with Barry Posen and Stephen Walt
On the Front Lines: How Public Health Systems are Confronting the Covid19 Crisis in the Middle East
Saudi Arabia eyes the exit in Yemen, but Saudi-Houthi talks alone won’t resolve the conflict
“A Force They Haven’t Seen Before”: Insurgent ISIS in Central Syria
Navigating Iraq’s Political and Economic Turbulence amid Pandemic
Begin with the children: Child soldier numbers doubled in the Middle East in 2019