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
Soleimani's killing: A turning point, but not necessarily a prelude to war
Refugees Adrift? Responses to Crises in the MENA and Asia
Civil Society and Political Transitions in the MENA Region and Southeast Asia
What do recent successes against ISIS mean for a US withdrawal from Afghanistan?
The Syrian refugee crisis brings Turkey and Hungary closer together
Post-Election Sri Lanka: Inter-Communal Relations in Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s Presidency
Expect the expected: The new EU high representative and the MENA region
Femicide in Turkey: What’s lacking is political will
The intra-GCC competition over the Palestinian heart