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
Secularism and the Islamophobia Zeitgeist in India and Sri Lanka
Traces of the 1979 assault on the Grand Mosque still roil the Middle East today
Return to the northeast: Syrian Army deployments against Turkish forces
Why Doha should worry: The case for an Iran-Qatar non-aggression pact
Tearing down the walls of vested interests in the Middle East and North Africa
Political fragmentation a major challenge as Tunisia’s Ennahda tries to form a government
The Saudi Aramco IPO: Short-term success, long-term loss
Lebanon protests enter their second month amid stalemate and uncertainty
Iranian government cuts internet access amid protests
Punching above their weight: Cyber lessons for small states