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
Monday Briefing: US-Taliban talks progress, but major obstacles remain
The EU and the Middle East: In search of a strategy
Feud between Turks and Kurds only adds to Syrian quagmire
Security sector reform and the Internal Security Forces in Lebanon
Weekly Briefing: Failed Arab Economic Summit in Beirut underscores divisions
The Politics of Combating Infectious Diseases in Southeast Asia and the Middle East
Arab Gulf states silent on China’s Xinjiang crackdown
After Syria, Russia vies for influence in the Palestinian sphere
The fight over the spoils of war in Deir ez-Zor heats up
Weekly Briefing: Pompeo’s visit raises more questions than it answers