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: Amid growing Gulf investment, Egypt tries to maintain a tricky economic balancing act
Book Talk | All Necessary Measures? with Ian Martin
CENTCOM’s Got a New Mission. It Needs More Support.
Iraq’s crisis of elite, consensus-based politics turns deadly: The Sadrists
Iraq: A crisis of elite, consensus-based politics turns deadly
Presenting the findings from the 2022 Arab Barometer Report: Attitudes toward International Relations
Beyond Post-Desert Storm: The Future of the US-Kuwait Security Partnership
Revolutions and Wars in the Black Sea Region: Ukraine and Georgia
Strategic Challenges and Opportunities for the United States in the Black Sea Region: Ukraine, Georgia, and Romania
Domestic Political Chaos Is Not the Only Thing Happening in Iraq
Beyond Post-Desert Storm: How to Elevate the US-Kuwait Security Partnership
Two years on, what is the state of the Abraham Accords?
The Challenges of Post-Pandemic Recovery: Exploring New Findings From the 2022 UNDP Arab Human Development Report