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
MEI Defense Leadership Series: Episode 16 with U.S. NAVCENT Commander Vice Admiral Brad Cooper
China’s evolving conflict mediation in the Middle East
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Iran’s growing presence in Syria’s al-Hasakah poses a direct threat to US forces
Yemen: Ending the War, Building a Sustainable Peace
Amid efforts to normalize Assad’s regime, the need for a new US Syria policy is clear
China draws closer to the Taliban as regional foreign ministers prepare to meet in Beijing
In Conversation | Ambassador Khaled Alyemany and Ambassador Gerald Feierstein