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
Resisting Sectarianism: Queer Activism in Postwar Lebanon — A Book Talk with John Nagle and Tamirace Fakhoury
The EU’s Strategic Compass: Preparing to navigate MENA “with less US”
The migration crisis on the EU’s eastern border: A new transit route from the MENA region?
فريق بايدن للشرق الأوسط يحاول الإبقاء على الوضع الراهن
Plotting like a revolutionary: The need for growing like-minded humanistic networks of Iranians and Arabs
Conflicting agendas and strategic rivalry in the Sahel
Monday Briefing: Last-minute deal pushed through at the conclusion of COP26, but was it enough?
Travels beyond Gurnah: Migration in the work of Ali Al-Sharji and Shaima Al-Tamimi
التوترات بين الجزائر والمغرب: بداية حرب إقليمية باردة
A personal vantage point on the gamble of the Abraham Accords: Dubai’s first international backgammon championship
Simmering frustration and a demand for change: Public service protests in the Kurdistan Region