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
How a new exhibition by a Kuwaiti artist sheds light on the Gulf’s disappearing modern architecture
Thinking MENA Futures: The Next Five Years and Beyond
Iran's Economy Under Sanctions and the Outlook for 2022
في استطلاعات الرأي، يتحدث التونسيون عن مظالم اقتصادية مستمرة
What’s driving Turkey’s early easing of monetary policy?
ذكرى تشرين، مسألة مكتومة في الفترة التي تسبق الانتخابات العراقية
MEI Defense Leadership Series: Episode 14 with Dr. Mara Karlin
The Battle of the Ayatollahs in Iran: A Book Talk with Alex Vatanka
Why Washington has provided King Abdullah with political cover to engage the Assad regime
Does a new Israeli government mean a new regional policy? A look at the first 100 days