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
The relative resilience of GCC countries to the Iran crisis
Decapitation strikes unlikely to topple Iran’s regime
The Kurdish Card: Can Iranian Kurds Shape the War’s Endgame?
If the Regime Survives: Iran War Raises the Ante for US, Israel
How the US and Israel Can Stave off Strategic Failure in Iran
Surviving October 7th: Amir Tibon on Trauma, War, and Israel’s Future
War with Iran: A view from Israel
Iraq’s oil paralysis: A self-inflicted wound and a gift to Tehran
The Broadening Conflict: Security Developments and Regional Escalation
Shockwaves Across Asia: The Iran War’s Strategic Fallout