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
Assessing the Implications of the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act
The Syrian Regime’s Combat Losses in Spring 2020, and What Lies Ahead
Shocks and Rivalries in the Middle East and North Africa
Troubled Waters: the Changing Security Environment in the Black Sea
Strategic competitors in search of China: The story of Romania and Bulgaria
Turkey, the Gulf, and Libya: The economic impact of a growing geopolitical divide
Syrians respond to COVID-19 with renewed volunteer and community efforts
A Conversation with H.E. Anwar Gargash, UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
Dancing during the pandemic: Despite restrictions, music and dance retain a central role in Iranian society
MEI Defense Leadership Series: Episode 2 with Michèle A. Flournoy
Nation or Religion? Iraq’s Hybrid Identity Politics
Hezbollah maintains a careful balancing act as protesters return to Lebanon’s streets