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
Confronting the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria: Challenges and Options
Sectarian-Based Violence: The Case of the Yezidis in Iraq and Syria
The Role of Civil Society in Countering Violent Extremism in Indonesia
Egypt’s Sexual Harassment Law: An Insufficient Measure to End Sexual Violence
Egypt’s New Parliamentary Election Law: Back to the Future
Violence and Peace Spoilers in the Southern Philippines
Why Securing a Cease-Fire Will Be Harder This Time
Putting Out the Fire in Southern Thailand: An Appeal for Truce Seeking
The Muslim Brotherhood: Between the Path of Ennahda and the Threat of the Islamic State
Egypt’s Minya Governorate: Politics and the Peasantry
