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
Beyond diplomacy: Charting China's multifaceted partnership with Pakistan
Ethnic communities and societal resilience in the context of war: Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria
Defense and Deterrence on NATO's Front Line: The Cases of Romania and Poland
Understanding Moldova’s ethnic dynamics: Minority rights, external influence, and pathways to unity
What do China’s economic woes mean for the Middle East?
Monday Briefing: Tragic earthquake highlights the "two Moroccos"
Georgia Can End Russia’s Stranglehold Over its Wheat Supply with NATO Assistance
Navigating development in Moldova: The role and challenges of foreign donor organizations
Deepening defense-industrial cooperation on NATO’s eastern flank
Polish and Romanian responses to Russian aggression: Lessons for a US CEE Strategy
Deir ez-Zor torn between Arab tribes’ struggle for independence and the SDF’s efforts to subdue them
صراع ديرالزور بين دفاع العشائر عن الاستقلالية ومخطط "قسد" للإخضاع
Russia’s aggressive behavior in the Black Sea can be challenged