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).
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The political economy of debt and adjustment in Tunisia, Egypt, and Lebanon
Small-scale LNG as a solution for Saudi Arabia’s environmental and fuel supply problems
Transactional or Strategic? The Future of Russo-Iranian Relations
Iran-Iraq competition in regional maritime and overland transit corridors
On Food and Sustainability: A Conversation with Moza Al Matrooshi and Christian Sleiman
Monday Briefing: Saudi-Houthi talks kick off in Sana’a as Riyadh seeks an end to the war in Yemen
Qatar doubles down on LNG amid energy market volatility
Press Syndicate elections provide a rare chance for Egypt’s journalists to celebrate
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