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
Monday Briefing: Pursuing diplomacy with Iran without giving up US leverage
العودة للدبلوماسية مع إيران من دون التخلي عن النفوذ الأمريكي
The electoral path may not save Lebanon, but its citizens deserve the chance to walk it
The role of US special forces in the war in Afghanistan
The Middle East – a conflict zone between China and Russia?
An integral partner: The growing ties between Amman and Moscow
حلقة 6: آراء من واشنطن – الرياض تسعى للتقارب مع واشنطن
Reforms at the margin: How decentralized power generation could solve Lebanon's energy woes
Perilous Outlooks: Climate Change in the Persian Gulf
Two years after the start of Algeria’s popular uprising, the regime is far from stable