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
Trump’s Sound-and-Fury Diplomacy Produces Unclear Outcomes
The Impact of the Iran War on the Gulf’s Grand AI Plans
Syria’s New Investment Law and the Return of State-Mediated Market Access
When Will Energy Markets Recover From the Iran War?
MENA Energy Recap, Q1-2026: Four Lessons From the Return of Tail Risk
How Israel-Backed Sweida Became Syria’s Narcotics Capital
The Living Thread: Sadu Weaving and the Role of Cultural Institutions in Keeping Heritage Alive
Why America Can’t Walk Away from the Gulf Economies
Half-Day Conference | The US-Iran War’s Threat to Food Security in the Middle East and North Africa
