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
Where History and Humanitarianism Collide: The Bay of Bengal “Migrant” Crisis
Pakistan Weakens Militants, But Can It Defeat Them?
Free Movement, Border Control and Asylum in Europe: Geopolitics of Italy in the European Migration Policy Framework
Monday Briefing: Palmyra, Mosul, and the ISIS Threat Abroad
Othello—a Timely Reminder on Racism and Islamophobia
A Night of Art, Rap, and Pop Culture from the Arabian Peninsula
Documenting Unofficial Histories: A Conversation with Saudi Artist Ahmed Mater
Squeezed At Its Base, ISIS Grows More Dangerous Elsewhere
