Stephen Blank
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Biography
Publications
Dr Stephen Blank is a Senior Fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council. He is the author of numerous foreign policy-related articles, white papers and monographs, specifically focused on the geopolitics and geostrategy of the former Soviet Union, Russia and Eurasia. He is a former MacArthur Fellow at the US Army War College.
![The Sino–Russian alliance and what it means for Australia](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/GettyImages-1152519001%20copy.jpg?itok=4zW1KEVU)
The Sino–Russian alliance and what it means for Australia
Moscow and Beijing are closer than ever, increasing threats to Australia’s vital and long-standing interests.
![Trump scores a win over Russia](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/GettyImages-1031883282-min.jpg?itok=PcZs1qVQ)
Trump scores a win over Russia
Ribald nuclear threats by Vladimir Putin show that Washington’s decision to withdraw from the INF Treaty was right.
![India’s Arctic energy partnership with Russia](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/AN8aLcbBoKFNtHByyGUF2Cm1t6To1OWP.jpg?itok=eVu1hbrX)
India’s Arctic energy partnership with Russia
The enduring ties between Moscow and New Delhi have expanded again – in billions of ways.
![Russia’s Vostok-2018: a rehearsal for global war?](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/UMy9NxBq9IzXc3SLiPkZADD9LUi14iJy.jpg?itok=puisCuXo)
Russia’s Vostok-2018: a rehearsal for global war?
The largest military exercises in decades will see hundreds of thousands of troops in something approaching real combat.
![Two cheers for the new Caspian convention](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/16360514642_6c4a1047fb_k-min.jpg?itok=RsSoiCQf)
Two cheers for the new Caspian convention
A new deal helps Russia and Iran decide whether the Caspian is legally a lake or a sea.
![Kazakhstan steps into the sun](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/Kazak.jpg?itok=Qc3FJSss)
Kazakhstan steps into the sun
Kazakhstan is forging a leading role in Central Asia, with Moscow slow to recognise the country is eluding its grasp.
![High anxiety: Donald Trump’s summits](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/GettyImages-516908174-mini.jpg?itok=-48F-Yem)
High anxiety: Donald Trump’s summits
The summit with Putin reflects an ongoing US strategic failure to learn to think how Moscow thinks.
![Russia: the counter-intelligence state](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/ZEYTCSpDdRr895CdvrzpwSXuxA17iq9O.jpg?itok=Q4DgEUPH)
Russia: the counter-intelligence state
The West continually fails to comprehend Putin’s Russia and its mentality.
![The real purpose of Russia’s presidential election](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/LlyM1wxIAxVW4yio8ojyqwESPnv0YLKA.jpg?itok=P_InpfCd)
The real purpose of Russia’s presidential election
Putin’s election to a fourth term in March is a foregone conclusion.
Pagination