Stephen Blank

1 week ago | townhall.com | Stephen Blank

President Donald Trump is pursuing an activist foreign policy, pressing its allies and partners to rapidly step up and contribute to keeping international peace.  In this abrupt change and transformation period, many of the established frameworks for international cooperation are being stress-tested while new ones emerge.   One newly created cooperative framework currently stands out as having a great potential for becoming a locomotive for security and economic cooperation.

3 weeks ago | 19fortyfive.com | Stephen Blank

Are there grounds to hope the Trump administration is preparing a deal of genius to end the war in Ukraine? Donald Trump is the author of a book called The Art of the Deal. It’s an admired volume—the Chicago Tribune wrote of it: “Donald Trump is a dealmaker. He is a dealmaker the way lions are carnivores and water is wet.”But we are entitled to ask how and indeed whether that private-sector skill is transferring to the world of international politics. I have doubts.

1 month ago | globalasia.org | Stephen Blank

ARCHIVE/SEARCH > Articles Articles The Costs of Aggression: Russia's Waning Hegemony in Central Asia By Stephen Blank THE BILLS FOR Russia’s aggression against Ukraine are coming due in Asia just as they have long been apparent in Europe. Not the least of these is the rise of China at Russia’s expense.

1 month ago | atlanticcouncil.org | David Kirichenko |Peter Malcolm Dickinson |Stephen Blank |Maria Avdeeva

Trump’s energy sector ceasefire could be good news for Putin’s war machine By David Kirichenko The real meaning of Putin’s 30-day ‘energy cease-fire’ in Ukraine By Atlantic Council Matthew Kroenig testifies to the House Committee on Homeland Security on China’s strategic port investments in the Western Hemisphere Ukrainian drones reportedly knock out 10 percent of Russian refining capacity By Peter Dickinson Ukrainian drones and missiles target Putin’s war machine inside Russia By David...

1 month ago | realcleardefense.com | Stephen Blank

My Reply to Anthony ConstantiniOn March 11 Anthony Constantini, a Fellow at Defense Priorities published an article arguing first that because the Russo-Ukrainian war has become a war of attrition Russia will inevitably prevail due to its manpower advantages over Ukraine. Second, he contends that “America has absolutely no national interest in providing security guarantees” to Ukraine. Instead, our “overriding interest” lies in avoiding war with Russia.