Stephen Blank: Russia's Defeat as the Beginning of a New Era. Who Will Win Eurasia?

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Dr. Stephen Blank is one of the leading American experts on strategic security, Russian foreign policy, and the transformation of Eurasia. He served for over 15 years as a professor of national security at the U.S. Army War College, worked with the CIA, RAND, CSIS, and served as an analyst for the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) and the American Foreign Policy Council. Dr. Blank is the author of dozens of reports on U.S. policy in Central Asia, Russian-Chinese relations, and emerging threats in the Arctic.

In this interview with Fikrat Shabanov, he reveals the strategic outlook of the American establishment on key global security issues.

Key topics of the episode:
– Why Russia’s defeat in Ukraine is seen as a prerequisite for peace
– The role of the U.S. and Europe in supporting Ukraine and isolating Russia
– The Russia–China alliance: economic dependency and "pre-1914" style coordination
– Central Asia and the Caucasus: regions of lost influence for the West
– The danger of nuclear escalation: India, Pakistan, North Korea
– The future of NATO in the Arctic and along the northern flank
– Artificial intelligence as a threat to nuclear deterrence
– Strategic uncertainty in Russia–Iran relations
– The role of Turkey and India in the Eurasian theater
– Multi-vector foreign policy in Central Asia: limits and potential