# Alexander Mirtchev

Professor Alexander Mirtchev, LL.M., Ph.D. is an American academic, executive, author and philanthropist, working in the areas of geopolitics, geoeconomics, global economic security, and political risk analysis and mitigation. He is a vice chair of the Atlantic Council of the United States, where he is also a member of the executive and strategy committees and the advisory council of the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security. Dr. Mirtchev is a distinguished visiting professor at George Mason University's Schar School of Government and Policy. Dr. Mirtchev is a founding council member of the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, where he served as a senior fellow and member of the Wilson National Cabinet. He served as vice president of the Royal United Services Institute for Defense and Security Studies (RUSI), UK, as well as executive chairman of RUSI International. Dr. Mirtchev is also the president and founder of Krull Corp., a macro-economic geopolitical consultancy. His new book, "The Prologue: The Alternative Energy Megatrend in the Age of Great Power Competition," is published in English, German, Spanish, and Russian.

## Early life and education

Dr. Mirtchev earned an LL.M. in international and comparative law from George Washington University in 1992 and a PhD in philosophy from St. Kliment Ohridski University in 1983, where he was an associate professor. Dr. Mirtchev studied economics and finance at the London School of Economics and Harvard Business School, and Political Science at Boston University.

## Academic life and public policy domain

Dr. Mirtchev is a distinguished visiting professor at the Schar School of Government and Policy at George Mason University, where he previously served as a Professorial Fellow and Distinguished Senior Fellow.
Committed to solving global challenges and developing sensible policies, Dr. Mirtchev has a long record of engagement with preeminent international think tanks. Currently, Dr. Mirtchev is a vice chair of the Atlantic Council of the United States, where he also serves on the board of directors, the executive and strategy committees, and the advisory board to the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security. From 2010 to 2016, Dr. Mirtchev was a vice president of the Royal United Services Institute for Defense and Security (RUSI), a UK-based independent think tank on international defense and security policy. He also served as the executive chairman of RUSI International. Dr. MirtchevHe is also a member of The Royal Institute of International Affairs, commonly known as Chatham House.
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars has been key venue for Dr. Mirtchev’s academic endeavors. In 2008, Dr. Mirtchev worked to establish the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States, where he is a Founding Council Member.From 2012 to 2017, Dr. Mirtchev served on the Wilson National Cabinet. He has also served a Senior Fellow at the Wilson Center. Since 2014, Dr. Mirtchev has been a member of Friends of Fletcher Society at Tufts University. He also received Honorary Doctorates from the University of Foreign Trade and Finance, Kyiv, Ukraine, and other distinguished international academic institutions.

## Business life

Dr. Mirtchev is the president of Krull Corp., a macroeconomic consultancy, which he founded in 1992. He is also a serial investor in the areas of alternative energy, artificial intelligence, robotics and other dynamic start up initiatives. From 1993 to 1999, he worked as the director of the International Business and Investment Division at the Law Offices of Stewart & Stewart, Washington, D.C., a top-rated Washington, D.C. law firm specializing in international trade remedy proceedings and WTO negotiations. In 2007, Mirtchev was appointed as an independent director and chairman of the Sustainable Development Fund 'Kazyna'. He also served as a chairman of Global Options Management, a risk-mitigation services joint venture with GlobalOptions, a NASDAQ listed corporation, prior to it being acquired by Walker Digital, LLC.

## Media and publications

Dr. Mirtchev's recent book “The Prologue: The Alternative Energy Megatrend in the Age of Great Power Competition” which analyzes the nexus between alternative energy, geopolitics, and national security. The Prologue has been hailed as a timely and unique perspective into the far reaching consequences of the transition to alternative energy and its 21st Century National Security Challenges and is published in English, Spanish, Russian and German. Mirtchev has also authored several monographs and numerous policy articles in the areas of geopolitics, geo-economics, global economic security, energy security, political risk analysis and mitigation, including “The Greening of Geopolitics," “Our Best New Foreign Policy Tool: Energy," and “La finance sur le sentier de la guerre,” among others. Mirtchev has appeared as an analyst on BBC News, Reuters, Bloomberg, CNBC, Al Jazeera English, Voice of America, E&ETV, among other television news programs. He was a member of the Fox Business “Wall Street Week” Advisory Board. Currently he is an executive editor of the Atlantic Council Strategy Papers. Dr. Mirtchev also authored the introduction to Lee Kuan Yew’s memoirs “From Third World to First: The Singapore Story, 1965-2000” with foreword by Dr. Henry Kissinger.

## Personal interests

Prof. Dr. Mirtchev’s personal interests include classical philosophy, opera and art. A student of ancient Greek philosophy and art, Mirtchev is the curator of the Hellenistic Tanagra Figurines Educational Initiative an avid collector of Hellenistic Tanagra figurines. He is a member of the National Museum of Women in the Arts and the James Madison Council of the Library of Congress.