Professor Alexander V. Mirtchev, LLM, PhD, is a distinguished American academic, executive, and philanthropist whose work spans geopolitics, global economic security, and political risk analysis and mitigation. He is currently a Distinguished Visiting Professor at George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government.

Dr. Mirtchev’s most recent work, The Prologue: The Alternative Energy Megatrend in the Age of Great Power Competition, has been praised as a “timely and truly inspired perspective on 21st-century global security challenges” and is available in English, German, Russian, and Spanish.

He has authored several monographs and numerous policy articles, contributing to academic and professional discourse. In addition, Dr. Mirtchev has served as Editor and Publisher of various academic and professional journals and was a Member of the Advisory Board for Fox Business’ Wall Street Week. Currently, he is the Editor of the Atlantic Council Strategy Papers.

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 Wilson National Cabinet Member. He is an active member of The Royal Institute of International Affairs (commonly known as the Chatham House). Additionally, he served as Vice President of the Royal United Services Institute for Defense and Security Studies in the United Kingdom (commonly knowns as RUSI) and as Executive Chairman of RUSI International.

Dr. Mirtchev is a as Vice Chair of the Atlantic Council of the United States, where he also serves as a Director and Member of the Executive and Strategy Committees and the Advisory Council of the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security. 

Prof. Dr. Mirtchev is a leading figure and serial investor in ventures related to alternative energy, artificial intelligence, robotics and other advanced technologies. 

His business career includes key roles such as Director of the International Business and Investment Division at Stewart & Stewart, a prominent Washington, D.C. law firm specializing in international trade remedy proceedings and WTO negotiations. He has also been Chairman of a high-end risk-mitigation services joint venture with a NASDAQ-listed corporation, President and Founder of Krull Corp., a macro-economic geopolitical consultancy, Chairman of a sustainable development fund, and a Board Member of a sovereign wealth fund, among other notable positions.

Dr. Mirtchev holds an LL.M. in International and Comparative Law from George Washington University and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from St. Kliment Ohridski University, where he also served as an Associate Professor. He furthered his studies in economics and finance at the London School of Economics, Boston University, and Harvard Business School. His academic achievements are complemented by Honorary Doctorates from the Ukrainian Academy of Foreign Trade and several other international academic institutions.

Outside of his academic and professional endeavors, Dr. Mirtchev has a profound interest in classical philosophy, opera, and art. He is the curator of the Hellenistic Tanagra Figurine Educational Initiative and is involved in several cultural and philanthropic causes, including memberships in the National Museum of Women in the Arts and the James Madison Council of the Library of Congress.