Alexander Mirtchev

Early life and education

Mirtchev is an American born in Sofia, Bulgaria. He earned an LLM degree in international and comparative law from George Washington University and a PhD from St. Kliment Ohridski University (also known as Sofia University). In addition, he studied economics and finance at the London School of Economics and Political Science at Boston University as well as Harvard Business School.

Academic career

Mirtchev is an academic and has served as a fellow and member of numerous universities and educational institutions, including his role as American Founding Council Member of the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States. In addition, he has served as a Senior Fellow of the Russian and Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, as Doctor Emeritus of the University of Foreign Trade and Finance, Ukraine, and as a member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences.

Professional career

Alexander Mirtchev is Executive Chairman of the Royal United Services Institute for Defense and Security Studies International (RUSI) and Vice President of the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI), London. He is also the president of Krull Corp. USA. He is a Board Director and Member of the Executive Committee of the Atlantic Council of the United States, and Wilson National Cabinet Member at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. He serves as an independent member of the advisory board of Washington & Jefferson College's Center for Energy Policy and Management, independent director of the sovereign wealth fund Samruk-Kazyna and has served as director of the Law Offices of Stewart & Stewart.

Media and Publications

Mirtchev has appeared as an economics analyst by BBC News, Reuters, Bloomberg, European Energy Review, CNBC, Al Jazeera English, Voice of America, E&ETV, Focus Washington, The Globalist, Europe’s World, and RealClearWorld, among other publications and television news programs. He is the author of a number of articles and has served as editor and publisher of a range of academic and professional journals. He also co-authored the Atlantic Council of the United States/RUSL report “Global Perspectives on Europe’s Strategic Future.” Mirtchev wrote the introduction to the Russian-language edition of Lee Kuan Yew's memoirs, From Third World to First, The Singapore Story, 1965-2000, while the forward to the book was written by Henry Kissinger. Mirtchev is presently a Forbes contributor and often writes about alternative energy technologies.