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.

[5] His new book, "The Prologue: The Alternative Energy Megatrend in the Age of Great Power Competition," is published in English, German, Spanish, and Russian.

[11] Committed to solving global challenges and developing sensible policies, Dr. Mirtchev has a long record of engagement with preeminent international think tanks.

[16] He also received Honorary Doctorates from the University of Foreign Trade and Finance, Kyiv, Ukraine, and other distinguished international academic institutions.

[18] 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.

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,"[20] “Our Best New Foreign Policy Tool: Energy,"[21] and “La finance sur le sentier de la guerre,” among others.