Alexander Mirtchev Hails Selection of Senator Chuck Hagel as Chairman of the Atlantic Council

Dr. Alexander Mirtchev, president and founder of the Krull Corporation, today congratulated former Senator Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) on his appointment as Chairman of the Atlantic Council. Senator Hagel, who served two terms representing Nebraska from 1997 to 2009, succeeds General James L. Jones, who stepped down to serve as National Security Advisor to President Barack Obama.

Dr. Mirtchev also is a member of the Strategic Advisors Group with The Atlantic Council and serves as a senior advisor to the council's president.

Sovereign funds join forces for strategic investments

LONDON: An increasing number of sovereign wealth funds are working in concert to make joint strategic investments in order to reduce risks and maximise returns, which could provide a stabilising force in financial markets.

The Global Inflation Wave: Waiting for Constantine?

Source: The Globalist

Alexander Mirtchev and Norman Bailey

In the wake of the global economic crisis, the world is trying to chart an economic path to the future and find a "new normal." As Alexander Mirtchev and Norman A. Bailey explain in the first installment in their series "The Search for a New Global Equilibrium," inflation as a factor of global economic security has the innate capacity to upend carefully laid plans and further upset the equilibrium.

Sovereign Debt and Beyond: Toward a New Magna Carta?

Source: The Globalist

Alexander Mirtchev and Norman Bailey

The global debt burden appears to have gathered an unstoppable momentum, prompting divergent reactions. The world economy cannot count on growth to solve the global debt problem — and stimulus measures are not a sustainable solution. In the second installment in the series “The Search for a New Global Equilibrium,” Dr. Alexander Mirtchev and Dr. Norman Bailey explain why the solutions currently being offered are wholly inadequate to the scale of the problem, and argue the time is ripe for a “new Magna Carta” — a redefinition of the social contract among the government, Main Street and Wall Street.

Will G-20 Counter Power of Uncertainty?

By Alexander Mirtchev 

In 2009, G-20 leaders met in Pittsburgh and emerged with a mandate ‘to be the premier forum for international economic cooperation,' endowing the G-20 with a leading economic role on the global stage. It appeared at the time that the leaders of the G-20 had successfully defeated pessimism. However, the rising tide of global economic turmoil and problems ranging from sovereign indebtedness to consumption and saving imbalances have created a ‘perfect storm' that is far from abating.

Gold Prices Struggle to Stay Near $1, 700

Gold prices fell Wednesday on negative economic news from China and Europe plus concerns that the world's No. 1 economy is barely advancing.

Securing global economic security

Inflation is a significant factor of global economic security and has the innate capacity to upend carefully laid plans