Alan Fogelquist is an economic historian and independent analyst of geopolitical, social and economic issues. He received a Masters degree in social work with a specialization in community organization and development at the University of Puerto Rico in 1974, a M.A. in history at UCLA in 1981, and a PH. D. in modern history at UCLA 1990 with specializations in comparative economic systems (economics), comparative social and economic history, Latin American history, and the history of Southeastern Europe. Since receiving his PH. D., he has worked as an independent researcher and analyst specializing in comparative political economy and post Cold War conflicts and geopolitics . He has a broad and detailed historical knowledge of important events of the Cold War and Post Cold War periods with specialized knowledge of former Yugoslavia, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and post Soviet Central Asia and the Caucasus as well as the emerging geopolitical and economic order of the 21st century.