Rasmus Gjedssø Bertelsen is Professor of Northern Studies and Barents Chair in Politics at UiT The Arctic University of Norway, campus Tromsø. Rasmus is a Danish political scientist, who grew up in Reykjavik, Iceland, and therefore has a deep personal and professional commitment to the North Atlantic and the Arctic. Rasmus’ areas of research and teaching are the Arctic’s historical, current and possible future place in international political, economic, security and technological systems.