Katarzyna Zysk is an associate professor at the Norwegian Institute for Defense Studies / Norwegian Defense University College in Oslo. Since 2011, she has also served as a research scholar (nonresident) at the US Naval War College, Center for Naval Warfare Studies. She has published articles, books, book chapters, and reports and commented in the media on a variety of topics, including Arctic security, transatlantic relations, Russia's security and defense policy, European security, and diplomatic history. She has served as an Arctic expert to numerous organizations and governments in Europe, Canada, and the United States. In 2012, she completed a postdoctoral research project on security and military developments in the Arctic, with special focus on Russia’s policies. Zysk earned her PhD in 2006 from the Institute for International Relations, Nicholas Copernicus University, in Torun, Poland. Her current research interests include international security, strategic studies, military change in Russia, maritime security, and Arctic geopolitics.