Malte Humpert

Malte Humpert is a Senior Fellow and Founder of The Arctic Institute. In addition to providing strategic direction for the organization, his research focuses on Arctic geopolitics, Northern Sea Route shipping and shipping scenarios, and China’s political and economic interests in the region. Malte previously worked as an energy specialist for the Inter-American Development Bank’s oil and gas division.

Malte is the author of The Future of Arctic Shipping – A New Silk Road for China (2013) and regularly writes on Arctic issues for High North News, a Norwegian newspaper. He has testified in front of congress on U.S. Arctic policy and briefed U.S. Representatives and Senators on Arctic issues. His analyses have been featured in, among others, the NY Times, the BBC, the WSJ, NPR, the Associated Press, and Al Jazeera. He has also been published in The Arctic Yearbook, Port Technology International, and European Geostrategy.

Malte holds a Master’s degree in European Studies from Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service and a Bachelor’s degree in political science from California State University, Northridge. He was named a prominent alumni of Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, a select list which includes around 100 individuals, in 2013.