Miłosz J. Cordes is a lecturer at the Danish Institute for Study Abroad (DIS). He studied in Warsaw and St. Petersburg. From 2012 to 2021, he worked at the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs at its headquarters in Warsaw and at foreign postings in Brussels and Kaliningrad. He is a member of the Danish Foreign Policy Society. His research specialisation is the impact of memory politics on the domestic situation and foreign policy of post-Soviet Russia. As an analyst, he focuses on security in the Baltic Sea Region and Central Europe, as well as on alternative formats for European regional cooperation.