We are glad you’ve visited the Visions for Europe project. It is our wish that during the Czech Presidency of the EU Council, it will gather as many different perspectives as possible on what our continent should look like in the future and how to deal with the challenges we face together. You will meet various personalities from culture, science and politics, often with their very personal stories. If at least one of the "visions" catches your eye and makes you wonder what kind of Europe you would like to see for yourself, it has all made sense.

Milan Babík grew up next door to Soviet barracks in Šumperk, Czechoslovakia, and was educated at Colby College, London School of Economics, and University of Oxford, where he received a D.Phil. in International Relations in 2009. He has written several books and articles on foreign policy, international affairs, political religions, and narrative theory and has taught at Williams and Dartmouth. He currently lectures at Colby, where he has introduced new study abroad programs in Prague and Salzburg and often organizes conferences related to Central Europe and the Czech Republic.