In this anthology eight different stories are told about the past and present – but most of all about hopes for the future. The authors are: Mart Laar, Minister of Defence, Estonia, Antonio Milošoski, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Macedonia, Dragan Velikic, Serbian writer and former Ambassador, Slavenka Drakulic, Croat writer, Gerald Knaus, founder of the European Stability Initiative, Terezija Prskalo, advisor to the Foreign Minister of Croatia, Christian Wehrschütz, Austrian Balkan and, Mladen Ivanic, Chairman of the PDP of Republica Srpska, Bosnia