The authors of The New Presence and Přítomnost include Czech and foreign personalities with backgrounds in journalism, political science, economics, sociology, and the public sphere.

Among others, contributors include:

Timothy Garton Ash is a British novelist and historian who focuses on Central and Eastern Europe.

Miloš Brunclík is a political scientist who lectures at CEVRO Institut and Charles University in Prague.

Ivo T. Budil is an associate professor of Sociology at the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen and at the Charles University in Prague.

William A. Cohn is a writer, lawyer, and lecturer at the University of New York in Prague.

Benjamin Cunningham is the Editor-in-Chief of The Prague Post, the only English-language newspaper in Prague.

Luboš Dobrovský is a Czech journalist and politician.

Petr Fleischman is a journalist and foreign affairs consultant in the Czech Republic.

Martin Ehl is a Czech journalist and head of the foreign desk at Hospodarske noviny (The Economic Daily).

Tomáš Halík is a Czech intellectual, Roman Catholic priest, and scholar.

Jan Hartl is a sociologist and the director of STEM, the leading public polling institute in the Czech Republic.

Václav Havel is a humanist, scholar, playwright, and former dissident under the Czech communist regime. He was the firstpresident of the Czech Republic.

Yu-Chin Cheng lectures at the School of International Relations and Diplomacy at Anglo-American University in Prague.

Ctirad John is an immunologist and microbiologist who lectures at the 1st Medical Faculty of Charles University in Prague.

Roman Joch is the Executive Director of the Civic Institute in Prague.

Tomáš Klvaňa is a Czech journalist and lecturer and formerly served as the Press Secretary and Policy Adviser for Czech President Vaclav Klaus in early 2003.

Erazim Kohák is a Czech philosopher and writer.

Rudolf Kučera is a Czech political scientist.

Lukáš Kovanda is a student at the University of Economics in Prague. He has worked as an analyst of capital markets and researches the philosophy and methodology of economic science.

Leo Pavlát is a Czech Jewish journalist, writer, and diplomat. He is the first and current director of the Jewish Museum in Prague.

Jiří Pehe is currently the Director of New York University in Prague and was formerly the Director of the Political Department of Czech President Vaclav Havel.

Svetozar Pejovich is a professor emeritus at the Department of Economics at Texas A&M University in the United States.

Petr Pelikán is an expert on Islamic law.

Ferdinand Peroutka was a Czech journalist and writer.

Thiven Reddy is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Political Studies at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Michael Romancov is a lecturer at the Institute of International Studies at Charles University in Prague.

Jacques Rupnik is a French political scientist who specializes in the problems of Central and Eastern Europe.

Jiří G. Růžička is the Editor of A2, a weekly periodical for culture.

Pavel Rychetský is the third and current Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic.

Hrishabh Sandilya is an Associate Dean at the School of International Relations & Diplomacy at Anglo-American University in Prague.

Steven Saxenberg is a Professor of Sociology at the Department of Social Work and Social Policy at Masaryk University, the Czech Republic.

Jan Sokol is a former Czech dissident, philosopher, and politician.

Petr Sokol is a political scientist and the Editor-in-Chief of the magazine Cevro Revue.

Christian Staub is a Swiss writer whose interests lie in European and International Law, politics, history, culture, identity, and freedom.

Jiřina Šiklová is a Czech sociologist and journalist.

Ivan Štern is the Editor-in-Chief of Czech Radio 6 and a political commentator.

Jan Švejnar is a US-based Czech-born Economist. He is the Director of the International Policy Center at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.

Břetislav Tureček is a Czech journalist and photographer under Czech Radio’s Middle East section.

Zděněk Velíšek is a Czech editor, reporter, and translator with Czech Television (ČT).

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