Ischinger warns of impending danger to the world

“I am concerned; I think the global security situation is unstable how long has it been since the Soviet Union,”, he said in an interview for “DW” Transmission Periscope.

He listed a number of countries considered dangerous for global security, including the Middle East conflicts, the use of nuclear weapons from North Korea, and tensions between the West and Russia as part of the grim conflict in eastern Ukraine.

“What type of crisis for NATO would be if there were actually a clash between the Turkish and American forces in the region?

In general, Ischinger said many of the security risks are caused by lack of confidence and dialogue among the different parties.

“The component key to global stability... is the common truth,” he said, adding that connections between the United States and Russia are an example of how the <x2nd> risks of misunderstanding and miscalculations” if there is no sustainable dialogue.

I don't expect the Security Conference in Munich to be where suddenly, you know, with a miraculous blow, things will improve. What I expect and what I hope is that at least they will talk to each other, the Russians towards the Americans, Netanyahu (the prime minister of Israel), we hope to speak to some of the actors he does not like from the region,” he added./Periscopi/