in two thousand and nine he will find out more from wolfgang ischinger chairman of the munich security conference as he talks to al-jazeera. chairman of the munich security conference thanks so much for talking to al-jazeera pleasure to be here it seems looking at recent developments from the rise of the trump presidency the rise of nationalism in europe brags it. is the transatlantic alliance collapsing from within not really is it weakening that well it has a problem. but quite frankly i can't think of a decade when the transatlantic alliance didn't have a problem of this or that sort but this is different there aren't problem is a little more severe than earlier problems because the current problem tends to go to the heart of the matter to the reliability of this. trans-atlantic community so it's not just about severity right this is for the first time perhaps that you since world war two you have to look with some skepticism or doubt or cautiousness towards the support from the u.s. well yes and no. i think you need to make if you were to be you know precise you want to make a distinction bet

in two thousand and nineteen we'll find out more from wolfgang ischinger chairman of the munich security conference as he talks to al-jazeera. chairman of the munich security conference thanks so much for talking to al-jazeera pleasure to be here it seems looking at recent developments from the rise of the trump presidency the rise of nationalism in europe brags it is the transatlantic alliance collapsing from within. not really is it weakening that well it has a problem. but quite frankly i can't think of a decade when the transatlantic alliance didn't have a problem of this or that sort but this is different there aren't problem is a little more severe than earlier problems because the current problem tends to go to the heart of the matter to the reliability of this. trans-atlantic community so it's not just about severity right this is for the first time perhaps that you since world war two you have to look with some skepticism or doubt or cautiousness towards the support from the u.s. well yes and no. i think you need to make if you want to be you know precise you want to make a distinction bet

if you want to maintain an atmosphere of mutual trust we're not that far away from the munich security conference itself having its gathering what sort of direction do you expect the conference to take on some of these global challenges we're talking about well you know the munich security conference has developed into what i think is now the world's most important informal foreign policy and secure the platform each year in february in unique the beauty of munich is we don't produce a communique we don't take decisions we use the time in munich for the leaders who gather there. to have meaningful discussions about whether there are maybe some possibilities to move forward and we expect to have. key leaders decision makers from the united states from china from the middle east i i know now that a number of. you know heads of state and government including from this region will want to come and speak in that's good but it's an informal club and that is what makes you know informal decisions so much easier than in a formal setting such as you know the united nations or in our case indeed you will n

in two thousand and nine he will find out more from wolfgang ischinger chairman of the munich security conference as he talks to al-jazeera. chairman of the munich security conference thanks so much for talking to al-jazeera pleasure to be here it seems looking at recent developments from the rise of the trump presidency the rise of nationalism in europe brags it is the transatlantic alliance collapsing from within. not really is it weakening that well it has a problem. but quite frankly i can't think of a decade when the transatlantic alliance didn't have a problem of this or that sort but this is different there aren't problem is a little more severe than earlier problems because the current problem tends to go to the heart of the matter to the reliability of this. trans-atlantic community so it's not just about severity right this is for the first time perhaps that you since world war two you have to look with some skepticism or doubt or cautiousness towards the support from the u.s. well yes and no. i think you need to make if you were to be you know precise you want to make a distinction bet