But we're in a new situation now".
"We're in a new situation in Europe," Greek defence minister Panagiotis Kammenos said.
"We are in a new situation that requires a flexibility the State Department doesn't have".
"I am in a new situation here, but someone has to be.
"We are in a new situation," said Dr. Baruch Fischhoff, a professor of social and decision sciences at Carnegie Mellon.
"When I'm in a new situation, my formula is to really find the truth in things, to observe and get close to the truth".
Now we're in a new situation and I've been afraid something would give, because the present government [in Seoul] has cancelled the basic premises between North and South".
Being in a new situation invites these serendipitous events.
But his prediction for the region was more pessimistic: "We are in a new situation in the Middle East, and if it continues like this I think we are going to have a war of 100 years between Sunni and Shia".
After Friday's assault on Paris, he told reporters, "we're in a new situation in Europe.
