As Obama Exits World Stage, Angela Merkel May Be the Liberal West’s Last Defender (Published 2016)As Obama Exits World Stage, Angela Merkel May Be the Liberal West’s Last Defender Angela Merkel in Brussels for the European Summit last month. The German chancellor has been in power for 11 years.Credit...Yoan Valat/European Pressphoto Agency BERLIN — And then there was one. Germany’s chancellor, Angela Merkel, has emerged as the last powerful defender of Europe and the trans-Atlantic alliance af
