In recent years Berlin has assumed leadership in global soft power, and after the election of Donald Trump, Chancellor Merkel had been identified as the leader of the free world by some. However, much of what makes Germany strong and exemplary at the moment is also what is making other countries weak. It is due to this and other factors considered in this paper that lead Professor Bastasin to belive that Germany can't be looked to as the leader of Europe and the West, yet... 

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