Sign in Welcome! Log into your account your username your password Forgot your password? Get help Create an account Create an account Welcome! Register for an account your email your username A password will be e-mailed to you. Password recovery Recover your password your email A password will be e-mailed to you. What Will Remain of Obama’s Legacy? 325 November 21, 2016 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp Published in Der Spiegel (Germany) on 18 November 2016 by Klaus Brinkbäumer and Holger Stark (link to originallink to original) Translated from by . Edited by . Back To Origin This post appeared on the front page as a direct link to the original article with the above link . Tags:Angela MerkelBarack ObamaGermany Hot this week Block titleFeaturedAll time popularMore Spain: Canada Breaks Away from the US August 31, 2026. Published in El PaísA year and a half of global trade chaos does not seem to have convinced the White House of this policy's drawbacks. 0 Canada: Canada Shouldn’t Copy Trump’s Beef Blunder August 31, 2026. Published in Toronto Sun 0 Canada: Trump Upended Last Year’s Federal Election. Will He Do the Same to the Quebec Campaign? August 27, 2026. Published in CBC 0 Ireland: The Irish Times View on the World Order: Global Power Is Shifting September 2, 2026. Published in Irish Times 0 Japan: President Trump: Do Not Empower North Korean Leader Kim August 31, 2026. Published in Sankei Shimbun 0 Topics Canada: We Could Have Just Ignored Trump’s ‘Lake America’ Trolling September 2, 2026. Published in National Post 0 Canada: We’ve Waited Way Too Long To Fix Trump Avenue September 2, 2026. Published in Ottawa Citizen 0 Canada: Everything Is Trump, Trump, Trump September 2, 2026. Published in Toronto Sun 0 Ireland: The Irish Times View on the World Order: Global Power Is Shifting September 2, 2026. Published in Irish Times 0 Ireland: Fertility Options for Women Still Don’t Provide Real Choices September 2, 2026. Published in Irish Examiner 0 Japan: Half a Year of the Iran War: US Should Take an Honest Look at Failure September 2, 2026. Published in Kobe ShimbunMiddle Eastern countries, disregarding the influence of the U.S., which thinks little of international order, are eyeing a move to a framework to independently ensure their own national security. 0 Taiwan: A US Able To Withdraw at Any Moment Spells a New Reality for a Volatile Asia-Pacific September 2, 2026. Published in The United Daily News[I]f Washington walks away, its allies must fend for themselves. 0 Austria: No Victory for Iran, but a Severe Defeat for the US August 31, 2026. Published in Der Standard It will take a long time for the old order to be replaced; the U.S. will not vanish overnight. 0 Related Articles Germany: Even the Forever Young Former President Is 80 Now August 24, 2026. Published in Süddeutsche ZeitungObama is the only one of the group of former presidents who is not yet 80. Guatemala: The Return of Nationalism June 27, 2026. Published in La Prensa Libre If irrationalism mixes once again with nationalism, we run the very real risk of witnessing the “return of the tragic.” Germany: Trump’s Fatal Signal to Putin* May 30, 2026. Published in Frankfurter Allgemeine ZeitungTrump’s willingness to defend an ally may depend upon whether he currently gets along with its political leadership. Saudi Arabia: Will Trump Conclude a Deal like Obama’s? May 26, 2026. Published in Arab NewsThe Trump administration and the Tehran regime are both cornered and in need of some agreement. Austria: Trump Punishes Merz but Also Weakens His Own Country May 8, 2026. Published in Der Standard[I]ncreasingly, Europe is now calling out the impulsiveness of the man in the White House. Previous articleTrump’s Japan Policy Will Not Be in Tokyo’s InterestNext articleThe ‘Progressive’ Establishment’s Postpartum Blues LEAVE A REPLY Cancel replyLog in to leave a comment