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She has been at the helm of Germany for twelve years, at the top of Forbes's list of the most powerful women in the world eleven times, only the fourth woman to be Time Magazine's Person of the Year, and, for some years, the person world leaders call when they want to speak to Europe. By now, the world knows the basic outlines of Merkel's unusual rise to power and her penchant for cautious, consensus-driven decisionmaking. Less is known, however, about why and how her background influences Merkel's leadership style and policy preferences. Specifically, has Madam Chancellor contributed to increasing diversity and inclusion in Europe's largest country? Has she made a difference in Germany's foreign relations and in the European integration project? Joyce Mushaben's answers to each of these questions is an emphatic "yes."...