World Leader Power Rankings

  Here's the new power rankings of world leaders. The last one was posted on December 10.

Rank	Leader	Country	Previous Rank
1	Jacinda Ardern	New Zealand	1
2	Xi Jianping	China	2
3	Katrin Jakobsdottir	Iceland	3
4	Tsai Ing-wen	Taiwan	6
5	Lee Hsien Loong	Singapore	5
6	Nguyen Phu Trong	Vietnam	4
7	Moon Jae-in	South Korea	Not Ranked
8	Khaltmaagiin Battulga	Mongolia	Not Ranked
9	Hun Sen	Cambodia	Not Ranked
10	Prayut Chan-o-cha	Thailand	Not Ranked

1. While New Zealand has had a tiny spike in covid cases recently, Ardern is still the epitome of how to handle a crisis whether its covid or gad violence.

2. Despite handling the virus badly in the initial stages and the horrible treatment of Uyghurs and Tibetans, Xi's China is the only superpower not getting crushed by covid right now.

3. Iceland continues to do well under Jakobsdottir. No other European country comes close.

4. Tsai and Taiwan continue to be the gold standard in dealing with the virus. And this despite its proximity to China.

5. Singapore might be an autocratic system, but even as a major travel hub, they've controlled the virus.

6. Nguyen's Vietnam has also done very well throughout.

7. South Korea under Moon's leadership has done relatively well. They haven't had to resort to lockdowns.

8. Mongolia is actually experiencing their first spike now, but think about that. On the doorstep of China, they haven't had any issue with the virus until now. Battulga deserves some credit.

9. Hun Sen runs an authoritarian system, but right now the virus is most important and Cambodia has done well.

10. Thailand is another country that isn't the freest, but they're handling the virus better than most.