World Leader Power Rankings

Here's the new power rankings of world leaders. The last one was posted on May 29.

Rank	Leader	Country	Previous Rank
1	Xi Jiangping	China	1
2	Kim Jong-un	North Korea	2
3	Vladimir Putin	Russia	3
4	Ali Khamenei	Iran	5
5	Jacinda Ardern	New Zealand	4
6	Abiy Ahmed	Ethiopia	8
7	Volodymyr Zelensky	Ukraine	Not Ranked
8	Andrés Manuel López Obrador	Mexico	Not Ranked
9	Narendra Modi	India	6
10	Shinzo Abe	Japan	9

1. Despite the protests in Hong Kong, Xi is leading the race to 5G. He's also taking U.S. President Donald Trump behind the woodshed in the trade war.

2. Kim managed to dupe Trump into becoming the first U.S. president to step foot on North Korean soil and the maniacal dictator din't even have to give anything up. Instead, Trump has nothing but praise for Kim, even at the expense of a respected U.S. citizen Trump doesn't believe Kim has continued his nuclear ambitions even though his own intelligence community says otherwise.

3. Putin is such an autocrat that you're in trouble if you criticize him in a different country as a Georgian tv broadcaster recently found out. And yet, Trump has nothing but good things to say about his Russian overlord.

4. Khameni's power would be neutralized if only Trump could force Iran to sign an agreement limited their nuclear capabilities and opening up their program. It would mean more if they got the other major players around the world to join in for this "deal." Or Trump could talk a big game, but ultimately back down and leave Khamenei and his hardliners in a much better position than when Trump entered office. Trump opted for the latter.

5. New Zealand was determined to be the second most peaceful country in addition to one of the least corrupt. Arden was very effective in passing gun reform after  the terrible massacre. And she got a very weird shout out at the Democratic debate in the U.S.

6. Ahmed has really put his life on the line to reform his country. His release of political prisoners nearly led to a coup last month, but that is the price of a better Ethiopia and Abiy is willing to pay it.

7. Zelensky wont he Ukrainian election even though his only political experience came on a television show in which he played a comedian that became president of Ukraine. Art imitated life. But Zelensky is tackling the big issues, starting with Russia's persistence presence in Eastern Ukraine.

8. AMLO went into negotiations with Trump about border security and beat him like a drum. AMLO gave up nothing and Trump tried to play it off as a victory even though he received nothing new.

9. Modi won reelection by a wider margin than he won his first election. He ran on a policy of Hindu nationalism and hope for economic prosperity, a promise he made the first time around.

10. Abe's trade deal with the EU shows that the rest of the world can marginalize the U.S. if Trump wants to reign in isolation.