World Leader Power Rankings.

Here's the new power rankings of world leaders. The last one was posted on July 8.

Rank	Leader	Country	Previous Rank
1	Xi Jiangping	China	1
2	Vladimir Putin	Russia	3
3	Jacinda Ardern	New Zealand	5
4	Emmanuel Macron	France	Not Ranked
5	Abiy Ahmed	Ethiopia	6
6	Volodymyr Zelensky	Ukraine	8
7	Kim Jong-un	North Korea	2
8	Shinzo Abe	Japan	10
9	Recep Tayyip Erdogan	Turkey	Not Ranked
10	Ali Khamenei	Iran	4

1. Xi and China seem to be winning the trade war against the U.S. China is winning the race to 5G and will take over the lead in AI. China continues to slide into the empty spaces lefts by the U.S.'s abdication of global responsibility. And no one seems to care about China's decimation of the Uyghurs.

2. The U.S.'s pressure on Ukraine helps one leader more than any other: Vladimir Putin. The Trump presidency has been a gift sent from a Russian social media bot and it keeps on giving.

3. Ardern is the prime example of an effective democratic leader who has shown toughness when need be and compassion when it's called for.

4. Macron makes the list for getting into a public feud with the callous president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro. Macron took the high road after Bolsonaro's childish insult of Macron's wife. Macron won't go low, but I will. First of all, Macron's wife is a total MILF while Bolsonaro looks like an evil villain from a 1980s action movie who gained 100 pounds and then died a week ago.

5. Despite facing protests, Ahmed continues to reform Ethiopia. He also won the Nobel Peace Prize this year.

6. Zelensky was shaken down by U.S. President Trump, who wanted the comedian-president to investigate Trump's political opponent. But, as long as Trump is out of the White House, the next president is damn sure going to have Zelnsky's back.

7. Kim and his murderous dictatorship has been out of the world news for a while, so he plummets down the list.

8. Abe has done a good job domestically and in this new global reality. With the U.S. exiting the stage, Abe has planned well for the future.

9. Erdogan managed to convince Trump to allow him to slaughter the Kurds, Turkey's long-time enemy, and the U.S.'s long-time ally. The sad part is Erdogan has always used the Kurds for political gain.

10. The U.S.'s exit of Syria has also greatly helped Iranian hardliners. Trump has done his best to help the hardliners over the more moderate president and foreign minister.