The year 2025 will be remembered as the moment the post-Cold War architecture finally buckled. Global power shifted not through a single, monolithic event, but through the convergent, yet disparate, actions of two men on opposite ends of the geopolitical spectrum: Donald J. Trump and Captain Ibrahim Traoré.
Stakeholders Magazine names these two leaders—the 47th President of the United States and the interim leader of Burkina Faso—our Persons of the Year 2025. This selection is not a celebration of their methods, but a recognition of their undeniable influence in defining a year of relentless turbulence. From the halls of Mar-a-Lago to the arid landscape of Ouagadougou, their respective leadership styles and policy choices have created an “unlikely duo” whose combined impact is forcing a global recalibration.
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