Adarga Briefly Issue 31: Ruto in Beijing: Kenya's Diplomatic Balancing Act in a Multipolar World

The Kenyan President's recent state visit to China saw the signing of over USD 1 billion in trade and investment agreements. But the real story goes beyond the numbers.

In this week's edition of Adarga Briefly, we assess how this visit reflects Kenya’s growing diplomatic agility. Rather than aligning with one global power, Nairobi is pursuing leverage through optionality - deepening partnerships across China, the U.S., EU, and others, while navigating a rapidly evolving geoeconomic landscape.

As global powers compete for influence, countries like Kenya are asserting agency - choosing neither side, but many.

Adarga Briefly is developed via a powerful combination of geopolitical analysts and our specialist AI software. This week over 14 million documents were scanned to perform the assessment.