| Rank |
Rank 2012 |
|
Image |
Name |
Title |
Category |
| 2 | 25 |  | Susan Rice | National Security Adviser |
Policy
Afghanistan
Intelligence
Money
Middle East |
| 4 | 16 |  | John Kerry | Secretary of State |
Policy
Middle East
Afghanistan
Congress |
| 5 | 4 |  | John Brennan | Director, Central Intelligence Agency |
Intelligence
Policy
Afghanistan
Middle East
Asia-Pacific |
| 6 | 7 |  | Army Gen. Martin Dempsey | Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff |
Afghanistan
Policy
Money
Intelligence
Middle East
Army |
| 7 | |  | Hassan Rouhani | President, Islamic Republic of Iran |
Middle East
Policy
Industry
Intelligence
Money |
| 8 | 5 |  | Michael Vickers | Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence |
Intelligence
Policy
Afghanistan
Special Ops
Asia-Pacific
Middle East |
| 9 | 19 |  | Army Gen. Keith Alexander | Commander, US Cyber Command; Director, National Security Agency |
Cyber
Intelligence
Afghanistan
Asia-Pacific
Middle East
Army |
| 10 | 6 |  | Navy Adm. William McRaven | Commander, US Special Operations Command |
Special Ops
Intelligence
Afghanistan
Policy
Middle East
Navy |
| 21 | 15 |  | Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich. | Chairman, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence |
Congress
Intelligence
Policy
Money
Afghanistan
Middle East |
| 24 | 17 |  | Army Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn | Director, Defense Intelligence Agency |
Intelligence
Policy
Afghanistan
Special Ops
Middle East
Army |
| 25 | |  | Benjamin Netanyahu | Prime Minister, Israel |
Opinion shapers
Middle East |
| 26 | |  | Hamid Karzai | President, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan |
Afghanistan
Policy
Middle East |
| 36 | |  | Arab Leaders | |
Middle East
Policy
Money |
| 53 | |  | Samantha Power | US Ambassador to the UN |
Policy
Middle East
Asia-Pacific |
| 72 | 47 |  | Army Gen. Lloyd Austin | Commander, US Central Command |
Middle East
Policy
Congress
Afghanistan |
