| Rank |
Rank 2012 |
|
Image |
Name |
Title |
Category |
| 1 | |  | Xi Jinping | President, People’s Republic of China |
Asia-Pacific
Policy
Money
Cyber
Intelligence
Industry |
| 2 | 25 |  | Susan Rice | National Security Adviser |
Policy
Afghanistan
Intelligence
Money
Middle East |
| 3 | 42 |  | Chuck Hagel | Secretary of Defense |
Policy
Money
Afghanistan
Intelligence
Veterans
Industry |
| 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 |
| 11 | 18 |  | Navy Adm. Samuel Locklear | Commander, US Pacific Command |
Asia-Pacific
Policy
Money
Intelligence
Navy |
| 14 | 10 |  | Andrew Marshall | Director, DoD Office of Net Assessment |
Policy
Intelligence
Opinion shapers
Asia-Pacific |
| 16 | 24 |  | Mark Lippert | Defense Secretary's Chief of Staff |
Policy
Money
Intelligence
Asia-Pacific |
| 19 | 9 |  | Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford | Commander, International Security Assistance Force |
Afghanistan
Policy
Special Ops
Intelligence
Marines |
| 20 | 20 |  | James Clapper | Director of National Intelligence |
Intelligence
Money
Policy
Cyber |
| 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 |
| 27 | |  | Vladimir Putin | President, Russia |
Policy
Money
Intelligence |
| 28 | |  | Edward Snowden | Former NSA Contractor |
Opinion shapers
Policy
Cyber
Intelligence |
| 32 | 11 |  | Air Force Gen. Mark Welsh | Air Force Chief of Staff |
Air Force
Policy
Money
Afghanistan
Intelligence |
| 44 | |  | Navy Vice Adm. Mike Rogers | Commander, US Fleet Cyber Command |
Cyber
Intelligence
Navy |
| 58 | |  | Kim Jong-un | Supreme Leader, Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
Asia-Pacific
Intelligence |
| 59 | 62 |  | Michael Hayden | Former Director, NSA and CIA |
Opinion shapers
Cyber
Intelligence
Policy |
