Results for: Opinion shapers
| Rank | Rank 2012 | Image | Name | Title | Category |
| 14 | 10 |  | Andrew Marshall | Director, DoD Office of Net Assessment | Policy Intelligence Opinion shapers Asia-Pacific |
| 25 |  | Benjamin Netanyahu | Prime Minister, Israel | Opinion shapers Middle East | |
| 28 |  | Edward Snowden | Former NSA Contractor | Opinion shapers Policy Cyber Intelligence | |
| 29 | 11 |  | Navy Adm. Jonathan Greenert | Chief of Naval Operations | Opinion shapers Navy Policy Money Asia-Pacific |
| 34 | 35 |  | Robert Work | CEO, Center for a New American Security | Opinion shapers Policy Navy Marines |
| 39 |  | The Lobbyists | Congress Money Policy Industry Opinion shapers | ||
| 41 | 73 |  | The Oracles | Industry Policy Opinion shapers | |
| 43 | 3 |  | Hillary Clinton | Former Secretary of State | Opinion shapers Policy |
| 46 |  | Message Shapers | Opinion shapers Policy | ||
| 51 | 70/23 |  | Michèle Flournoy/Kurt Campbell | Co-founders, Center for a New American Security | Opinion shapers Policy |
| 52 | 59 |  | Michael Bayer | President & CEO, Dumbarton Strategies | Opinion shapers Policy Industry |
| 54 | 57 |  | Arnold Punaro | CEO, Punaro Group | Opinion shapers Policy Veterans |
| 57 | 43 |  | John Hamre | President & CEO, Center for Strategic and International Studies | Opinion shapers Policy Industry |
| 59 | 62 |  | Michael Hayden | Former Director, NSA and CIA | Opinion shapers Cyber Intelligence Policy |
| 63 | 1 |  | Thomas Donilon | Distinguished Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations | Opinion shapers Policy |
| 66 | 8 |  | Ashton Carter | Former Deputy Defense Secretary | Policy Industry Money Opinion shapers |
| 67 | 76 |  | Wall Street Analysts, Bankers & Investors | Industry Opinion shapers | |
| 69 | 41 |  | Andrew Krepinevich | President, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments | Opinion shapers Policy |
| 71 | 100 |  | David Petraeus | Former CIA Director | Opinion shapers Policy Industry |
| 73 | 75 |  | Gordon Adams | Distinguished Fellow, Stimson Center | Opinion shapers Money Policy |
| 74 | 77 |  | Todd Harrison | Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments | Opinion shapers Money Congress |
| 75 | 44 |  | Richard Danzig | Chairman, Center for a New American Security | Opinion shapers |
| 77 | 45 |  | Rudy deLeon | Senior VP, National Security & International Policy, Center for American Progress | Opinion shapers Policy |
| 79 | 78 |  | David Berteau | Director, CSIS's National Security Program on Industry and Resources | Opinion shapers Industry Policy |
| 84 | 61 |  | Elon Musk | CEO & CTO, SpaceX | Industry Opinion shapers |
| 85 | 96 |  | Barry Blechman | Co-founder, Stimson Center | Opinion shapers Money Policy |
| 86 | 82 |  | Christopher Preble | VP, Defense & Foreign Policy Studies, Cato Institute | Opinion shapers Policy |
| 88 | 80 |  | Loren Thompson | COO, Lexington Institute; CEO, Source Associates | Opinion shapers Industry |
| 89 |  | Scott Seymour | President & CEO, GenCorp | Industry Opinion shapers | |
| 90 |  | Fred Kempe | President & CEO, Atlantic Council | Opinion shapers | |
| 91 |  | Richard Aboulafia | VP for Analysis, Teal Group | Industry Opinion shapers | |
| 92 | 88 |  | Frank Hoffman | Director, National Defense University Press | Opinion shapers |
| 93 |  | The Conservatives | Opinion shapers | ||
| 95 | 92/-- |  | Peter Singer/Michael O'Hanlon | Senior Fellows, Brookings Institution | Opinion shapers |
| 96 | 97 |  | Larry Korb | Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress | Opinion shapers |
| 97 | 98 |  | Mackenzie Eaglen | Senior Fellow, Marilyn Ware Center for Security Studies, American Enterprise Institute | Opinion shapers |
