| Rank |
Rank 2012 |
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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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 12 | 13 |  | Congressional Big 8 | |
Congress
Money
Policy
Afghanistan
Veterans |
| 13 | 12 |  | Robert Hale | DoD comptroller |
Money
Policy |
| 14 | 10 |  | Andrew Marshall | Director, DoD Office of Net Assessment |
Policy
Intelligence
Opinion shapers
Asia-Pacific |
| 15 | 14 |  | Steve Kosiak | Associate Director, Office of Management and Budget |
Money
Policy
Industry |
| 16 | 24 |  | Mark Lippert | Defense Secretary's Chief of Staff |
Policy
Money
Intelligence
Asia-Pacific |
| 17 | |  | Decision Drivers | |
Congress
Money
Policy
Industry |
| 18 | 30 |  | Frank Kendall | Defense Undersecretary, Acquisition, Technology and Logistics |
Money
Policy
Industry |
| 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 |
| 22 | 11 |  | Navy Adm. James “Sandy” Winnefeld | Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff |
Policy
Money
Afghanistan
Industry
Asia-Pacific
Navy |
| 23 | |  | Christine Fox | Acting Deputy Defense Secretary |
Policy
Money
Industry |
| 24 | 17 |  | Army Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn | Director, Defense Intelligence Agency |
Intelligence
Policy
Afghanistan
Special Ops
Middle East
Army |
| 26 | |  | Hamid Karzai | President, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan |
Afghanistan
Policy
Middle East |
| 27 | |  | Vladimir Putin | President, Russia |
Policy
Money
Intelligence |
| 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 |
| 30 | 11 |  | Army Gen. Ray Odierno | Army Chief of Staff |
Army
Policy
Money
Afghanistan
Special Ops |
| 31 | 11 |  | Marine Gen. James Amos | Marine Corps Commandant |
Marines
Policy
Money
Afghanistan
Special Ops |
| 32 | 11 |  | Air Force Gen. Mark Welsh | Air Force Chief of Staff |
Air Force
Policy
Money
Afghanistan
Intelligence |
| 33 | 11 |  | Army Gen. Frank Grass | Chief, National Guard Bureau |
Policy
Money
Homeland Security
Army
Air Force |
| 34 | 35 |  | Robert Work | CEO, Center for a New American Security |
Opinion shapers
Policy
Navy
Marines |
| 35 | |  | Jamie Morin | Air Force Comptroller; nominee for Director, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation |
Money
Policy |
| 36 | |  | Arab Leaders | |
Middle East
Policy
Money |
| 38 | 56 |  | Bill Swanson | Chairman & CEO, Raytheon |
Industry
Policy
Money |
| 39 | |  | The Lobbyists | |
Congress
Money
Policy
Industry
Opinion shapers |
| 41 | 73 |  | The Oracles | |
Industry
Policy
Opinion shapers |
| 42 | |  | Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove | NATO Supreme Allied Commander |
Afghanistan
Policy
Air Force |
| 43 | 3 |  | Hillary Clinton | Former Secretary of State |
Opinion shapers
Policy |
| 45 | 72 |  | Wes Bush | President & CEO, Northrop Grumman; Chairman, Aerospace Industries Association |
Industry
Money
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 |
| 53 | |  | Samantha Power | US Ambassador to the UN |
Policy
Middle East
Asia-Pacific |
| 54 | 57 |  | Arnold Punaro | CEO, Punaro Group |
Opinion shapers
Policy
Veterans |
| 55 | |  | Robert "Bobby" Stein | Chairman, Defense Business Board |
Policy
Money
Industry |
| 56 | 46 |  | Coast Guard Adm. Robert Papp | Coast Guard Commandant |
Coast Guard
Homeland Security
Policy |
| 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 |
| 60 | 38 |  | Mike Mullen | Former Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff |
Policy
Veterans |
| 61 | 65 |  | Pierre Chao | Managing Partner and Co-founder, Renaissance Strategic Advisors |
Industry
Policy |
| 62 | 58 |  | Service Secretaries | |
Policy
Money
Congress
Navy
Air Force
Army |
| 63 | 1 |  | Thomas Donilon | Distinguished Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations |
Opinion shapers
Policy |
| 64 | 31 |  | Ron O'Rourke/Eric Labs | Congressional Naval Analysts |
Congress
Policy
Industry
Navy |
| 65 | |  | Michael Strianese | Chairman & CEO, L-3 Communications |
Industry
Money
Policy |
| 66 | 8 |  | Ashton Carter | Former Deputy Defense Secretary |
Policy
Industry
Money
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 |
| 72 | 47 |  | Army Gen. Lloyd Austin | Commander, US Central Command |
Middle East
Policy
Congress
Afghanistan |
| 73 | 75 |  | Gordon Adams | Distinguished Fellow, Stimson Center |
Opinion shapers
Money
Policy |
| 76 | 71 |  | Gordon Sullivan | President & CEO, Association of the United States Army |
Army
Policy
Industry |
| 77 | 45 |  | Rudy deLeon | Senior VP, National Security & International Policy, Center for American Progress |
Opinion shapers
Policy |
| 78 | 91 |  | James Stavridis | Dean, The Fletcher School at Tufts University; Chairman, US Naval Institute |
Coast Guard
Navy
Policy |
| 79 | 78 |  | David Berteau | Director, CSIS's National Security Program on Industry and Resources |
Opinion shapers
Industry
Policy |
| 80 | |  | Asia-Pacific Leaders | |
Asia-Pacific
Policy
Money |
| 82 | 89 |  | Army Gen. David Rodriguez | Commander, US Africa Command |
Policy
Afghanistan
Special Ops
Money |
| 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 |
| 87 | 64 |  | Sean O'Keefe | Chairman & CEO, EADS North America |
Industry
Policy
Money |
| 100 | |  | Airpower Advocates | |
Air Force
Policy |