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 |