In this special issue we present our list of the 100 most powerful and influential people in the world--and we take a close look at how their words and deeds have an outsize effect on the rest of us
Leaders & Revolutionaries
GEORGE W. BUSH by Andrew Sullivan 54
ABU AL-ZARQAWI by Romesh Ratnesar 56
CONDOLEEZZA RICE by Michael Duffy 56
WU YI by Hannah Beech 56
VLADIMIR PUTIN by Paul Quinn-Judge 57
KIM JONG IL by Michael Elliott 58
RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN by Andrew Purvis 58
ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE by Alex Perry 59
KOFI ANNAN by Richard C. Holbrooke 59
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