This is a helluva of a lot better list than I expected from FP.

How can you rank Dilma Rousseff # 42 Global Thinker, behind Thomas Friedman # 58? Dilma doesn't even think. Dilma leads a corrupt government in Brazil. She is the heiress of Brazilian Labor Party propaganda.

Dr. Iweala is really making things happening in Nigeria. Her economic impacts is felt in Nigeria. She is a rare gift to humanity. We're not surprise that she is one of the global thinker.

I find this inclusive quite puzzling as there is so much controversy around many of Bernanke's fiscal decisions and policies. I guess only time will tell will tell its just a question of when the music promotion stops playing.

I has been a while that I read somewhere about this respectful writer and became familiar with his thoughts. I was talking to one of my Egyptian friends and he showed me an article written by Alaa Al Aswany. I wish success for this movement and any other movement towards freedom.
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Is it in fact worth considering award of a Nobel Peace Prize for those who fight for their countries? Surely they are better people compared to those who calmly and politically destroy many people at home and away? And surely they do it hoping for peace in their own country in the longer term?

What in the world is happening? To include people like John McCain, Dick Cheney, Concoleeza Rice, The Clintons, Robert Gates, Samantha Power, Boris Johnson on this list of THINKERS is utterly ridiculous. They may have or have had positions of power or been representatives of powerful systems of interest but to equate that with abilíties to THINK is beyond me.

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I don't know about others, but your write-ups about Arundhati Roy and Anna Hazare seem amateurish. It's as if you you quickly browsed through a few highly publicised (but not the most important) news pieces about them. You just seemed to have picked up some overblown and sensational pieces in the Indian media about them.

And, I don't even understand how come Arundhati Roy is in this list in the first place. She does have a good CV, but the kind of work for which you seem to have included her (going by your write-up) is nothing substantial. Just making a few hard statements about the Indian Govt and the right-wingers does not make one a global thinker. For example, Gautam Navlakha's work and essays about Maoists and Kashmir are much more insightful than hers. Another person who could have been a much better choice than her would be Binayak Sen. What has she done apart from making statements !! Her selection is another example of foreign media glossing over and just picking well known celebrities.

I wonder if being a hipster makes one eligible for being a "Global Thinker" !!

Thanks for the share, I think the top thinkers should all come together and make a new product or service or even a website would be amazing to see everyone's contribution.

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Where would we be without them thinkers? The movie "idiocracy" comes to mind. Well written article!

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You lost me at Obama Cheney Condi Rice, FP

Where is your evidence that any of these are great thinkers?

I might grant it to Obama, but I'd like to see a whole lot more DOING before I start giving hm awards for great thinking.

Mark "Zuckerberg" thinks? or does he steal?

We all know that Barack Obama is too stupid to think. It's the "type" of person he is. Any one that needs a teleprompter to speak, does not "think." He's the teleprompter in chief!

I understand this is a US website and magazine. However as you claim to be global and many people reading this website are global I find your list to be too US focused. Many universities and nations worldwide have great thinkers, yet most thinkers mentioned in your list are at US universities or Americans. Your non-US thinkers are sometimes too obvious, not very original. Your researchers clearly have more access as to what is happening within the US. I found the US thinkers who made your list to be more interesting as you were able to go deeper and go for the non-obvious.

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Anna Hazare is somewhere in this list. His real name is Kisan Babu Hazare. He is considered as a born again Mahatma Gandhi, thanks to Indian media. Born in a little village, Ralegan Siddhi, Kisan could not complete his formal education, as there were no high schools in a walking distance.

Too poor to travel. Too simpleton to think to live in a town closest to his village. Ended up as a small time vendor in Bombay. Sold flowers, illegally, at Dadar railway platform for number of years. Found a job as a driver, which only education helped him join the army, not as a recruit, only as a driver (civilian). Applied for an early retirement out of his bond for fifteen years.

Came home to his village and found out that there was too much illegal activities, including making home made hooch and young kids, having no formal education like him engaging in various criminal enterprise. Dried them up and became a village hero.

The latest name and fame came from heading a crusade against, of all the things, corruption in the government.

He is a most corrupt person himself. His earlier escapades in this genre included his patented, Gandhi style, "Fast unto Death," shenanigans. Mostly against Maharashtra ministers of Congress party. However, he did not care for the party affiliations and harassed a right wing Shiv Sena administration too.

Congress party, the party which rules the Delhi, found him amenable to clever suggestions. That includes tons of money funneled to his various (dummy) charitable trusts. The total could reach as much as Rs 5000,000,000 $1.00 = Rs 50.) approx.

His colleagues, total five, have been found corrupt and one is being charged with serious crimes. The other has been found in arrears over his income tax payments. Two more members were found obtaining residential plots in a very ritzy suburb of new Delhi, namely, NOIDA as a payment towards defending a most corrupt chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, Mayawati.

How come he is listed as a "Thinker?"

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It's not really easy to write an article of this scope and hope to get in everything that is supposed to be here, while managing to successfully drop out the "inconsequential" stuff. I'm from India, for example, so I can only be a bit certain of the Indian personalities. Not so much about the others.

Being an Indian, I can say Arundhati Roy may not be the top Indian thinker that you think she is. There are hundreds who have done the same work as her, and have been much more successful at it. For instance, there is Aruna Roy, a woman credited with the crafting of the RTI law which has simply changed everything in India, and some would say that she laid the foundations for Mr. Hazare's campaign success. There is Shoma Chaudhary, the editor of Tehelka magazine which is probably the best investigative journalism magazine in this country.

Well... those are 2 people who I can easily identify as "top thinkers" more deserving to be on this list than Ms. Roy. But a great and informative article nonetheless.

I wouldn't have thought that they could make big change.I am happy that these 100 thinkers have the strength to build muscle and power in peoples minds. The people have found a voice that has been quiet for too long.

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Its really a very poor compilation of the list...Its show the decline of the standards and decline of US intellectuals in every matter..the compilers dont have any mind or vision..they even dont know the basic difference of Activists and Thinkers..many of the so called thinkers are actually small time activists who have been blown out of proportions by media..many are elected leaders of some important countries while they themselves are nothing important than just puppets like obamas and clintons..one feel sick to read such a hypocryte list which represents the hypocrasy of America..its actually absurd and full of contradictions

A much more apt title for this article would have been "top newsmakers" . I mean, since when did Dick Cheney and Arundhati Roy become "thinkers".

Though a nice article, the title is just misleading. I mean how many scientists do you have in this list !! Or people actually working at the grassroots in different countries !!

If there is a thinker that everybody agrees that he should be on the top of the list is the Tunisian who set himself on fire (Mohammed Bouazizi). That person should be considered as the strongest thinker. He did not write a book because he is not educated. In addition, millions of books have been written but they have never been effective and many people either don't read them or don’t understand their profound meanings. The Tunisian citizen -Mohammed Bouazizi- acted decisively and effectively. He changed the entire Arab world. Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Syria, etc.....
Elaswany, Elbaradei, and all the other Arab names that you have selected are just either wrote about what happened, or get benefit from their collapsed regimes. It’s completely wrong to consider them TOP THINKERS!! may be TOP BENIFICIORS! Please don’t mislead the the public opinion.

Mohammed Bouazizi, the Tunisian citizen, broke the very solid wall between all Arab presidents (extreme dictators) and their people.

It is dishonest for everyone to be considered a hero or a thinker in the Arab world in 2011 ahead of Bouazizi!!!

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I Think Egypt was in top news for must of years and they change the voice, and they are in top now.

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I am extremely happy that FP has, in its list : (1) Pervez Hoodbhoy (2) Mohammed El Erian; (3) Paul Krugman; (3) Daniel Kahneman; (4) Joseph Stiglitz, among others. The list, including the most notable ones such as El Baradei, Ghannouchi, Bill and Melinda Gates, Arundhati Roy, Al Wei Wei and others os very good. I am, however, disappointed that Brooksley Born, Chairperson of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission who, very early on, courageously took on the infamous "Committee to Save the World" trio -- Alan Greenspan, Robert Rubin and Larry Summers -- over the threat that the poorly-understood "derivatives" financial products could pose to the financial system, was not included in the list of most influential Economists. I am also mildly disappointed that the Turkish "Islamist" reformist,, Fethullah Gulen, was not included in the list. I am elated that Samantha Power is in the list, and am not sure about Ocampo.. The choice of Dick Cheney and a couple of other unsavoury characters, while justified in terms of influence, does violence to the generally optimistic tenor of the article. i wish there were more shakers and movers of Climate Science and action plan in the list.

Ahmet Davutoglu and Recep Tayyip Erdogan will change middle east and maybe world. They dont want war for petrol or money... They want peace every where.
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{{Since the start of the Arab Revolutions, and the blowing winds of change sweeping the Arab World, I was certain that a new history is being written by the Arabs which will establish a new world ,and have its effects globally.

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It is certain that unjust forces will work to derail and block the winds of freedom from blowing toward them, whether by cosmetic measures, grouping and regrouping, bribing their citizens, or uncovering their true despotic nature of patriarchy, authoritarianism, and criminality.

However, one component of this generation which had been uncounted for and extremely marginalized to the point of non-existence, are the Arab women. They had been enslaved for centuries by religious patriarch, which in turn dehumanized them through social patriarchy, and then discounted them as a zero number in political patriarchy. This has been most evident case in Sunni Saudi patriarchy, and Shi’a Iranian patriarchy.

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Saudi women had advanced their minds and intellect to new limits, in order to be recognized, and asserted their self esteem and confidence. They expanded their knowledge and thoughts, and developed quietly and steadily their intellectual maturity more than their Saudi men counterparts, in order to prepare themselves at the right moment to demand their rights and fight for their recognition.

They are proving everyday that they will lead the coming change in their society. And they will be remembered in the near future as the women who stepped out unexpectedly from the darkness to the light, when no one knew they even existed. The Saudi torch of freedom will be led by the Saudi women, and Saudi men must be prepared to follow their lead, and not step in the Saudi women path, and their fight to be counted as the Cardinal number for Saudi change. }}

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How interesting that the writer did not have anything to say about Dick Cheyney; how appropriate, since it is clear that thinking is not his strong point. Not to say that he doesn't have talents; it's just that they are not very constructive.

Because of the reformation in the middle east every single person is thinking differently and why not saudis. money and banking especially women are coming up in all the fields rightfully. They can opt for work in military too.

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It is unbelievable that you would not include Fethullah Gulen in this list. You included local politicians and activists who barely have any effect worldwide and skip such a scholar and activist who has mobilized millions of people to open schools, universities, charities, hospitals and promote interfaith/intercultural dialoge all over the world? He and his teachings have been recognized thorough dozens of conferences held in most prestigious universities in US, Europe and other parts of the world, dozens of books have been published focusing his movement. Gulen Movement is recognized for the transformation of Turkey as much as Tayyip Erdogan. And yet you would ignore him? It is a shame on behalf of your magazine!!! Should there be a conflict or terror for FP to recognize somebody from Islamic world?

According to the majority mindset within Egypt, it is definitely a good thing to see the end of the Mubarak regime. Unfortunately, one has to wonder, with all the current chaos and uncertainty if someone just as bad or worse will fill the void. Hopefully, the countries success in ousting Mubarak will serve as a safeguard against possible future tyrants and instill the truth of how the power lies within the people. 30 Second Smile

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This is for those who are from Egypt. Can Proud to Be a Egypt. I like the work you have done by taking out all the 100 professionals. That is so good. Premium Cookies

Yes agree - better than last years list !

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... conspicuously absent from the list. I guess it's only safe to talk about dissident intellectuals from other countries, huh?

Jason Docheff writes:

Hm. I'm not so sure I'm reading about actual 'thinkers' here... seems like the article confuses mindless-though-perhaps-energetic 'activists' and 'politicians' with thinkers.

I see a list that contains a few true thinkers, some admittedly brave people, but mostly hacks.

The inclusion of Suzanne Roy who is Christian in a list of 'thinkers' primarily because she is a critic of Hindu nationalism is in the tradition of western, Christian imperialism. India and Hindus suffered under the hands of Christian rulers, be it the Portuguese or the British. Their history was that of racism, subjugation, genocide and looting.

Jewish nationalism is okay, so is Christian, Islamic nationalism. Any chance that the US will get a non-Christian president?

India is where Hinduism originated; it is an open and universal unlike any religion or Semitic origin. It is opposed to conversion. What exactly is wrong with Hindu nationalism?

Perhaps FP should do more research into candidates. Suzanne Roy has written false claims of the Indian government and army in the past. She is merely a rabble rouser who basically wants publicity. She is a fraud. A review is available here by Johan Dolan:

http://indianrealist.wordpress.com/2010/01/08/the-goddess-of-big-lies/

Even the Booker prize has been shown to be given to anti-Hindu writers who all happen to be Christian. Doing the work the colonialists could not do. An overview of the Booker prizes anti-Hindu agenda is available here:

http://literaryfalcon.wordpress.com/2009/03/02/brown-parrot-in-the-rooster-coop/

These authors to which Ms Roy belongs to is are called "Macaulay's Children" is used to refer to people born of Indian ancestry who adopt Western culture as a lifestyle, or display attitudes influenced by colonisers. It is used as a pejorative term, and the connotation is one of disloyalty to one's country and one's heritage. This frame of mind or attitude is also referred to as Macaulayism.

The passage to which the term refers is from his Minute on Indian Education, delivered in 1835. It reads:

“ It is impossible for us, with our limited means, to attempt to educate the body of the people. We must at present do our best to form a class who may be interpreters between us and the millions whom we govern; a class of persons, Indian in blood and colour, but English in taste, in opinions, in morals, and in intellect."

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I am a Tunisian citizen and I am outraged to see that you have chosen the most despicable politicians as "Thinker", an Islamist who made the attacks and who was absent during the fall of Ben Ali! And you put a man as Stephane Hessel at the end of the list! We Tunisia intellectuals, artists, ploticiens worth much more than this odious character.

To Mr Lionel Bonaventure @ Foreign Policy ; regarding your article on : "The FP Top 100 Global Thinkers" and your interview of Mr R. Ghannouchi -
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While Mr Ghannouchi pragmatizes by answering that "he continuously defends the right of women and men to choose their own lifestyle in the name of Islam"... and other rubbish talk ; it is my deep regret to inform you that, at this very moment in Tunis - where I am based - ; university members of Tunis suburbs in Manouba - professors, students and rector - are held hostage since yesterday by a group of salafists allegedly shadow soldiers and armed wing of Ennahdha party.
The group is precisely leading this action to impose Islamic laws and codes on campuses cross the country (gender separation in classrooms, wearing of the veil etc..)
Rather than working to reconcile Islam and democracy (a questionable assumption given the facts taking place here), Mr Ghannouchi is training to talk out of both sides of his mouth and fool all of us , becoming a pass-master at playing a double game and therefore his credibility is shot.
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Bernard Henri Lévi is the father-in-law of the guy who made a baby boy to Carla Bruni. At the time the now French First Lady had an affair with the dad of Bernard Henri Lévi's son-in-law, a philosopher whose use is to confuse the mind of French people. It reminds me of the inter-breeding between dogs and cats.
I am convinced that I am very different from those people and I am very proud of it.

Whoever penned Boris Johnson's bit is disgracefully ignorant.

'and his own city erupted with anti-austerity riots'

Those riots had nothing to do with austerity, and everything to do with a load of scum who had grown up without any sense whatsoever of social responsibility or ownership, thinking it would be funny/exciting to wreck private property, fight the police and destroy London's heritage.

As a Clapham resident, we know what we witnessed. You need to amend this glaring error.

Center-left ideologues, spouting rote answers to questions they are ill-prepared for. This highlights my main issue with FP's features - they tend to focus on interventionist posturing, particularly on non-foreign matters. This list is the sort of thing I'd imagine coming from 70-year old foreign policy hipster fanboys.

Points for mentioning Ron Paul, but for chrissakes, could you people stop calling him an isolationist? Libertarian foreign policy revolves mainly around unfettered free trade and arms-length-at-most alliances - isolationists advocate something quite different. I'd argue that the Democratic and Republican Parties, and most of FP's commentators, advocate for a considerably more "isolationist" foreign policy regime, and their "engagement" and "power projection" are driven far more in the name of aggrandizing the US at the expense of the world than a libertarian foreign policy ever could.

The few other profiles of right or center-right thinkers are rather grey and muted, while the leftists and center-leftists are lauded.

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I would prefer see you honoring the great people of Tunisia who were during the revolution on the streets risking their lives, not the one who was absent.

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Thanks for including Gene Sharp and Srdja Popvic. However, this profile incorrectly translates "Otpor" as "enough." Otpor is the Serbian word for "resistance." And your reference to "the Otpor documentary Bringing Down A Dictator" implies that this film was produced by Otpor. In face, I produced and directed the film, broadcast on PBS in 2002. Since then, my company, York Zimmerman Inc., has made versions of the film in over a dozen languages, including Arabic. We have been the main distributor of he film in Egypt and elsewhere for at least 8 years. Steve York, York Zimmerman Inc, Washington DC

The list of top 100 global thinkers is an eye opener to me coz most of them I have no idea who they were until I gone thru' the list. I think I will come up with a similar article in my cool knives website.

I love the part of the story where it describes "following the collapse of firms like Lehman Brothers and AIG despite their gold-plated ratings"

This is a nice recompilation of the most influential people of 2011. Didn't think there were so few as I was expecting more people in that list.

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Libertarian foreign policy revolves mainly around unfettered free trade and arms-length-at-most alliances - isolationists in puii mei advocate something quite different. This is my opinion .

The was awesome. What about Steve Jobs?AppleGuider, a real thinker, should be on top 1? No idea.

It is refreshing to read such in depth analysis. When it seems that many only worry about how to get a bigger buttocks like JLo or how to build a motorcycle while the world crashes and burns around them.

I agree with most but some of these are hard to understand.
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I was glad to see Condolezza Rice in the list. i think she was and still is someone who understands the global situation better than most.
Even though she could be accused of seeing it from a US perspective, she was always very even handed. by the same token, Hilary continues on the good work as a SS today and is capable of filling Condolezza's shoes. She is a key component in the Obama administration.

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Reading most comments on your article I learned again a old truth.Most people have no thinking faculty.They are just herd ,all are running why should not I?

Good choice. He gave a TEDtalk in Krakow this year that is now on the TED main site: http://www.ted.com/talks/srdja_popovic_how_to_topple_a_dictator.html

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ElBaradei, what did he do to become part of top thinkers of the world.... designed Iraq war... lied and made the entire world fool regarding the weapons of mass destruction in Iraq..... he kept thinking lies, distruction, war.... what else did he do?

I am wondering the same thing. Who decides who are the "top thinkers" of the world.

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I'm very interested with The FP Top 100 Global Thinkers list, first I was wondering if Condoleezza Rice is on the list. Back to her policy when Condi was still in Bush administration, I don't really like the fact that she miss leaded almost all of us with the Iraq issue. We know it is the biggest mistake ever made when Bush decide to spend US tax just to take Iraq down. Perhaps they’re interested with the oil reserves, take Saddam down, change the local government, and rebuild the cities. There are too many stakes and conspiracies involves. Instead of spending too much time with the war, why they don’t try to improve and fix the immigrationlaw, while many peoples in country like Mexico are still struggle with their living and try to cross the border illegally.

This is a good list of the top thinkers. Maybe everybody has their own perspectives but nevertheless this is one on a kind list and it is very useful to review what each of those included has done for the good of us other people.

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As a person of color I found the list personally inspiring. The choices were obviously considered for their wide variety of viewpoints and cultural background. It is important to remember that the culture in which one is operating plays a major role in their effectiveness and some change is not obvious or immediately evident. As owner of a Custom wedding and celebration cake bakery in Philadelphia I have faced challenges that are unique to my situation. This list shows that regardless of your situation consistency and passion will triumph.

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I've read Cowen's ebook and he states some interesting points about the Internet and its relation to GPD. Quality of life, which increased thanks to the Internet, may be in fact destructive to GPD: people watch films on Netflix instead of going to the cinemas, they use Wikipedia instead of buying dictionaries or chat on Facebook instead of meeting offline in cafes.

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Ok, they really offered a huge help for the humanity but why they didn't thought something about the apocalypse and the global warming ? We don't need new technology and those kind of stuffs. We need the planet healthy. If not, the planet will survive, the humanity won't. We will dissapear from the face of the Earth as a species.

Interesting list. Some really good picks and some that must have been meant as jokes. Boris Johnson will be the gravedigger or Britain, as he is not intellectually sound enough to step outside his ideological shoes and look further than the next London and UK election. And well spotted that German finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble is probably nearly as influential as Angela Merkel.

I am also not sure about the title, as many of those listed (and I have to admit that even though I think of myself as quite well-informed, I probably did not know about half of them. Don't tell that to the students who want to learn about political from me) are rather influencers or implementers than thinkers.

It would be great to have a list of people who are actually challenging conventional wisdom by being able to step outside the daily power games that politicians and business leaders have to play.

Still, very intriguing list, thanks!
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Interesting list. Some really good picks and some that must have been meant as jokes. Boris Johnson will be the gravedigger or Britain, as he is not intellectually sound enough to step outside his ideological shoes and look further than the next London and UK election. And well spotted that German finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble is probably nearly as influential as Angela Merkel.

I am also not sure about the title, as many of those listed (and I have to admit that even though I think of myself as quite well-informed, I probably did not know about half of them. Don't tell that to the students who want to learn about political management training from me) are rather influencers or implementers than thinkers.

It would be great to have a list of people who are actually challenging conventional wisdom by being able to step outside the daily power games that politicians and business leaders have to play.

Still, very intriguing list, thanks!
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Dirk

This one really caught my eye, and my heart too. Being a woman living in the west I feel horrified each time I read news such as these. It is amazing that the world is made up of so many different cultures, but it is really sad that oppression, repression and totalitarian governments are still present in so many countries. ~ DJ

There's a lot there to think in this case. I agree that it should be love in revolution, but all the time behind big changes there is strong feelings. But unfortunately I believe mostly it's being not love, but hate.
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This is nothing more than a popularity contest and the majority of these people get the press, which is what gives them the chance to be seen as top thinkers...the people behind the scenes are the ones that deserve the credit...This list reminds me of middle school when I used to have to learn how to get rid of a hickey, but whatever works for foreing policy to get more readers. This is completely subjective, and think the list was arbitrarily put together by a collection agency so it has no merit with me or anyone that knows how to think for themselves.

Steve Jobs should be definitely on this list!
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Let's see, a list of the "Top 100 global thinkers" is missing Fareed Zakaria? How is that possible? Was the list decided by throwing darts at a list of names? What weighting factors were used?

I should be on that list too lol
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I like his nice words about revolution.
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"a major DRAG ON the entire European project.." I think it is the best ever epithet that you could find for Berlusconi, it is him exactly!

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I can't believe steve jobs also is not on this list. He was probably one of the best thinkings this century! His personalised workwear was brilliant!

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Steve Johnsen has to be on this list its a shame!!!
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"Revolution is like a love story," he said in February. "When you are in love, you become a much better person. And Pls you are in revolution, you become a much better person."
I am interested in these words. congratulations for Aswany, hopefully your struggle will continue ongoing

I see the list as being better than Barbara Walters

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after going through the top 10 i dont really think that these people are global thinkers ? what they did globally? what they did for others ? Nothing they have just used the opportunity which was on their hand don't get me wrong now! but there are many more people who would have the merit to be on the top10 because of what they have done or what they are doing.

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Very interesting list, although I wouldn't put Zuckerberg on it. Sure, Facebook is innovative, but it's just a yet another social network.
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Interesting list,FB is innovative beats studio detroit lions,lol~

Interesting list of some of the best thinkers in the world that we can all aspire to.
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you think with 7 billion people FP would expand this to at least 1000...I mean come on, 100 people is nothing and there are a lot more people who can make a difference and who are currently doing so...I am learning how to critically reasons right now, but think that this list is a good start, but is not all inclusive by any means...it is time to get FP to do more homework and make a more objective list, as this seems like a popularity contest...just a little surprised that oprah did not make the list or Ellen...come on FP...you are better than this...dulse and even the maker of idol lash should be on this list if some of these people made it on here.

Too few scientists, too many economists. There is a problem, either FP thinks scientists are of no consequence and economists are, or FP is completely ignorant of how science is transforming the world. Unfortunately, I suspect the latter. FP needs to talk to scientists, and read some science before ignoring science and scientists. Your world runs because of science, even if you ignore and the people who invent it.
Some of the thinkers chosen are good, quite a lot mediocre and a few stunningly strange. David Cameron & Boris Johnson? To compare either to amny of the other thinkers presently in here is quite peculiar.

Sorry I come out with this opinion and comment. This site claim to be global and many people reading this website are global I find your list to be too US focused. Many universities and nations worldwide have great thinkers, yet most thinkers mentioned in your list are at US universities or Americans. Your non-US thinkers are sometimes too obvious, not very original. Your researchers clearly have more access as to what is happening within the US. I found the US thinkers who made your list to be more interesting as you were able to go deeper and go for the non-obvious.

I like to think about good inkzen and karma, where you should include all global leaders.

There are Worldwide thinkers out there, many from Asia and ASEAN leaders can be included in the list. I hope you guys can make a great list like this but also include real global leaders.

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Sorry I come out with this opinion and comment. This site claim to be global and many people reading this website are global I find your list to be too US focused. Many universities and nations worldwide have great thinkers, yet most thinkers mentioned in your list are at US universities or Americans. Your non-US thinkers are sometimes too obvious, not very original. Your researchers clearly have more access as to what is happening within the US. I found the US thinkers who made your list to be more interesting as you were able to go deeper and go for the non-obvious.

I like to think about good inkzen and karma, where you should include all global leaders.

There are Worldwide thinkers out there, many from Asia and ASEAN leaders can be included in the list. I hope you guys can make a great list like this but also include real global leaders.

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I love the brief preference list in the end. Particularly the Readings part.

I wonder how many people know all these people in this list?

Perhaps they’re interested with the oil reserves, take Saddam down, change the local government, and rebuild the cities. There are too many stakes and conspiracies involves. Many universities and nations worldwide have great thinkers, yet most thinkers mentioned in your list are at US universities or Americans. Miniclip, Starfall, Funbrain, Miniclip, Armor Games

Your non-US thinkers are sometimes too obvious, not very original. Your researchers clearly have more access as to what is happening within the US. I found the US thinkers who made your list to be more interesting as you were able to go deeper and go for the non-obvious.

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I wish I came in the top 100 thinkers. I think too much and it drives me crazy sometimes. The mind is always spinning!
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Thank you for recognizing this writer and thinker for his efforts in Egypt. The recognition is well deserved.

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You've got Huey, Dewey & Louie, aka Cheney, Obama & Condi, not to mention the Clintons and numerous other perveyors of conventional wisdom. But Ron Paul?

If I were Arundhati Roy I'd sue for defamation of character for being on a list so full of the creators of the world's problems. But then, you've inverted the 99% / 1% logic of the Occupy movement, haven't you?

he's top 1... so many masterminds Visit arround...

Well, I learned that some of them are using twitter, I did not see that coming, you know, amidst uprising int heir countries and all they still have time to get on the iphone. Bravo!

Great picks on the foreign policy thinkers. To the commenter above wondering about Condi being on the list, I was wondering the same. Love her even if she is out of spotlight She's a mover, shaker, and thinker!

Then invading Iraq. For totally fabricated reasons made more obscene by claiming that Saddam was an immediate (45 minutes exitential threat to western society.

Thinkers or doers? Oh to be in the top 100. What does it take we all wonder.
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Oh to be a top 100 thinker, their self esteem & ego's must be busting at the seams =P

Glad to have found this good read...and also glad that there are great people making a difference in the world today. It is time that we move forward as a species and end all of the pain and suffering in the world. My friend who works at Web dizajn says that the world is chaning so rapidly now that this is a possibility.

And where am I in this list? - I'm thinking all day

Maybe I am not on the list, because I do not think to trick anyone ?

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I think I read the novel in 03 from AAAswany. I was a bit bored and put it down, but nonetheless he's done something over time. I believe most of these included in this article are doers and thinkers!. Gotta love that.

This list of top 100 global thinkers is truly amazing for me because i didn't knew most of them before this. One thing that i observe that there is no Steve Jobs in this list. I think the he is great thinker and a very innovative person of this century. Apple is one of the largest brands in the world. And the recently releasediPhone 4S has break the record. All this is happened because of Steve Jobs thinking and his innovations.
He must be in this list instead of Barack OBAMA. Obama is a loser he dont deserve to be in this list. Well again so much grateful to u guys for the list

This list of top 100 global thinkers is truly amazing for me because i didn't knew most of them before this. One thing that i observe that there is no Steve Jobs in this list. I think the he is great thinker and a very innovative person of this century. Apple is one of the largest brands in the world. And the recently released iPhone 4S has break the record. All this is happened because of Steve Jobs thinking and his innovations.
He must be in this list instead of Barack OBAMA. Obama is a loser he don't deserve to be in this list. Well again so much grateful to u guys for the list

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This is an excellent read! A lot of 'thought' went into compiling this list. .....Imagine culling it!

I definitely wouldn't put Zuckerberg on it. Sure, Facebook is innovative, but it's just a yet another social network with people blabbing to each other for goodness sakes!!! It's not like they have a background check in physics.
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I definitely would put Zuckerberg on it! Agree with many of the other comments but I suppose we all have our own opinions.
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Great list. Agree with the most in the list. +1 for Zuckerberg
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Even though i am happy with the most of the list, anna hazare is certainly a surprise for me. Most of his remarks makes me think if this guy ever thinks or not

I would like to commend FP for this article on the "Top 100 Global Thinkers". As I read through the other responses, I am heartened by others sharing their opinions and thoughts on the various personages. The list is not all encompassing, but it is insightful. The insight comes from sharing the actions of various people in the global community. Globalization requires that American citizens look outward and realize that we are in a world of constant change. The actions, opinions, writings and policies of the people (representatives of their countries) on this list are a window into the thoughts of the global community. If it matters "over there", it should matter over here and vice versa. The broader context of the world community helps us to understand the foreign policy decisions of our leaders. As the U.S. Presidential elections approach, this becomes truly important as we vote to fill the highest office in our government. Part of our responsibility as citizens and voters is to be informed about the issues and the challenges faced by our country. Thanks again, FP, for providing a broad spectrum of "thinkers".
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Aswany is talking here about quarrels and revolutionaries; the conclusion of this passage is why we are fighting to each other. Because for love the whole life is not sufficient then how can we have time for fight? The best example for this quote is once i want to sell my car to a person forcefully and he denied for this job then I feel that by force everything is not possible. But love can do this.