Foreign Policy: List of rulers of the world

Foreign Policy magazine has made a list of the 500 most powerful people in the world, one in every 14 million people on the planet who control the industry, politics, energy, and the wars of religion. Among them there are individuals from China to Russia, from India to the Middle East, from Europe to America, billionaires, but also "bad guys", then heads of state and government, ministers, religious leaders, owners and directors of banks and funds investment. "The list of all lists" is made, inter alia, the list of 100 most powerful people to Forbes, the research of the Institute for Media Communication, register 50 most powerful banks, research SIPRI arms industry for weapons and , with the Reuters database of best universities, as well as registry largest investment funds, reports New Century. Foreign Policy journalists have researched the deeds undone the new president of China, Xi Jinping, and proved that it is developing a dangerous game by using his secret weapon. They have introduced Rahul Gandhi as the future leader of democracy in the country with more people in the world. There is also the story of the ruthless Russian diplomacy Sergey Lavrov, and logic hot Russian government. Among the most powerful are 500 U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle, the couple Clinton, Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai lama, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, the leader of the opposition in Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, CIA Director John Brennan, head of the Russian secret service FSB Alexander Bortnikov, but the head of the Russian mafia, Semion Mogilevich. World billionaires club do not just "old boys" from North America and Europe. In the last 10 vjetshin, besides those from Latin America and Asia, it has also behur African billionaires. Thus, among the 50 richest in the world is Aliko Dangote, king of cement and sugar from Nigeria. The richest Indian, Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani "severe" 21.5 billion dollars in 2010 built his house 27 floors, private object of the most expensive ever built in the world, the "look" of the poor neighborhood of Mumbai. Dangle stories that China is going forward in innovation, universities remain the best American ones. In first place is the University of California, then the Technical University of Michigan, Harvard, Johns Hopkins and in fifth place is Columbia University. Women on the world map are not yet to the extent that they should be. Ten per cent of women are powerful in politics, economy three percent in the business, is no woman among religious leaders. Of the 500 most influential ministers world is only one woman: Janine Henis Plaschert, Dutch Minister of Defense. Women, but in movies, not lead the intelligence none of them is in charge of the largest media companies. Diplomatic power in the hands of the United States, followed by China, Russia, France and Germany. Ordering is done according to the number of embassies and consulates of the countries in the world. Arms importers are India (4.8 billion dollars), China (1.7 billion dollars), the U.S. (1.3 billion dollars), Turkey (1.27 billion dollars) and Pakistan (1.24 billion dollars). Biggest arms exporters are the U.S. (8.8 billion dollars), Russia (8 billion dollars), while China, Ukraine and Germany export to the 1.8 billion, 1.3 and 1.2 billion dollars. The most powerful global brand is Coca-Cola. Within a day, the 207 countries of the world consumed its two billion products. Power belongs to the virtual world social networks. First place belongs to Facebook, followed by Google, Youtube, Yahoo and Wikipedia. Faceebokun within a month of 837 million people visit the Wikipedia about 470 million. Oil companies and gas during the past eight years has doubled its presence in the lists of the richest and most powerful in the world. Royal Dutch Company 20 012 in the gain of 484 billion dollars and thus faced BDP out of Norway. It is interesting that Apple, on top of which is Tim Cook, in January there were 137 billion dollars ready, that enough "to save" ten times Cyprus from bankruptcy.