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His successes in the Middle East stood out as rare good news in a region defined by layers of intractable problems, the most recent of which were the disappointing "Arab Spring" revolutions that led to instability without liberalization. "Kerry’s achievements were well-received at the conclusion of the President Obama’s second term. But it was the signing of the Antalya Accord in June 2016 that laid the groundwork for a comprehensive limit on weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East, which cemented Kerry’s award nomination. Kerry’s peripatetic diplomacy then transformed a Middle East characterized by Shi'a-Sunni tensions and imminent conflict between Iran/Syria/Lebanon and the U.S./Israel/Saudi Arabia/GCC over Iran's nuclear programs. "This realignment started with Kerry leveraging a diplomatic overture from Iran signaled by the election of Hassan Rouhani in 2013. While there was thought to awarding Kerry earlier than 2016 for his negotiations with Iran, the overwhelming sentiment was that the Iran negotiations would be a prelude to John Kerry overseeing a dramatic realignment of interests in the Middle East, culminating in a seemingly permanent resolution to the Iranian nuclear issue in June 2016. However, our analysts believe that each of these candidates has more to give to the world-positively and negatively-and that their effect on world politics will peak in the future.Ĭonsider John Kerry, President Obama’s second-term pick for Secretary of State. Three of Wikistrat’s candidates for the period from 2014 to 2024 are familiar names already with considerable accomplishments. They address our analysts’ best thoughts about why the recipient deserved Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” award for that year how the award would be received and what the legacy of the awardee’s achievement would be. The sections are grouped by time period: 2014 to 2024, 2025 to 20 to 2100. The following sections represent synopses of some of the compelling entries developed collaboratively by Wikistrat’s community of analysts. After the year 2045, we reach the period where political analysis meets science fiction-where the imagination runs wild envisioning leaders of technology-driven utopian and dystopian futures. For the years 2025 to 2045, many of the Wikistrat nominations reflected a deep look into the future to imagine the leaders influencing trends that are (just barely) recognizable today. Most of those that Wikistrat analysts nominated for the next ten years are people who are already influential players on the world stage. Predicting future honorees presented a variety of challenges.
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Time also selected objects twice: the Computer (1982) and the Endangered Earth (1988). whistleblowers (2002), Good Samaritans (2005), “You”-the creators of web content-(2006), and the Protestor (2011).
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Among the groups selected have been Middle East peacemakers (1993), U.S. presidents have been selected most often (21 times), along with foreign heads of state, political activists, industrial and technology titans, religious leaders, and even the astronauts. Time magazine has selected a Person (formerly a Man) of the Year since 1927, who-for better or worse-has done the most to influence the events of that year. Usually a person, the honoree can also be an influential group, idea or object. This report is the synthesis of an 18-day crowdsourced simulation where more than 90 Wikistrat analysts from around the world collaboratively proposed Time magazine’s remaining 88 Person of the Year honorees of the 21st century.