Thomas P.M. Barnett :: Weblog

And Petraeus is the runner up. Tom, of course, has written on both:

Putin positions himself as Russia's Lee Kuan Yew

The Monks of War

And all of this talk about a PM for Putin looks that much more like Lee Kuan Yew and Singapore.

I first saw the news via Soob, who had this to say:

I'm not entirely surprised at Time's choice for man of the year, Vladimir Putin. Putin's managed to play two opposite ends of the identity coin as he's both hero and villain depending on who you talk to. The accompanying article (aptly titled Choosing Order Before Freedom) does a good job of breaking down Putin's rise to what is essentially the first Czar since Nicholas II and highlights both the positive aspects of his rule (stability) and the darker, more corrupt facets (oppression.) Interesting read and interesting choice though I'd have gone with runner-up General David Petraeus.