Tony blair institute for global change

Private non-profit organization

The Tony Blair Institute (TBI), commonly known by its trade name the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, is a non-profit organisation set up by former UK Prime MinisterTony Blair.^[6][7]

Agenda

The organisation is not a political party, but it is heavily influenced by the ideology and personal style of Tony Blair.^[8]

Blair launched the Institute as a "new policy platform to refill the wide open space in the middle of politics" aimed at combating a "frightening authoritarian populism" that he says is undermining the West's belief in democracy.

He has said the organisation will focus on re-energising the centre ground, African governance and Middle East policy, and fighting religious extremism.^[9]

In an interview with The Guardian on 17 March 2017, the former prime minister said his Institute for Global Change was more than a think tank, since it would ai