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Tony Blair

UK Prime Minister, 1997 to 2007

Repositioned Labour as “New Labour,” helped broker the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland and joined the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Tony Blair sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly free market and slightly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly strength-first on war and peace, leaning institutional on institutions and leaning progressive on culture.

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Where Tony Blair sits on eight dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this leader's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomySlightly free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authoritySlightly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional

Leaders most like Tony Blair

Bill Clinton US President, 1993 to 200189%Emmanuel Macron President of France, 2017 to present88%Donald Tusk Prime Minister of Poland, 2007 to 2014 and 2023 to present85%Keir Starmer UK Prime Minister, 2024 to 202682%Barack Obama US President, 2009 to 201781%Joe Biden US President, 2021 to 202579%

Leaders furthest from Tony Blair

Mahatma Gandhi Leader of the Indian independence movement15%Jair Bolsonaro President of Brazil, 2019 to 202218%Donald Trump US President, 2017 to 2021 and 2025 to present21%

Political views closest to Tony Blair

Third Way centrismCombines market economics with moderate social policy and pragmatic problem solving.80%Liberal internationalismBacks a rules-based world order of alliances, trade and institutions to keep the peace.77%TechnocracyPrefers that trained experts rather than politicians make key decisions.73%

Percentages show how close two profiles are across all eight dimensions. Including a person here is for historical study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: Pavel Golovkin, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.