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Eighteen years ago my wife Gay and I attended our first Forum program. Actually, she was my fiancée at the time. Mike Wallace was the speaker. Gruff and curmudgeonly, he would probably not be everybody’s idea of a hot date night, but that evening we became hooked on The Richmond Forum. Over the ensuing years, my relationship with The Forum expanded beyond audience member to sponsor and board member. In time, our son William, now fourteen, began accompanying us on Forum night. He’s had the rare opportunity to be directly exposed to some of the world’s most influential people, to hear their ideas, to learn from their experiences, even to reach out and shake hands with a few of them. He’s definitely a better young man with broader perspectives and understanding of the world because of The Richmond Forum. But aren’t we all. This season, I give up my seat in the audience to take on a new role with The Forum, as its third Executive Director. It’s an honor and a rare privilege. Since June, the Forum staff and I have been taking a close look at everything we do. We assembled subscriber focus groups, met with sponsors, and tapped the expertise of our Board of Directors. From every corner we collected answers to the question, “How can we enhance and expand our programs, while protecting all the things that work so well?” That last part is key. You’ll start to see some of those enhancements tonight, starting with a fresh new look, thanks to the hard work and talents of circle S studio. Our new logo, with its converging quotation marks, reflects an idea that we heard over and over again: The Richmond Forum can be about more than listening to great speakers, it can also be about a continuing community conversation once the speaker has left the stage.

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The Rt. Hon. Tony Blair

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Fifteen Minute Intermission

Mr. Chapman

Mr. Blair and Mr. Baliles

Mr. Chapman

Opening program

Opening remarks

Welcome and introduction of The Rt. Hon. Tony Blair

Presentation

Remarks

Remarks and introduction of Governor Gerald L. Baliles

Discussion

Closing remarks

Tony BlairPrime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1997-2007)

November 1, 2008

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air“The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes.

It is very easy to say yes.” Spoken in 1994 when Tony Blair had not yet ascended to the office of prime minister of Great Britain, these words have a special resonance on the eve of the 2008 U.S. presidential election. The leader who said yes to joining the United States as its leading ally in overthrowing Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and no to opposing views in his own party understands as much as anyone the difficult choices our new President will face. Happily, Blair said yes to The Richmond Forum. Tonight, we look forward to hearing his views on where the world might be headed and on the directions in which his own experience and beliefs are taking him. At age 44, Blair took office in 1997 as the youngest British prime minister since 1812. He would remain prime minister through two more Parliamentary elections, making him the longest-serving Labour Party prime minister ever. On June 27, 2007, he officially resigned after ten years at 10 Downing Street and was succeeded by his Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown. In his decade as prime minister, Blair became a major figure on the world stage—someone known for courageous leadership and for his flair and skill in articulating his stands on television, in Parliament and in public appearances. Anthony Charles Lynton Blair was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1953. His father was a barrister and law lecturer who had once run for a seat in Parliament as a Tory. The family moved to Australia for several years in the 1950s before returning to Britain and settling in Durham in northeast England. Tony Blair attended school in Durham and then at the elite Fettes College boarding school in Edinburgh. He enrolled at Oxford University’s St. John’s College where he

Tony Blair

studied jurisprudence, earned a law degree in 1976 and set out to practice law as a barrister. In 1983, Blair decided to run as a Labour Party candidate for the House of Commons seat representing Sedgefield, a town near Durham. At the age of 35, he was elected to the seat he would hold for 24 years, even while prime minister. Quickly identified as a rising star in his party, he aligned himself with the New Labour movement, which sought to reinvigorate the Labour Party

by moving it more to the political center from its socialist/leftist/labor-union-dominated past. He gained special attention for his high profile role in Northern Ireland peace talks. Labour leader Neal Kinnock appointed Blair to positions as party spokesman on treasury and economic affairs. In 1988, Blair won positions in the party’s shadow cabinet—first as Shadow Secretary of State for Energy, then for Employment. In 1992, he became Shadow Home Secretary. In 1994, with the death of John Smith, who had succeeded Kinncock as Labour leader, Blair became the head of his party. Three years later, he won the

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job of prime minister in a landslide victory and was

soon enjoying the highest popularity of any prime

minister since British political polling began.

As prime minister, Blair led efforts to improve

public services through a program of investment

and reform in schools and hospitals. He became

a strong advocate of a values-based, activist and

multilateralist foreign policy—an agenda that led

to his support of military interventions in Iraq,

Afghanistan, Kosovo and Sierra Leone and his

close association with the Middle East policy of

President George W. Bush. His stand on the

Iraq war would eventually lead to diminished

popularity at home, and in June of 2007, he

resigned from office.

Tony Blair today serves as Middle East

Quartet Representative for the peace initiative

and Palestinian statehood preparations co-brokered

by the United Nations, the European Union, the

United States and Russia. He is an advocate for

problem solving in Africa and for measures to

counter global warming. In May 2008, he launched

the Tony Blair Faith Foundation, created to

promote respect and understanding among

Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, Sikhs and

Buddhists. In December 2007, he announced his

own conversion to the Roman Catholic faith. He

also serves as an advisor to international businesses

and is teaching courses at Yale University.

Blair is married to Cherie Booth Blair, a

graduate of the London School of Economics

and a lawyer whom he met when both were

interns with Queen’s Counsel during their early

law careers. The Blairs have four children—the

youngest, Leo, having been born in 2000 during

his father’s prime ministership. The Blairs continue

to make their home in London.

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The moderator of tonight’s discussion is Gerald L. Baliles, governor of Virginia from 1986 to 1990. He was previously attorney general of Virginia (1982-1985) and a member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1976-1982). Today he is director

of the Miller Center for Public Affairs, a non-partisan public policy institution at the University of Virginia that focuses on issues of national governance and the role and history of the presidency. He is a retired partner of the law firm of Hunton & Williams, LLP, headquartered in Richmond. Governor Baliles was born in Patrick County in 1940. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Wesleyan University in Connecticut and a J.D.

degree from the University of Virginia Law School. He was admitted to practice in the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court, where he argued cases while attorney general. Baliles serves on the corporate boards of the Altria Group, the Norfolk Southern Corporation and the Shenandoah Life Insurance Company. He has been chairman of the Commission on the Academic Presidency, the Task Force on the State of the Presidency in Higher Education and the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges. He has also served as chair of PBS. Throughout most of his professional life, he has been at the forefront of activities related to preserving the Chesapeake Bay. Governor Baliles and his wife Robin live in Charlottesville.

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Tony Blair Faith Foundation

In May 2008, Tony Blair announced the launch of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation.

mission statement: The Tony Blair Faith Foundation aims to promote

respect and understanding about the world’s major religions and show how faith is

a powerful force for good in the modern world.

Faith is vitally important to hundreds of millions

of people. It underpins systems of thought and

of behavior. It underpins many of the world’s

great movements for change or reform, including

many charities. And the values of respect, justice

and compassion that our great religions share

have never been more relevant or important to

bring people together to build a better world.

But religious faith can also be used to divide.

We have seen throughout history and today we

still see how it can be distorted to fan the flames

of hatred and extremism.

The Tony Blair Faith Foundation is a

response to these opportunities and challenges.

We will use the full power of modern com-

munications to support and step up efforts at

every level to educate, inform and develop

understanding about the different faiths and

between them.

At the same time, the Foundation will use

its profile and resources to encourage people of

faith to work together more closely to tackle

global poverty and conflict. By supporting such

inter-faith initiatives, the Foundation will help

underline the religion’s relevance and positive

contribution.

The Foundation will not duplicate, let alone

seek to replace the many successful initiatives by

faith groups already taking place. The aim instead

is to promote and enhance this work. But where

the Foundation believes more can be done, we

will work with partners to fill the gap. This means

that the Foundation will keep evolving. But its

core principles and priorities have been set.

Source: tonyblairfaithfoundation.org.

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The Beijing Olympic Games were a powerful

spectacle, stunning in sight and sound. But the

moment that made the biggest impression on

me came during an informal visit just before

the Games to one of the new Chinese Internet

companies, and in conversation with some of the

younger Chinese entrepreneurs.

These people, men and women, were

smart, sharp, forthright, unafraid to express their

views about China and its future. Above all,

there was a confidence, an optimism, a lack of

the cynical, and a presence of the spirit of get

up and go, that reminded me greatly of the U.S.

at its best and any country on its way forward.

These people weren’t living in fear, but looking

forward in hope. And for all the millions still in

poverty in China, for all the sweep of issues—

political, social and economic—still to be

addressed, that was the spirit of China during

this festival of sport, and that is the spirit that

will define its future.

During my 10 years as British leader, I

could see the accelerating pace of China’s

continued emergence as a major power. I gave

speeches about China, I understood it analytically.

But I did not feel it emotionally and therefore

did not fully understand it politically.

Since leaving office I have visited four

times and will shortly return again. People ask

what is the legacy of these Olympics for China?

It is that they mark a new epoch—an opening

up of China that can never be reversed. It also

means that ignorance and fear of China will

steadily decline as the reality of modern China

becomes more apparent.

Power and influence is shifting to the East.

In time will come India, too. Some see all this as

a threat. I see it as an enormous opportunity.

But we have to exercise a lot of imagination and

eliminate any vestiges of historic arrogance.

The volunteer force that staged the Games

was interested, friendly and helpful. The whole

feel of the city was a world away from the China

I remember on my first visit 20 years ago. And

the people are proud, really and honestly proud,

of their country and its progress.

No sensible Chinese person—including

the country’s leadership—doubts there remain

issues of human rights and political and religious

freedom to be resolved. But neither do the sensible

people—including the most Western-orientated

Chinese—doubt the huge change, for the better,

there has been. China is on a journey. It is moving

forward quickly. But it knows perfectly well the

journey is not complete. Observers should

illuminate the distance to go, by all means, but

recognize the distance traveled.

The Chinese leadership is understandably

preoccupied with internal development. Beijing

and Shanghai no more paint for you the

complete picture of China than New York and

Washington do of the U.S. Understanding the

internal challenge is fundamental to under-

standing China, its politics and its psyche. We in

Europe have roughly 5% of our population

employed in agriculture. China has almost 60%.

Over the coming years it will seek to move

hundreds of millions of its people from a rural to

an urban economy. Of course India will seek to

do the same, and the scale of this transformation

will create huge challenges and opportunities in

the economy, the environment and politically.

For China, this economic and social

transformation has to come with political

We Can Help China Embrace The Future Tony Blair

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stability. It is in all our interests that it does. The

policy of One China is not a piece of indulgent

nationalism. It is an existential issue if China is

to hold together in a peaceful and stable manner

as it modernizes. This is why Tibet is not simply

a religious issue for China but a profoundly

political one—Tibet being roughly a quarter of

China’s land mass albeit with a small population.

So we should continue to engage in a

dialogue over the issues that rightly concern

people, but we should conduct it with at least

some sensitivity to the way China sees them.

This means that the West needs a strong

partnership with China, one that goes deep, not

just economically but politically and culturally.

The truth is that nothing in the 21st century

will work well without China’s full engagement.

The challenges we face today are global. China

is now a major global player. So whether the

issue is climate change, Africa, world trade or

the myriad of security questions, we need China

to be constructive; we need it to be using its

power in partnership with us. None of this means

we shouldn’t continue to raise the issues of human

rights, religious freedoms and democratic reforms

as European and American leaders have done in

recent weeks.

It is possible to hyperbolize about the rise

of China. For example, Europe’s economies are

still major and combined outreach those of

China and India combined. But, as the Olympics

and its medal tables show, it is not going to stay

that way. This is a historic moment of change.

Fast forward 10 years and everyone will know it.

For centuries, the power has resided in the

West, with various European powers including

the British Empire and then, in the 20th century,

the U.S. Now we will have to come to terms

with a world in which the power is shared with

the Far East. I wonder if we quite understand

what that means, we whose culture (not just

our politics and economies) has dominated for so

long. It will be a rather strange, possibly un-

nerving experience. Personally, I think it will be

incredibly enriching. New experiences; new

ways of thinking liberate creative energy. But in

any event, it will be a fact we have to come to

terms with. For the next U.S. president, this will

be or should be at the very top of the agenda,

and as a result of the strength of the Sino-U.S.

relationship under President Bush, there is a

sound platform to build upon.

The Olympics is now the biggest sporting

event in the world, and because of the popularity

of sport it is therefore one of the events that

makes a genuine impact on real people. These

Games have given people a glimpse of modern

China in a way that no amount of political

speeches could do.

London 2012 gives Britain a tremendous

chance to explore some of these changes and

explain to the East what the modern West is

about. One thing is for certain: Hosting the

Olympics is now a fantastic opportunity for any

nation. My thoughts after the Beijing Games

are that we shouldn’t try to emulate the wonder

of the opening ceremony. It was the spectacular

to end all spectaculars and probably can never

be bettered. We should instead do something

different, drawing maybe on the ideals and spirit

of the Olympic movement. We should do it our

way, like they did it theirs. And we should learn

from and respect each other. That is the way of

the 21st century.

This article first appeared in the Wall Street Journal

on August 26, 2008.

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Parking deck line or chocolate…

Tough choice.Tonight, when Tony Blair leaves the stage, we invite you to join other Forum

subscribers for lively discussion and delectable desserts in the theater lounge.

(Second floor, adjacent to concessions.) Express your opinion about tonight’s

program, meet some new friends, and place your bid on the table and chairs

from the old Forum set. All while avoiding the parking deck rush.

We hope to see you there!

At the heart of my politics has always been the value of community, the beliefthat we are not merely individuals struggling in isolation from each other,

but members of a community who depend on each other, who benefit fromeach other’s help, who owe obligations to each other. From that

everything stems: solidarity, social justice, equality, freedom.

--Tony Blair, Prime Minister of Great Britain & Northern Ireland (1997-2007)

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