Tony Blair Questions Terror, Violence in the Middle East

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The former British Prime Minister addresses graduates. Blair speaks on the rise of new global powers such as China and India, and discusses the need to develop partnership in order to avoid conflict.He also framed the Middle East as a battle zone between moderation and extremism.

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