When I read last week that the former British Prime Minister Tony Blair had published a 5600-word essay on everything that ails Britain, every instinct told me not to read it. But I could not help myself and read it anyway.

The essay, published by Blair’s own institute, covers the world order, AI, China, the transatlantic alliance and the Labour Party’s future. It is a grand “world explanation” piece, just as one would expect from Blair. His arguments are lucid, his diagnosis sharp, and the prose, as always with Blair, elegant.

To read the article on the Newsroom website, click here.