The Director's Chair: David Miliband on British politics and COVID-19 in humanitarian crises
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The Director's Chair: David Miliband on British politics and COVID-19 in humanitarian crises

In this episode of The Director's Chair, Michael Fullilove speaks with former British Foreign Secretary, David Miliband.

In this episode of The Director's Chair, Michael Fullilove speaks with former British Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, about Brexit, leadership of the Labour Party, the future of internationalism, and the direct impact of COVID-19 on unprepared health care systems and populations with pre-existing vulnerabilities.

David Miliband served as a Cabinet minister under Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, including as Foreign Secretary from 2007 to 2010. He is President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, where he oversees the agency’s humanitarian relief operations in more than forty war-effected countries and its refugee resettlement and assistance programs in over twenty US cities.

For more information on IRC's work, visit www.rescue.org/

 

Areas of expertise: Australian foreign policy; US politics and foreign policy; Asia and the Pacific; Global institutions
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