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David Miliband on Global Disorder, Labour’s ‘Mistakes’ and Deploying $1 Billion on Crises

David Miliband on Global Disorder, Labour’s ‘Mistakes’ and Deploying $1 Billion on Crises

The Mishal Husain Show vor 8 Monaten

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In 2007 when he was UK Foreign Secretary, David Miliband
delivered an address to the Labour Party conference. He described
a world with “fewer countries at war” and “more democracies than
ever before.”

Two decades later, with that vision further from view, Miliband
is head of the New York-based International Rescue Committee, one
of the world’s largest aid agencies. Its “Emergency Watchlist”
cites 20 urgent crises, from Haiti to Sudan and the Middle East
to Myanmar. The group finds itself increasingly constrained by
widening conflict and shrinking government aid.

The IRC role, however, gave Miliband new purpose after his bid to
lead Labour ended in dramatic and personal fashion when in 2010
he lost to his own brother. Now he sees his old friends and
rivals back in power, forced to make decisions he finds
painful.

In this conversation with Mishal Husain, Miliband discusses the
current state of politics in the UK, including Prime Minister
Keir Starmer’s leadership. He talks about Donald Trump’s “Board
of Peace” and his old boss, former Prime Minister Tony Blair.
They also discuss Miliband’s family heritage.

02:30 - His refugee parents and link to work at IRC

08:09 - Growing up, democracy “seemed like the norm”

08:59 - 2007 speech at Labour Party Conference

10:54 - Mark Carney’s 2026 speech at Davos

12:49 - “America will no longer be Atlas”

13:49 - “More autocracies than democracies in the world
today”

14:26 - “A revolution in America’s role in the world”

15:42 - IRC work on the US-Mexico border

17:55 - IRC’s 2026 Emergency Watchlist: Sudan and the Occupied
Palestinian Territory

18:36 - “Remediation of desperate suffering is our
business”

19:06 - “If you talk to the people you have hope.”

23:31 - Jared Kushner’s plans for Gaza

26:21 - Tony Blair and the Board of Peace

32:12 - Cuts to foreign aid

34:55 - “Challenging period” for UK Labour, Starmer

36:06 - Threats from Reform and Andy Burnham

39:07 - What next for Miliband?

40:28 - Relationship with Hilary Clinton

Watch this podcast here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe4PRejZgr0Ns_wjGlmjlPz0cded0nTYS

You can find the written version of this interview with Mishal’s
notes on Bloomberg Weekend:
https://www.bloomberg.com/latest/weekend-interview

Contact The Mishal Husain Show mishalshow@bloomberg.net

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