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Prior to joining IRC, he served as the 74th Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, representing the United Kingdom throughout the world._ ## David Miliband *  Apr 9, 2026 ### [The Iran Ceasefire Reveals a Domino Effect of Conflict](https://time.com/article/2026/04/08/iran-ceasefire-reveals-domino-effect-of-conflict/) The new ceasefire with Iran is a welcome pause—but it won’t end conflict in countries like Lebanon a... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 21, 2026 ### [Maternal Mortality is a Humanitarian Emergency](https://time.com/article/2026/03/20/maternal-mortality-is-a-humanitarian-emergency/) “There are solutions to prevent motherhood from being a death sentence for tens of thousands of wome... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 16, 2025 ### [2026 Will Mark a New World Disorder](https://time.com/7341023/2026-new-world-disorder/) We are entering a new era of disorder defined by the absence of rules for nations and rights for ind... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 4, 2025 ### [What the Crisis in Sudan Means for the World](https://time.com/7330788/what-the-crisis-in-sudan-means-for-the-world/) David Miliband argues that Sudan embodies the ‘new world disorder’—and shares what can be done to sa... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 22, 2025 ### [What’s at Stake at the 80th United Nations](https://time.com/7319242/whats-at-stake-80th-united-nations/) "Around the world, international politics are trending towards fragmentation and competition," write... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 29, 2025 ### [How to Stop Gazans from Dying of Starvation Now](https://time.com/7306344/gazans-dying-of-starvation/) "This famine is a man-made catastrophe," writes David Miliband. "It is not a consequence of natural ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 21, 2025 ### [We Need to Stop a Global Hunger Crisis](https://time.com/7303886/stop-a-global-hunger-crisis/) David Miliband, President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee argues that only the U.S. ca... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 28, 2023 ### [How Biden Can Fight Abuses of Power to Save Democracy](https://time.com/6265620/biden-impunity-democracy/) Fighting impunity is the only way to save democracy. Biden must make this his rallying cry, writes D... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 4, 2022 ### [The Afghan and Ukraine Crises Showed How the U.S. Can Rebuild Its Refugee System](https://time.com/6171357/us-refugee-system/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 11, 2022 ### [Ukraine Must Be the Last War of the Age of Impunity](https://time.com/6156922/ukraine-human-rights/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 13, 2021 ### [Biden Must Rebuild the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program](https://time.com/6047936/america-refugees-resettlement-program/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 18, 2017 ### [David Miliband: We Can Find an Answer to the Refugee Crisis By Working Together](https://time.com/5068493/solve-refugee-crisis-responsibility-david-miliband/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 5, 2017 ### ['America First' Should Not Mean 'Poorest Last'](https://time.com/4845479/america-first-trump-budget-congress-aid/) The debate over the U.S. budget will reveal if America has lost its way [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 12, 2016 ### [How to Bring Peace to the World’s Longest Civil War](https://time.com/4597920/myanmar-peace/) 'More aid is indispensable' [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 21, 2015 ### [David Miliband on Human Rights in 2016](https://time.com/4154077/human-rights-david-miliband/) The refugee flow won’t stop in 2016—unless the world gets serious about fixing fragile states [WORLD](/section/world/) Meta: {"meta\_title":"","meta\_description":"","og\_title":"","og\_description":"","og\_imageConnection":{"edges":\[\],"\_\_typename":"SysAssetConnection"},"twitter\_card":null,"\_\_typename":"Seo"} ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/david-miliband/","name":"David Miliband"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/david-miliband/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/david-miliband/"},"name":"David Miliband","jobTitle":"","description":"David Miliband is the President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee. 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