MIT Starr Forum: New World Disorder: What’s the Humanitarian Perspective?

Schedule

Thu Apr 09 2026 at 05:00 pm to 06:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

MIT Building 45, Room 230 | Cambridge, MA

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A conversation with David Miliband, president of the International Rescue Committee and former foreign secretary for the United Kingdom.
About this Event

Speaker: David Miliband, president, International Rescue Committee (IRC), and former foreign secretary for the United Kingdom (2007-2010). He oversees the IRC’s operations in more than 40 crisis-affected countries and its refugee resettlement and assistance programs throughout Europe and the Americas. He is a 1987 graduate of Oxford, with a degree in philosophy, politics, and economics, and earned a master’s degree in political science in 1989 from MIT.


Moderator: John Deutch is an American civil servant and physical chemist. He was the United States deputy secretary of defense from 1994 to 1995 and director of Central Intelligence from May 10, 1995, until December 15, 1996. He is an emeritus Institute Professor at MIT.


Free & open to the public.
A recording will be posted on YouTube following the event.


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MIT is committed to providing an environment that is accessible to individuals with disabilities. If you need a disability related accommodation to attend or have other questions, please contact us at [email protected].

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