David Miliband discusses the global refugee crisis, what's next, and what can be done.

Following an introduction from Academy President David Oxtoby, David Miliband (08:25) speaks about refugees, democracy, and the "age of impunity" before opening up the discussion for Q&A (46:07).

This event served as the 2090th Stated Meeting of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and the inaugural Jonathan F. Fanton Lecture.

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DAVID MILIBAND is President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee (IRC), where he oversees the agency’s humanitarian relief operations in more than forty war-affected countries and its refugee resettlement and assistance programs in twenty-eight United States cities. Under his leadership, the IRC has expanded its ability to respond rapidly to humanitarian crises and meet the needs of an unprecedented number of people uprooted by conflict, war, and disaster. From 2007 to 2010, Miliband served as the 74th Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of the United Kingdom, driving advancements in human rights and representing the United Kingdom throughout the world. In 2006, as Secretary of State for the Environment, he pioneered the world’s first legally binding emissions reduction requirements. He was a Member of Parliament for South Shields from 2001 to 2013. Miliband graduated from Oxford University with a first class honors degree in philosophy, politics, and economics, and received a master’s degree in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which he attended as a Kennedy Scholar. His first book, "Rescue: Refugees and the Political Crisis of our Time," was published in 2017. He was elected an International Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2018.

DAVID W. OXTOBY is the President of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is President Emeritus of Pomona College and he was a Visiting Scholar at the Harvard Graduate School of Education prior to becoming President of the American Academy. As the ninth President of Pomona College, serving from 2003–2017, he has been recognized as a leader in American higher education, at the forefront in advancing environmental sustainability, increasing college access, cultivating creativity, and pursuing academic excellence in the context of an interdisciplinary liberal arts environment. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2012.

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