IRC chief says world is witnessing 'global disorder' amid escalating conflicts and lack of accountability
The National · 14 Nov 2026

IRC chief says world is witnessing 'global disorder' amid escalating conflicts and lack of accountability

The world is going through a “time of more shocks and fewer shock absorbers” as conflicts escalate and warring parties dismiss the rules that uphold global order, David Miliband has warned. Speaking to The National’s Editor-in-Chief Mina Al-Oraibi in an interview in Abu Dhabi, the president of the International Rescue Committee and former UK foreign secretary said a “lack of accountability” was helping to fuel a “time of global disorder”.


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