On the recordJune 19, 2026
If you pull up the anchor in choppy seas, the boat rocks backward and forward, and the passengers get seasick.
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David Miliband
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newyorker.comIf you pull up the anchor in choppy seas, the boat rocks backward and forward, and the passengers get seasick.
Miliband's metaphor about the global humanitarian system.
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