Miriam Pemberton
Author Bio

Miriam Pemberton is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, writing and speaking on demilitarization issues for its Foreign Policy In Focus project. She has recently published a report, “Military vs. Climate Security: Mapping the Shift from the Bush Years to the Obama Era,” a follow-up to her other publication, “The Budgets Compared: Military vs. Climate Security.” Miriam also leads a group that produces the annual “Unified Security Budget for the United States.” Formerly she was editor, researcher and finally director of the National Commission for Economic Conversion and Disarmament. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan.
With William Hartung of the New America Foundation, she is co-editor of the book “Lessons from Iraq: Avoiding the Next War” (Paradigm Publishers, 2008).
Content by this author
Trump’s Military Budget Is Way, Way Out of Whack
March 8, 2017
The Pentagon’s $125-Billion Cover-up
December 14, 2016
Here’s What a Budget That Prioritizes Peace Looks Like
March 16, 2016
6 Reasons Not to Reboot the Cold War
February 10, 2016
What the U.S. Should Learn from Russia’s Collapse
December 19, 2014