Miriam Pemberton
Research Fellow
Foreign Policy In Focus
miriam@ips-dc.org
Institute for Policy Studies
Washington, DC, 20036
Miriam Pemberton
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).
Recent Work
Report
The Green Dividend
September 30 - The United States failed to capitalize on a Peace Dividend. Now, with the economy in a rut and the globe heating up, we have a second chance to shift Pentagon funds to domestic needs with a Green Dividend. Published in The Nation and Daily Kos.
Blog
'Aspirational' vs. 'Operational' Military Budget Cutting
August 12 - It seems as though our Secretary of Defense is experiencing an internal conflict.
Report
A Unified Security Budget for the United States, FY 2011
August 12 - The Pentagon's plans for cuts won't change the security spending balance. Published in The National Interest and The Federal Times.