BiographyMiriam Pemberton is a research fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, the oldest, multi-issue, progressive think tank in Washington, DC. She works on demilitarization issues. With Lawrence Korb of the Center for American Progress, she leads the team that produces the annual Unified Security Budget for the United States. She also produces the annual Military vs. Climate Security report. Formerly, she was editor and then director of the National Commission for Economic Conversion and Disarmament.