Miriam Pemberton

Miriam Pemberton has been researching the military economy for decades, as a Research Fellow, now Associate Fellow, at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, DC. Her new book, Six Stops on the National Security Tour: Rethinking Warfare Economies, came out this month from Routledge Press. With William Hartung she edited Lessons from Iraq: Avoiding the Next War (Paradigm, 2008). She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan.

Heidi Peltier

Heidi Peltier is a Senior Researcher at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs and the Director of Programs for the Costs of War Project. Peltier is an economist who has written on military-related topics including the employment impacts of military and other public spending; military contracting, or what she calls the “Camo Economy. ‘ She is the author of the book Creating a Clean-Energy Economy: How Investments in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Can Create Jobs in a Sustainable Economy. Heidi has served as a consultant with the U.S. Department of Energy, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, the International Labor Organization, and various other organizations.

Emma Claire Foley

Emma Claire Foley is Associate Partner for Policy and Research at Global Zero, where she works on research related to nuclear nonproliferation, risk reduction, disarmament advocacy efforts, and monitoring domestic and international policy developments. She received her Master’s degree from Harvard University’s Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, and her Bachelor’s degree in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies and History from the University of Michigan. She is the author of The Real Cost of ICBMs: U.S. Economic Development Beyond Defense Spending.

William Hartung (Moderator)

William D. Hartung is a senior research fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. His work focuses on the arms industry and the U.S. military budget. He was previously director of the Arms and Security Program at the Center for International Policy and co-director of the Center’s Sustainable Defense Task Force. He is the author of Prophets of War: Lockheed Martin and the Making of the Military Industrial Complex. He is also author of “Pathways to Pentagon Spending Reductions: Removing the Obstacles,” Quincy Institute, March 2022.