Mariam malik

senior foreign policy associate

issue areas

Foreign Policy
Defense
Militarism
Pentagon Budget
Sanctions
Arms Sales
Congressional War Powers
Nonproliferation & Disarmament

 

biography

Mariam Malik leads the Congressional Progressive Caucus Center’s foreign policy program. Mariam’s work centers around convening and collaborating with movement partners, grassroots leaders, and researches on topics such as the bloated Pentagon Budget, U.S. arms sales, the war in Yemen, the Iran Nuclear Deal, U.S. sanctions, congressional war powers, nuclear policies and disarmament, and other topics. She has written publications related to key foreign policy developments in Congress and around the world and conducts regular meetings and briefings on various progressive foreign policy matters. Mariam has worked in Congress at the Committee on House Administration and in the British House of Commons. She  received her Bachelor’s of Art in Political Science from the University of Kentucky and her Master’s of Science in European Union Politics from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

publications

  1. Comparison of the House and Senate FY2023 National Defense Authorization Acts: A Primer - August 9, 2023

  2. Membership of Foreign Policy Committees in the U.S. House of Representatives: 117th-118th Congress - June 5, 2023

  3. Repealing the 1991 and 2002 Authorizations for Use of Military Force - March 29, 2023

  4. Overview of President Biden’s FY2024 Defense Budget Request - March 9, 2023

  5. One Year On: The War in Ukraine and U.S. Support - February 24, 2023

  6. The Expiration of the Budget Control Act of 2011 and What it Means for Discretionary Spending - October 17, 2022

  7. Support for Cuts to Weapons Programs in President Biden’s FY2023 Defense Budget Request - June 22, 2022 

  8. Global Vaccine Equity - March 9, 2022

  9. President Biden’s $650 Million Arms Sale to Saudi Arabia - December 3, 2021

  10. Senate Consideration of the FY2022 National Defense Authorization Act -  November 29, 2021

  11. Repealing the 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force - June 28, 2021

  12. The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and Relations With Iran - May 28, 2021

  13. New START and Next Steps for Reducing Nuclear Weapons Risks - February 12, 2021

  14. Militarism at Home