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Ari Tolany

Ari Tolany

United States
Asia/Oceania
Humanitarian Law/Human Rights
Harm to Civilians
Director | Security Assistance Monitor, Center for International Policy (web)
Languages:
Spanish
English
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Ari Tolany is the Director of the Security Assistance Monitor (SAM) program at the Center for International Policy. Previously, Tolany advocated for a more transparent and accountable arms trade as the U.S. Program Manager at the Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC). She also served as a Scoville Fellow at the Stimson Center and a Brumley Fellow at the Strauss Center for International Law & Security. She holds a B.A. in International Relations and Global Studies and an M.A. in Middle Eastern Studies, both with high honors at the University of Texas at Austin.

Featured Publications

A World For All: New Visions of US Foreign Policy

OR Books | October 1, 2026.
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The medical consequences of incendiary weapon use in 21st-century armed conflict: A scoping review

Burns | Volume 52, No. 8
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Arming the UAE as it Arms Atrocities in Sudan

Security Assistance Monitor Special Report | November 10, 2025.
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Publications

  • A World For All: New Visions of US Foreign Policy
    OR Books | October 1, 2026.
  • The medical consequences of incendiary weapon use in 21st-century armed conflict: A scoping review
    Burns | Volume 52, No. 8
  • Arming the UAE as it Arms Atrocities in Sudan
    Security Assistance Monitor Special Report | November 10, 2025.
  • The Medical Impacts of Thermobaric Weapons: A Scoping Review
    Military Medicine | September 15, 2025.
  • Arming Israel’s Atrocities in Gaza
    Security Assistance Monitor Special Report | August 6, 2025.
  • Ari Tolany on Arms Sales and Oversight
    Security Dilemma podcast | October 30, 2024.
  • Ari Tolany on Arms Sales and Oversight
    Security Dilemma podcast | October 30, 2024.
  • Advancing a More Effective and Ethical U.S. Arms Transfer Policy
    Arms Control Association | May 31, 2024.
  • How Israel Got an Endless Supply of U.S.-Made Smart Bombs
    In These Times | December 4, 2023.
  • Senate has two days to right Menendez’s wrongs on Egypt
    Responsible Statecraft | September 29, 2023.
  • A Decade Ago, the Obama Administration Acted When the M23 Terrorized Eastern DRC. Will Biden Do the Same?
    Just Security | April 13, 2023.
  • Fact Sheet – Closing A Leahy Law Loophole
    Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) and the Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC) | March 28, 2023.
  • Unpacking Biden’s Conventional Arms Transfer Policy
    Lawfare | March 2, 2023.
  • The FY 2023 NDAA Falls Short on Security Assistance Oversight
    Just Security | December 21, 2022.
  • How the FY23 NDAA Can Strengthen Oversight and Transparency of U.S. Security Assistance and Civilian Harm (Part II
    Just Security | September 12, 2022.
  • Amid Civilian Harm Revelations, Defense Bill Takes Measured Steps on Oversight and Accountability
    Just Security | December 23, 2021.
  • Build back better or more of the same? New arms deal to Saudi announced
    Responsible Statecraft | November 5, 2021.
  • India’s and Pakistan’s Public Responses to the Violence in Israel and Palestine
    South Asian Voices | May 14, 2021.

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