Ari Tolany
United States Program Manager, Center for Civilians in Conflict (website)
email: atolany [at] civiliansinconflict [dot] org || LinkedIn
United States Program Manager, Center for Civilians in Conflict (website)
email: atolany [at] civiliansinconflict [dot] org || LinkedIn
arms sales | security assistance | Asia | harm to civilians
Ari Tolany is the Program Manager for CIVIC’s U.S. Program. Prior to joining CIVIC, Tolany was a Herbert J. Scoville Peace Fellow at the Stimson Center’s South Asia Program, where she worked on wargaming and virtual engagements. She has also worked as a Brumley Fellow in State Fragility at the Strauss Center for International Security and Law, where she studied how personal law reform in South Asia shaped political violence.
Tolany holds an M.A in Middle Eastern Studies and a B.A in International Relations and Global Studies with a Persian minor, both from the University of Texas. She was a Persian Critical Language Scholar in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
Ari Tolany is the Program Manager for CIVIC’s U.S. Program. Prior to joining CIVIC, Tolany was a Herbert J. Scoville Peace Fellow at the Stimson Center’s South Asia Program, where she worked on wargaming and virtual engagements. She has also worked as a Brumley Fellow in State Fragility at the Strauss Center for International Security and Law, where she studied how personal law reform in South Asia shaped political violence.
Tolany holds an M.A in Middle Eastern Studies and a B.A in International Relations and Global Studies with a Persian minor, both from the University of Texas. She was a Persian Critical Language Scholar in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
Recent Publications:
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- "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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