Jodi Vittori
Research and Policy Manager, Defense and Security Program, Transparency International (website),
Non-Resident Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (website)
twitter: @j_vittori
email: jvittori [at] transparency [dot] org
phone: (+1) 719-338-6936
Research and Policy Manager, Defense and Security Program, Transparency International (website),
Non-Resident Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (website)
twitter: @j_vittori
email: jvittori [at] transparency [dot] org
phone: (+1) 719-338-6936
corruption | defense industry | Middle East
Jodi Vittori is an expert on the linkages of corruption, state fragility, illicit finance, security assistance, and U.S. national security. She is the U.S. Research and Policy Manager for Transparency International’s Defense and Security Program, a non-resident fellow with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and an adjunct professor at Georgetown University. Before joining Transparency International, Vittori was a senior policy adviser for Global Witness, where she managed educational and advocacy activities on linkages between corruption and national security. Prior to that, Jodi served in the U.S. Air Force, advancing to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel; her overseas service included Afghanistan, Iraq, South Korea, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Saudi Arabia, and Bahrain, and she was assigned to NATO’s only counter-corruption task force. She was an Assistant Professor and military faculty at the US Air Force Academy and the National Defense University.
Jodi has published on conflict finance and illicit financial flows. She is the author of the book Terrorist Financing and Resourcing and a co-author of the handbook Corruption Threats and International Missions: Practical Guidance for Leaders. She is a graduate of the US Air Force Academy and received her PhD in International Studies from the University of Denver.
Jodi Vittori is an expert on the linkages of corruption, state fragility, illicit finance, security assistance, and U.S. national security. She is the U.S. Research and Policy Manager for Transparency International’s Defense and Security Program, a non-resident fellow with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and an adjunct professor at Georgetown University. Before joining Transparency International, Vittori was a senior policy adviser for Global Witness, where she managed educational and advocacy activities on linkages between corruption and national security. Prior to that, Jodi served in the U.S. Air Force, advancing to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel; her overseas service included Afghanistan, Iraq, South Korea, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Saudi Arabia, and Bahrain, and she was assigned to NATO’s only counter-corruption task force. She was an Assistant Professor and military faculty at the US Air Force Academy and the National Defense University.
Jodi has published on conflict finance and illicit financial flows. She is the author of the book Terrorist Financing and Resourcing and a co-author of the handbook Corruption Threats and International Missions: Practical Guidance for Leaders. She is a graduate of the US Air Force Academy and received her PhD in International Studies from the University of Denver.
Recent Publications
- "Mitigating Patronage and Personal Enrichment in U.S. Arms Sales," in "From Hardware to Holism: Rebalancing America’s Security Engagement With Arab States," Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, May 18, 2021.
- “Mercenaries and Money Laundering in Libya,” Inkstick, March 29, 2021.
- "Promoting Good Governance in Security Sectors" in "Addressing Fragility in a Global Pandemic: Elements of a Successful US Strategy," US Institute of Peace, December 2020.
- "A Weapons Epidemic," Diwan, Carnegie Middle East Center, June 1, 2020.
- "A Mutual Extortion Racket: The Military Industrial Complex and US Foreign Policy – The Cases of Saudi Arabia & UAE," December 20, 2019.
- "Bahrain’s Fragility and Security Sector Procurement," Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, February 26, 2019.
- “Transparency, Accountability, and Counter-Corruption Are Essential for Security-Sector Assistance,” in Kleptocratic Regimes and National Security: A Pervasive Threat and How it Can Be Neutralized, Schar School of Public Policy and Government, George Mason University, 2017.