Experts: M to R

Please find below a list of individuals with expertise in the arms trade, with last names starting with M to R. Inclusion in this list does not indicate agreement with or endorsement of the opinions of others. Institutional affiliation indicated for identification purposes only. Experts interested in being listed, click here.
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Shana Marshall   Assoc. Dir. & Asst. Res. Prof., Inst. for Middle East Studies, George Washington U.
Middle East | corruption | defense industry | arms sales

Stephen Miles   Executive Director, Win Without War 
arms sales | F-35

Amy Nelson   Research Fellow, Brookings Institution ||  Research Scholar, Univ. of Maryland
international instruments | export control, transfer policy and laws | strategic trade control
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Diana Ohlbaum Snr Strategist & Leg. Dir. for Foreign Policy, Friends Committee on Nat'l Legislation
arms sales | security assistance | harm to civilians - casualties, human rights, development ​

Nancy Okail President and CEO, Center for Intarnational Policy
Middle East | arms sales | security assistance | harm to civilians | corruption

Scott Paul   Humanitarian Policy Lead, Oxfam America 
harm to civilians - casualties, human rights, development | Middle East (Yemen)

Michael Picard Independent Expert
Small arms and light weapons (SALW) | defense industry | corruption

Allison Pytlak  Program Manager, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
Arms Trade Treaty | cyber | gender | small arms and light weapons (SALW) | killer robots

Josh Ruebner  Director of Government Relations, Institute for Middle East Understanding
arms sales (Israel) | security assistance (Palestinian Authority) | Middle East
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Daniel Mack Independent consultant
small arms and light weapons (SALW) |  Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) | Latin America | harm to civilians

Ara Marcen Naval  Head of Advocacy, Transparency International Defense & Security
Arms Trade Treaty | corruption | harm to civilians - casualties, human rights, development

Daniel Mahanty   Dir. of Research, Learning, and Innovation, Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC)
arms sales | security assistance | harm to civilians - casualties, human rights, development | child soldiers

Ivan Marques UN Consultant
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) | Latin America | small arms and light weapons (SALW) | harm to civilians

Nicholas Marsh Senior Researcher, International Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
small arms and light weapons (SALW) | global trade data/trends | arms trafficking

Jesús Martínez  Independent expert
Latin America | harm to civilians | landmines and cluster munitions

Montserrat Martínez Téllez  Research consultant on gender and armed violence, 24-0 Mexico
Latin America | small arms and light weapons (SALW) | harm to civilians

Elizabeth Minor  Advisor, Article 36
drones | harm to civilians | killer robots | explosive weapons in populated areas

Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan Independent expert
landmines and cluster munitions | small arms and light weapons (SALW) | Asia

​Robert Muggah Co-founder & Research Director at Igarapé Institute and the SecDev Group
small arms and light weapons | Latin America | global trade data/trends | harm to civilians | arms trafficking

Wanda Muñoz Inclusion, Victim Assistance, and Humanitarian Disarmament Expert
harm to civilians  | gender | killer robots | landmines and cluster munitions  ​

Folade Mutota Executive Director, WINAD (Trinidad and Tobago)
gender | small arms and light weapons (SALW) | Latin America (Caribbean) | ATT 

Jasmin Nario-Galace Coordinator, Pax Cristi - Asia Pacific
small arms and light weapons (SALW) | Asia | harm to civilians | ATT | Other instruments

Afrah Nasser Non-resident Fellow at the Arab Center Washington DC
human rights | Middle East (Yemen)

​Linnet L. Wairimu Ng'ayu Institutional Strengthening Advisor, ACRL - RfP
Arms Trade Treaty | Africa

Iain Overton  Executive Director, Action on Armed Violence (AOAV)
small arms and light weapons | explosive weapons | landmines and cluster munitions | harm to civilians

Carlos Pérez Ricart  Assistant Professor in International Relations, CIDE
Latin America | small arms and light weapons (SALW)

Samuel Perlo-Freeman  Research Coordinator, Campaign Against Arms Trade (UK)
defense industry | global arms trade data/trends | corruption 
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Natália Pollachi Project Manager, Instituto Sou da Paz (Brasil) 
small arms and light weapons | Latin America | gender | arms trafficking