Ari Tolany is the Director of the Security Assistance Monitor (SAM) program at the Center for International Policy. Previously, she was the U.S. Program Manager at Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC) and the Herbert J. Scoville Peace Fellow at the Stimson Center's South Asia Program. Ari is an expert with the Forum on the Arms Trade and received her BA in International Relations and MA and Middle Eastern Studies, both with high honors from the University of Texas at Austin.