Al Udeid Air Base

December 15, 2023 | Orde Kittrie |

U.S. Lawfare Options for Helping Bring Hamas to its Knees

Pressuring Qatar and Turkey to Quickly Detain Hamas Leaders

December 3, 2023 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Stop With the Nice Words on Qatar

David Barnea, the head of Israel’s Mossad, announced Saturday that he was withdrawing the Israeli negotiating team from the Gulf Arab emirate of Qatar. The announcement signaled the end of the hostage...

October 25, 2023 | Richard Goldberg |

How America and Its Allies Can Stop Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran from Evading Sanctions and Financing Terror

February 1, 2023 | Clifford D. May |

Soldiers of Misfortune

The Wagner Group isn’t playing

March 1, 2022 | David Adesnik |

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: March

February 3, 2022 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Why Does Biden Play Favorites Among the Arab Gulf States?

If you think the Biden administration is disengaging from the Middle East and the Gulf region, think again. This week, the White House asked Congress to designate Qatar as a major non-NATO ally, which...

July 23, 2021 | Benjamin Weinthal, Jonathan Spyer

US investigates Qatar over claims that it finances Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps

The State Department has opened an inquiry into an Israeli government report that Qatar’s monarchy funded Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a U.S.-designated terrorist organization. “We...

October 28, 2020 | Jonathan Spyer, Benjamin Weinthal

America Should Not Sell F-35 Fighter Planes to the Qatari Regime

Israeli energy minister Yuval Steinitz, speaking to the Ynet website on Sunday, expressed concern that despite Jerusalem’s objections, Qatar will eventually acquire state-of-the-art Lockheed Martin...

August 5, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal, Jonathan Spyer

Qatar’s alleged finance of Hezbollah terrorist movement puts US troops at risk, dossier claims

There are nearly 10,000 U.S. troops stationed in the Middle Eastern country

January 22, 2020 | Aykan Erdemir, Varsha Koduvayur

The Turkish-Qatari Axis Challenges Washington

Turkey and Qatar have become brothers in arms, pursuing joint ventures in illicit finance and promoting extremist ideologies. Washington needs to develop a multipronged response to compel Ankara and Doha to curb their malign conduct.

December 11, 2019 | Aykan Erdemir, Varsha Koduvayur

Turkish-Qatari Alliance Threatens Washington

Turkish-Qatari partnership in the Middle East will strengthen Islamist extremism and threaten American interests in the region, new think tank report finds

December 11, 2019 | Aykan Erdemir, Varsha Koduvayur

Brothers in Arms

The Consolidation of the Turkey-Qatar Axis

November 16, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Qatar had prior knowledge of Iran attack on vessels, failed to tell allies: report

Qatar had advance knowledge on an Iranian attack on four commercial vessels in the Gulf of Oman in May and may have failed to warn its U.S., French and British allies, a western intelligence report alleges. The...

October 25, 2019 | Varsha Koduvayur |

Qatar Extends Support for Turkey’s Assault in Northern Syria

Qatar defended Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s assault on northern Syria last week, becoming the first country to publicly voice support for Turkey’s intervention. Qatar’s support clarifies...

July 22, 2019 | Bradley Bowman, Andrew Gabel

Russia’s S-400: An offer U.S. partners should refuse

After Turkey insisted on acquiring the ...

February 25, 2019 | Varsha Koduvayur |

Doha’s Dangerous Drift Towards Iran

Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani last week sent Iranian President Hassan Rouhani a congratulatory cable in honor of the 40th...

April 9, 2018 | Alexandra N. Gutowski, Varsha Koduvayur

Retail Therapy: Isolated Qatar Hopes Spending Will Spur New Alliances

Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad al Thani is set to visit the White House on April 10 where he will ...

December 13, 2017 | Jonathan Schanzer

The Qatar Quarrel Benefits the U.S.

It is no secret that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has been at odds with President Trump on a range of issues. One of them is the U.S. response to the spat that erupted in early June between Q...

July 25, 2017 | Jonathan Schanzer

Assessing the U.S.-Qatar Relationship

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June 23, 2017 | Jonathan Schanzer |

These days, it’s the clash of the Arabian Gulf cash in Washington

A nasty internecine conflict has erupted in the Arabian Gulf. Led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a gaggle of Arab states have singled out the tiny emirate of Qatar for backin...