Did Qatar Just Take a Step Back From Hamas?
This week’s UN conference on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict resulted in a rare moment of international unity. On July 29, 17 countries, the European Union, and the Arab League, signed a declaration...
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Is Al Jazeera Providing Material Support to Hamas?
Select Language Is Al Jazeera Providing Material Support to Hamas? . By Toby Dershowitz and Eitan Fischberger AP On January 25, the world watched in revulsion as Hamas paraded four...
Op-eds
Qatari Emir Receives Royal Treatment During State Visit to United Kingdom
After rolling out the red carpet for Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Tamim Al Thani, the UK government announced plans to double joint UK-Qatar humanitarian assistance with a $100 million fund intended to...
Policy Briefs
Iran seeks ‘deeper and broader’ ties with Qatar
This is noteworthy because Qatar has positioned itself as a nation capable of simultaneously hosting extremists and terrorists while maintaining close ties with Western powers.
Op-eds
Biden’s betrayal of Israel only means more civilians will die
A decade ago, former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates famously declared that Joe Biden has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four...
Op-eds
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 ...
Op-eds
Kuwait’s Espionage Revelations Could Disrupt Rapprochement with Iran
Kuwaiti authorities recently disrupted an alleged terror cell linked to Iran and Hezbollah, and have begun exploring punitive steps against Tehran over...
Policy Briefs
Analysis: Qatar Still Negligent on Terror Finance
The US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on August 5 against two Qatari nationals accused of prov...
Op-eds
Iran Embarks On Middle East Charm Offensive – Will It Work?
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani and his Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif have each ...
Op-eds
The Gulf Cooperation Council Camp David Summit: Any Results?
Chairman Ros-Lehtinen, Ranking Member Deutch, and distinguished Members of the Subcommittee: thank you on behalf of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies for the opportunity to testify before...
Congressional Testimonies
Meet Saudi Arabia’s Biggest (and Most Controversial) Twitter Star
Saudi Arabia is changing, some say. The authoritarian desert kingdom is becoming more responsive to the will of its people and the demands of the global information economy, say others. This idea...
Op-eds
The Gulf Cooperation Council: Deepening Rifts and Emerging Challenges
Chairman Ros-Lehtinen, Ranking Member Deutch, and distinguished members of the subcommittee, thank you on behalf of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies for the opportunity to discuss tensions in...
Congressional Testimonies
Qatar Lite: The Mideast Maverick May Be Retreating
The Middle East’s most provocative, profligate microstate seems to be entering a more subdued stage. In a development Qatar’s neighbors should try to expand, the country’s new e...
Op-eds
The Gulf Cooperation Council
Chairman Ros-Lehtinen, Ranking Member Deutch, and distinguished members of the subcommittee, thank you on behalf of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies for the opportunity to discuss tensions in...
Op-eds
Obama Must Deal with Egypt and Iran
President Obama has quite a problem with Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi. At the State Department briefing Thursday afternoon, deputy press secretary Mark Toner danced around repeated questions...
Op-eds
Haqqani Network is Part of the Taliban — Siraj Haqqani
Haqqani Network leader Sirajauddin Haqqani, who is closely linked to al Qaeda, denied that his forces operate separately from the Taliban and said his followers are loyal to Afghan Taliban leader...
Op-eds
Assessing Interpretations of the New Bin Laden Documents
The documents recovered from Abbottabad that were released on Thursday represent the largest new trove of i...
Op-eds
Shabaab Formally Joins al Qaeda
Shabaab and al Qaeda have announced their formal merger, according to a video disseminated online today and translated by the SITE Intelligence group. In the video, Mukhtar Abu al Zubayr (a.k.a....
Op-eds
A Caliph’s Frustration with his Emirs
Yes, Bin Laden’s latest audiotape aired on al Jazeera is somewhat unique. Not in its ideological party line or in the Salafi doctrinal roots. That hasn’t changed nor is it expected to...
Op-eds
Former Taliban Commander Dies at Gitmo
A former Taliban commander died Tuesday evening at Guantanamo after suffering an apparent heart attack or similar ailment. US Southern Command released a statement on Thursday explaining that the...