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Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
How Anonymous Wikipedia Editors Influence Global Narratives — and AI Systems
If you ask Google what Al Jazeera is, the answer you receive draws heavily on Wikipedia. The same is true if you ask ChatGPT, Perplexity or many other large language models. Wikipedia has become the working...
Op-eds
Don’t Bet on Qatar Standing by America in the Middle East
War is unpredictable and with Operation Epic Fury, some of the biggest surprises have occurred off the battlefield. Qatar’s posture is one of them. Years of engagement with Iran gave way to a relationship...
Op-eds
AI-Amplified Narratives: Measuring Propaganda in LLM Citations
Memos
Patient Extremism: The Many Faces of the Muslim Brotherhood
Memos
To Preserve the Gaza Deal, Keep Qatar at Arm’s Length
Qatar is already backsliding just days after pressuring Hamas to clinch a Gaza ceasefire deal with Israel. During his annual address to Qatar’s legislative body on October 21, Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad...
Policy Briefs
Defamation Lawsuit Thrusts Qatar’s Record of Corruption Into the Spotlight
It has been three years since Qatar hosted the 2022 FIFA World Cup, but the tournament is still making headlines. The latest story is about an emerging legal battle between former Qatari Prime Minister...
Policy Briefs
Reckoning Needed Between Terror-Sponsoring Qatar and United States
The emirate of Qatar continues to play an outsized role in the diplomatic efforts to end the war in Gaza. Over the weekend, these efforts once again failed to end the crisis and release the remaining 50...
Insights
As American Scrutiny of Muslim Brotherhood Increases, Lawmakers Overlook Qatar’s Support of the Extremist Group
The organization is a decentralized, transnational Islamist movement dedicated to the mission of establishing a global caliphate.
Op-eds
Qatar-Based Group Aligned With Muslim Brotherhood Backs Iran Against Israel
A network of Islamist clerics is exploiting the conflict in Iran to push its hardline agenda. Scholars aligned with the pro-Muslim Brotherhood, Qatar-based International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS)...
Policy Briefs
Only the UN Could Present Qatar as a Champion of Human Rights
The United Nations just re-elected a veteran human rights abuser to a seat on the Human Rights Council. That tends to happen every year, but there is special cause for concern when the abuser is Qatar,...
Insights
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.
Op-eds
Brothers in Arms
The Consolidation of the Turkey-Qatar Axis
Monographs
A modest Middle East detente
Arab states take a friendlier approach toward the enemy of their enemy.
Op-eds
Trump should confront Qatar on its support for Hamas in upcoming White House meeting
As Qatar’s leader – Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani – prepares for a White House ...
Op-eds
Does Al Jazeera deserve to die?
The Gulf Cooperation Council comprises six nations, all of them Arab, Muslim, ruled by royals, and fabulously wealthy thanks to vast reserves of petroleum. With so much in common, you might expec...
Op-eds
Qatar vs. Saudi Arabia: How Iran and the Brotherhood Tore the Gulf Apart
The Gulf monarchies face the most serious crisis in their history. It is largely being covered as a diplomatic spat, since several Arab nations terminated their relations with Qatar on Monday to...
Op-eds
Qatar and Terror Finance
FDD Press
Monographs
Hamas Is Fracturing, And Israel Should Be Worried
The al-Qassam Brigades, the so-called “armed wing” of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, is ...
Op-eds
Doha’s Dangerous Dalliance
Co-authored by Luke Lischin Qatari support for Islamist non-state actors has been an escalating source of tension for the monarchy in some of its vital relationships. Qatar&rsqu...