Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
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...
Op-eds
Hamas’s BFFs
The next time there is an effort to broker a cease-fire between Hamas and Israel -- and there will be a next time -- Qatar and Turkey should be sitting at the table beside Hamas, not among the re...
Op-eds
Why Qatar and Turkey Can’t Solve the Crisis in Gaza
With Washington desperate for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, an...
Op-eds
Frenemies
Less than a generation after World War II, in the midst of a cold war whose outcome was far from certain, John F. Kennedy famously proclaimed that Americans would “support any friend, oppos...
Op-eds
Why Qatar Is Quietly Supporting a U.S. Strike in Syria
DOHA, Qatar – After establishing itself as the epicenter of Syria’s opposition factions, punctuated by the establishment of a rebel embassy in Doha, Qatar is now adopting a distinctly...