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Qatari Funding and Influence in American K-12 Classrooms

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Qatar covers its tracks: Gulf state spent millions to infiltrate American classrooms

Excerpt Qatar Foundation International has poured millions of dollars into U.S. K-12 public schools over the past 17 years. Qatari officials have long claimed that QFI has a “narrow philanthropic...

Why the DRC’s Ebola Outbreak Is an American Strategic Failure

The elimination of US aid programs is now undermining the US commercial strategy in Africa.

Genocide Accusation: Pretoria Plays for Time

*This article was originally published in French Excerpt There are trials whose verdict matters little- far less than the act of dragging them out. Since January 2024, South Africa has accused...

The Humanitarian Aid Machine Cannot Be Bamboozled by Gaza

The problem with Gaza reconstruction is not simply how much money will be spent. It is whether anyone in Washington has the political courage to ensure American taxpayers are no longer subsidizing the...

In Texas K-12 Public Schools, Qatari Money Funded Jewish Conspiracy Content

Foreign influence is reaching into our children’s schools in Texas and around the United States. Kids are being exposed to lesson plans and textbooks stained with propaganda and even antisemitism. Who...

Modernization of the African Growth and Opportunity Act

Iran’s economic damage from Operation Epic Fury

Don’t Let Iran Sow Hunger Around the World

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has revealed Iran’s ability to threaten the global food supply.

Time to Lift the Veil on Foreign Funding in K-12 Schools

State lawmakers in Georgia just won a major battle in the long war to reveal foreign influence in America’s K-12 public schools. A new bill, which recently passed both chambers of the state legislature,...

Why Do We Allow Iran into American Classrooms?

Second graders are learning that non-Muslims are “the worst of all creatures” at the Brighter Horizons Academy near Dallas, Texas, according to a recent report by the Middle East Forum. The curriculum...

Kuwait and UAE report disrupting domestic Hezbollah cells

Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates claimed to have disrupted several terror cells linked to Hezbollah over the past week. Both Persian Gulf countries alleged that their security forces identified networks...

Private School Accreditation Organization Benefits from Iranian Money

As the war against the Islamic Republic of Iran rages in the Persian Gulf, there’s another battle against the regime’s influence being fought a bit closer to home. The Iranian missiles and drones that...

Iranian and Iranian-Backed Attacks Against Americans (1979-Present)

Armed conflict between the United States and Iran did not begin in 2026, but instead has deep roots that extend back to the 1979 Islamic Revolution. For nearly five decades, the clerical regime in Tehran...

U.S.-Palau agreement shows new National Security Strategy in action

One of the new agreements with the United States is designed to help counter Chinese political warfare attacks on Palau. The initial cost to the United States is $2.2 million, exactly the sort of low-cost counter to China’s ability to disrupt and degrade the economy, politics and society of a key U.S. ally that is needed.

America needs to stop being naive in Gaza

News reports from Israel and Gaza indicate that Israel and the United States have started to take steps toward the “New Gaza” plan. The idea behind the plan is flawed from the get-go and should be...

5 Ways the United States and Europe Must Help Ukraine Now

Despite daily barrages of missiles and drones, Ukrainian society remains resilient. Although it is unlikely to recapture its lost territory, the Ukrainian military is well-positioned to continue preventing...

5 Ways the U.S. Should Retain and Upgrade America’s Development Finance Corporation (DFC)

Congress would be smart to ensure the survival and reform of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) – America’s development bank that invests in private sector projects in developing...

China Set To Fill Gap From Expiration of Key U.S.-Africa Trade Program

Africa is bracing for crushing new tariffs on goods exported to the United States. On September 30, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) expired, forcing an end to the duty-free access to U.S....

The Chance to Save Myanmar

U.S. Economic Tools Can Counter Both the Junta and China