The World Cup Won’t Clean Up Qatar’s Image
Doha’s $220 billion public relations stunt is crashing and burning. By halftime of its inaugural game on September 9, the 2022 World Cup’s flagship stadium ran out of water. Panicked fans got a taste...
Yusuf al-Qaradawi
Islamist cleric who called for fighting America, suicide bombings, dies in Qatar
An Egyptian cleric who, only five days after 9/11, called on Muslims to “fight the American military” and “fight the U.S. economically and politically,” has died at age 96. Yusuf al-Qaradawi had...
Insights
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...
Op-eds
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
Can the Washington Post Google Anti-Jewish Incitement?
A July 27, 2017, Washington Post ...
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 Needs to Do Its Part
An important goal of President Donald Trump’s meetings with Arab and Islamic leaders this past weekend was to encourage them to shoulder more of the burden in defending our common interests...
Op-eds
Muslims in America
One of the most striking features of the British cemetery at Gallipoli is the attention given to honoring the diversity of the dead. Final farewells from loved ones carved upon stone plaques line...
Op-eds
Gulf Monarchies Condemned Orlando Attack While Promoting Hate Preachers: Government-Sponsored Cleric
America’s Gulf allies talk a good game against terrorism. They ...
Op-eds
A Suggestion for the Islamic State Book Club
After a long week of slitting throats, smashing antiquities and raping infidel slave girls, how do the Islamic State’s barbarians unwind? Some, apparently, discuss the finer points of histo...
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...
Legislative Testimonies
Qatar’s Rulers Are Still Surrounding Themselves With Some of the Most Hateful Clerics
The ruler of Qatar, Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, ...
Op-eds
UAE’s Zealous New Terror List
The United Arab Emirates announced on Saturday its list of terrorist organizations under a new counterterrorism l...
Policy Briefs
A Muslim Identity Crisis
The massive sexual abuse case in Rotherham, England, has revealed again how awkward and self-defeating the Western response often is to matters that touch on religious identity. Although the inde...
Op-eds
The Worst Club in the Middle East
Gathering of Rogues Tarnishes U.S. Allies
Policy Briefs
Syria Spillover: The Growing Threat of Terrorism and Sectarianism in the Middle East
Chairman Menendez, Ranking Member Corker, and distinguished members of the committee, on behalf of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies,it is a...
Legislative 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
Frustration with Qatar Adds to GCC Security Dispute
In a striking new development, the governments of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday said they were withdrawing their ambassadors from Qatar. In a joint statement, th...