Media sources in the United States have revealed that the regime in Qatar, known for its strong sponsorship of terrorism, has used a new tactic to exercise foreign influence and evade international condemnation by trying to dominate the academic community in the United States as part of Doha's plans to increase its influence in the region. Washington, the sources reported several facts, spending figures and specific dates.

For years, the country's huge spending on lobbyists, which play a key role in the US legislative process, has represented the bulk of Doha's attempts to exert influence in Washington.

Qatar has spent tens of millions of dollars on public relations firms to polish its image in the eyes of lawmakers and the American population. In 2017, Qatar has spent $ 16.3 million on lobbyists in Washington.

Qatar, despite its regular rhetorical support for Iran and its cash funding of the Ikhwan, Al-Qaeda and Da'ad organizations, has maintained its status as an ally of the United States because of Doha's expansion of millions of dollars to protect its image in American classrooms, and sponsorship of academic curricula and major academic institutions. 2011, Qatar spent nearly $ 1.5 billion on infiltrating US universities and academic discourse.

Since 2011 to 2016, Qatar has donated more than $ 330 million in astronomical value to Georgetown University because the university has strategic value for Qatar, given the University's proximity to Washington, DC, and many diplomats and lawmakers have graduated from it. Qatar accuses its faculty members of being an expert in its media, stifling their ability to condemn Doha in the future.

Qatar has also targeted Northwestern University, which has spent more than $ 277 million on the university since 2011 to 2016. The probable cause is likely to be targeted by its journalism school, where Qatar has proactively tried to instill a supportive philosophy in its mind Writers and future media, who are likely to condemn Qatar for its myriad excesses if Doha can not attract them in one way or another from the start.

The Qatar-based Georgetown University and Qatar University's website, Doha, Qatar, said that the educational support at the School of International Affairs involves the sharing of expertise and resources with the local community in Doha through several initiatives, ranging from public lectures Events and programs. The programs include the United Nations model, which gives students and teachers the opportunity to use resources and attend training sessions aimed at preparing schools to participate in the UN Model Annual Conference, hosted by the University in Doha.

The University also has a Center for International and Regional Studies, which conducts scientific research in international relations and political economy. The Center provides research grants to faculty members and provides a scientific forum through research meetings sponsored and shared by grantees with their research findings with other academics, policy makers and practitioners.

According to the University's website, the School of International Affairs of the Center for International and Regional Studies at Georgetown University in Qatar supports researchers through a variety of fellowship programs in any specialization on the Middle East. The faculty includes full-time lecturers at the Faculty of International Affairs and collaborating lecturers working elsewhere In Qatar, and teach one or two courses each year, as well as faculty members from Georgetown University in Washington, who teach some courses for one semester or one academic year, either online or through personal presence in Qatar.

The sources point out that Qatar's continued contacts with the academic community in the United States may seem acceptable in formality, but what raises the fears and questions is the country's purpose behind the communication and those large financial contributions, especially with the support of Doha to terrorism, which leaves no doubt That the Qatari plan aims to wash and polish the image of Doha, which has been linked in the minds of the world to support and harbor terrorist organizations.

• $ 1.5 billion, spent by Qatar on infiltration into US universities, since 2011.

• $ 16.3 million spent by Doha on lobbyists in Washington, 2017.