Qatar’s Billion-Dollar Influence At Texas A&M Under Scrutiny (Connecting the Dots: Qatar, The Qatar Foundation, Texas A&M University, Hamas, The Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt & Soros Funding, All Networking)
Dallas
Express
April
11, 2025
New
revelations in U.S. Senate testimony are
casting a spotlight on Qatar’s outsized financial ties to Texas
A&M University
and the troubling strings attached.
Dr.
Charles Asher Small, an expert on antisemitism and foreign influence, told
lawmakers that Texas A&M received over $1 billion from Qatar – funding none of which was fully
disclosed to the U.S. Department of Education, in violation of federal law.
This
massive Qatari investment funneled largely through the state-run Qatar
Foundation, has raised alarms about the university’s national security and
academic independence.
Dr.
Small detailed how Qatar’s support enabled Texas A&M’s branch campus in
Doha’s Education City but came with contractual conditions.
Notably,
Texas A&M agreed to grant the Qatar Foundation ownership of all intellectual
property from research at the Doha campus. Small called this arrangement
“particularly concerning given the potential military applications” of some
projects conducted there.
Indeed,
Texas A&M’s Qatar campus has undertaken hundreds of research projects –
including sensitive work in engineering fields – that could have dual-use
civilian and military applications.
Small warned that
such provisions, hidden from public view, “compromise academic independence and
integrity,” yet universities often fail to disclose them.
“When
foreign regimes use American universities to promote their ideologies, and
those institutions accept this funding without transparency or accountability,
we are complicit in undermining our democratic values,” he testified.
Beyond
academic freedom, national security concerns loom large.
Small
noted Qatar’s close alignment with extremist networks, stating that
Qatar “maintains documented… ties to the Muslim Brotherhood… that calls for the destruction of
Israel and the killing of Jews.”
He
emphasized the risk of advanced research ending up in the wrong hands. Some
Texas A&M projects in Qatar involve nuclear engineering and other
technologies with potential weapons implications – a worrisome scenario given
Qatar’s links to groups like the Brotherhood and even Hamas.
These
concerns, heightened after Hamas’s October 2023 attack on Israel, have not gone
unnoticed in Texas.
In late
2023, Texas A&M’s Board of Regents voted to wind down the
Doha campus by 2028. University officials cited regional instability, but
Small’s exposé of Qatar’s influence was a catalyst for reevaluation.
Small
welcomed the decision to close the Qatar campus but cautioned that it’s not the
end of the story. He urged lawmakers to investigate the “sensitive research
activities” conducted in Doha and to force full disclosure of all Qatar–Texas
A&M agreements.
His
testimony has galvanized calls for greater oversight of foreign funding in
academia as policymakers grapple with how to safeguard national security and
academic integrity in an era of big-dollar international partnerships.
The
case of Qatar’s billion-dollar influence at Texas A&M, Small argued, is a
wake-up call to defend American universities’ independence from authoritarian
money.
Connecting
the Dots:
Qatar was a funder
for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Qatar
Foundation International was a funder for the Bill, Hillary
& Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Bill,
Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations, a co-chair, national finance council for the Ready
PAC (Ready For Hillary) and was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
Leonard D.
Schaeffer is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think
tank) and a trustee at the RAND Corporation (think tank).
Qatar Foundation was
a funder for the RAND Corporation (think tank).
Thad W. Allen was
a senior fellow at the RAND Corporation and is the EVP for Booz
Allen Hamilton.
Booz Allen
Hamilton is a contractor for Obamacare.
Booz Allen
Hamilton is a contractor for the National Security Agency
(NSA).
Booz Allen
Hamilton was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea
Clinton Foundation.
Qatar
Foundation International was a funder for the Bill, Hillary
& Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Qatar was a funder
for the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Cyrus F.
Freidheim Jr. was a managing director at Booz Allen
Hamilton, is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and
an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Robert S. Osborne was the EVP & general counsel for Booz
Allen Hamilton and is a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago.
R. Eden Martin is
the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago and counsel
at Sidley Austin LLP.
Newton N. Minow is
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and a senior
counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
Michelle Obama was
a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack Obama was
an intern at Sidley Austin LLP
Cameron F. Kerry is
a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, John F. Kerry’s brother
and a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Cass R. Sunstein is a senior fellow at the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and married to Samantha Power.
Samantha Power is
married to Cass R. Sunstein and the U.S. ambassador for
the United Nations.
Donald F. McHenry was
a U.S. ambassador for the United Nations and is an honorary
trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Joan E. Spero was
a U.S ambassador for economic & social affairs for the United
Nations and an honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
Palestine (Hamas)
is a member of the United Nations.
Lawrence
H. Summers was a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank),
the National Economic Council chairman for the Barack Obama
administration and is a distinguished senior fellow at the Center
for American Progress, Kenneth J. Arrow’s nephew.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and the Center for American Progress.
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society,
a
supporter for the Center for American Progress and an advisory
board member for the Earth Institute.
Norman E. Borlaug was
an advisory board member for the Earth Institute and a professor at
the Texas A&M University.
George Soros is an advisory board member for the Earth
Institute, a member of the Bretton Woods Committee and was the
chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Richard A. Debs is
the executive committee chairman, member for the Bretton Woods
Committee, a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace (think tank) and was Anwar Sadat’s pro-bono
financial adviser.
Anwar Sadat’s pro-bono
financial adviser was Richard A. Debs and was the president of Egypt.
Mohamed Morsi was
the president of Egypt and the leader for the Muslim
Brotherhood.
Frank G. Wisner was
a U.S. ambassador for Egypt and is a director emeritus for Refugees
International.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for Refugees
International.
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society, an advisory board member for the Earth Institute
and a member of the Bretton Woods Committee.
Kenneth J. Arrow is
an advisory board member for the Earth Institute and Lawrence
H. Summers’s uncle.
Norman E. Borlaug was
an advisory board member for the Earth Institute and a
professor at the Texas A&M University.
Robert M. Gates was
the president of the Texas A&M University and the defense
secretary for the Barack Obama administration.
Madeleine K.
Albright was a member of the Bretton Woods Committee and a
professor at Georgetown University.
Prince
Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding was a
center at Georgetown University.
Alwaleed bin
Talal is a benefactor for the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center
for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Abdallah Bin Abd Al-Aziz Al Saud’s nephew
and the prince of Saudi Arabia.
Abdallah
Bin Abd Al-Aziz Al Saud is Alwaleed bin Talal’s uncle, the Saudi
Arabia king and was a benefactor for the Middle East
Policy Council.
Qatar, Saudi
Arabia & the United Arab Emirates are members of
the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), was a
funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and
the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Chas. W. Freeman
Jr. was the president of the Middle East Policy Council,
the U.S. ambassador for Saudi Arabia, the National Intelligence
Council chairman nominee for the Barack Obama administration and is
a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank).
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations, a member of the Bretton Woods Committee and was
the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) and provided the seed funding for the International Court of
Justice.
International
Court of Justice is an affiliate of the United Nations.
Palestine (Hamas)
is a member of the United Nations.
Richard A. Debs is
the executive committee chairman, member for the Bretton Woods
Committee, a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace (think tank) and was Anwar Sadat’s pro-bono
financial adviser.
Anwar Sadat’s pro-bono
financial adviser was Richard A. Debs and was the president of Egypt.
Mohamed Morsi was
the president of Egypt and the leader for the Muslim
Brotherhood.
Frank G. Wisner was
a U.S. ambassador for Egypt and is a director emeritus for Refugees
International.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for Refugees
International.
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society, an advisory board member for the Earth
Institute and a member of the Bretton Woods Committee.
Norman E. Borlaug was
an advisory board member for the Earth Institute and a
professor at the Texas A&M University.
Kenneth J. Arrow is
an advisory board member for the Earth Institute and Lawrence
H. Summers’s uncle.
Robert M. Gates was
the president of the Texas A&M University and the defense
secretary for the Barack Obama administration.
Resources:
Past Research
Al-Jazeera
to Slash 500 Jobs, Most from Qatar Headquarters (Past
Research on Qatar)
Monday,
March 28, 2016
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2016/03/al-jazeera-to-slash-500-jobs-most-from.html
Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA) & Southwest Airlines (Connecting the Dots:
FAA, U.S. Transportation Department, Southwest Airlines, Earth Institute, Texas A&M University & Soros Funding, All
Networking) (Past Research on Texas A&M
University)
Friday,
December 30, 2022
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2022/12/federal-aviation-administration-faa.html
Trump
Organization Sues Capital One Over Closed Accounts (Connecting the Dots:
Capitol One, Alec Baldwin, People for the American Way, MSNBC, CNBC, Committee
for Economic Development, Obamacare, Commercial Club of Chicago, Booz Allen
Hamilton, NSA, FBI, CIA & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on Booz Allen Hamilton)
Saturday,
March 8, 2025
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/03/trump-organization-sues-capital-one.html
Egypt
asks Turkish ambassador to leave over support for Muslim Brotherhood (Past Research on the Muslim Brotherhood & Egypt)
Sunday,
November 24, 2013
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/11/egypt-asks-turkish-ambassador-to-leave.html
State
Dept: Muslim Brotherhood US Trip ‘Organized and Funded’ by Georgetown
University (Past Research on the Muslim Brotherhood)
Friday,
January 30, 2015
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2015/01/state-dept-muslim-brotherhood-us-trip.html
International
Court of Justice opening statement on behalf of Israel (Connecting the Dots:
United Nations, Palestine (Hamas), International Court of Justice, Sidley
Austin LLP & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past
Research on Hamas)
Friday,
January 26, 2024
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