https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2019/01/17/foreign_influence-peddling_in_dc_a_clear_and_present_muddle.html

As a Qatari official explained in a 2008 diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks, Doha’s charm offensive is a tactic to leverage opinion. "We have no military, so think of the conferences as our aircraft carriers,” said the official, referring to the international policy conferences hosted by the emirate, most famously the Doha Forum.

A delegation of congressional Democrats was hosted at the most recent Doha Forum, which included senior political officials from around the world. The week-long event was widely covered, and the forum paid for some of it. BuzzFeed was one of the Doha Forum’s “media partners.” According to BuzzFeed spokesman Matt Mittenthal, the news outfit was paid to brand coverage of the event with the conference badge, and the conference paid for journalists’ travel and lodging. The Doha Forum was given no editorial approval or control, Mittenthal wrote in an email.

https://securitystudies.org/qatars-doha-forum-features-terror-supporters-congressional-democrats/undefined

This weekend, Jordan Schachtel, the Foreign Policy and National Security Analyst at CRTV, went through some of the more notable presenters at this year's Doha Forum in Qatar. The Doha Forum is sponsored by the government of Qatar.

https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/16/qatar-georgetown-texas-university/

Qatar gave $1 billion to elite American universities since 2011, according to Department of Education data.

The Qatar Foundation is suing the Texas attorney general to prevent information about Qatari funding from becoming public.

Universities are taking money from Qatar, a nation with a checkered human rights history, as students rally for social justice causes.