Georgetown University’s ties with Qatar now threaten the integrity of America’s future diplomats. A new Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) report reveals that Georgetown University’s Doha campus and affiliated centers benefit from Qatari and Islamist-funded influence, which “function as platforms promoting political Islam, minimizing the threat of Islamist extremism, and advancing anti‑Israel narratives.”
The university places Qatar’s Hamas‑friendly government in an outsized role in its School of Foreign Service, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, and the Alwaleed Center. The report warns: “A substantial number of Georgetown alumni occupy prominent positions in the U.S. State Department, intelligence agencies, media, and NGOs, effectively introducing and reinforcing these ideological perspectives within American foreign policy‑making processes.”
Georgetown’s partnership with Qatar Foundation, renewed through 2035, gives Qatari leaders high-level influence. Sheikha Moza, who praised Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar—“They thought he died, but he lives”—received a top university honor. The university also channels millions through the Muslim Brotherhood–linked International Institute for Islamic Thought.
Nader Hashemi, ACMCU’s director, repeatedly accused Israel of “genocide, ethnic cleansing, apartheid, and a myriad of other crimes against humanity.” ISGAP cautions that foreign donors can “steer curriculum, faculty hires, and campus discourse,” skewing diplomatic training.
As Georgetown interim president Robert Groves prepares for congressional testimony, the concern is clear: the university’s ties with Qatar and Qatari funding may warp the worldview of tomorrow’s diplomats. American taxpayers deserve transparency and integrity in foreign‑service education. In the words of the report, Georgetown’s programming could constitute “a potential compromise of the mechanisms by which U.S. society grooms its statesmen.”
