Turkey and Qatar Support Hamas: How to Respond? with Jordan Cope and Endy Zemenides

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Turkey, a NATO ally, and Qatar, a major non-NATO ally, vocally and materially supports Hamas. What is the nature of these ties? What constraints do Doha and Ankara face? What should the U.S. government do in response?

Endy Zemenides is the executive director of the Hellenic American Leadership Council. He served as Senior Advisor for Illinois State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias. He is as a nonresident fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. He holds a BA from DePaul University, an MA from the University of Essex (UK), and a JD from Georgetown University.

Jordan Cope is Qatari finance fellow at the Middle East Forum. He studies Qatar’s soft-power efforts via charity and media organizations. He has a BA and JD from the University of Texas at Austin.