THE WEAPONIZATION OF NGOS: A CRITICAL LOOK AT THEIR ROLE IN POST-WAR AMERICA

Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) were once conceived as civic-minded institutions operating independently of governments to provide charitable, humanitarian, or social services. In the American context, they originated as auxiliaries to religious missions, philanthropic enterprises, and community-based efforts. However, as global geopolitics evolved, so did the nature and function of NGOs. What began as benevolent outreach increasingly morphed into strategic instruments of influence, manipulation, and, ultimately, subversion. Today, many NGOs function less as public service organizations and more as ideological weapons—deployed against both foreign regimes and, increasingly, the American Republic itself.