Perplexity AI

5 mn readA decades-long partnership between the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and George Soros’ Open Society Foundations (OSF) is now squarely in the crosshairs of political and legal critics. What began as a cooperative initiative in the wake of the Cold War has, over the past 30 years, grown into an expansive network of funding and policy influence—one that is now facing unprecedented scrutiny under renewed Republican oversight and shifting international dynamics.