| | In tandem with the support of political blocs also comes the grooming of young political and social activists who NED hopes will become the leaders of tomorrow. To this end, it has given at least $385,000 to the European Institute for Democracy in Warsaw, in order to, in its words, “support a new generation of political leaders in Ukraine,” by conducting training courses for their handpicked proteges, flying them out of the country to provide lessons in “election campaigning, women empowerment, effective governing, and crisis management,” among other skills. | | In tandem with the support of political blocs also comes the grooming of young political and social activists who NED hopes will become the leaders of tomorrow. To this end, it has given at least $385,000 to the European Institute for Democracy in Warsaw, in order to, in its words, “support a new generation of political leaders in Ukraine,” by conducting training courses for their handpicked proteges, flying them out of the country to provide lessons in “election campaigning, women empowerment, effective governing, and crisis management,” among other skills. |
| | + | he National Endowment for Democracy’s president, [[Damon Wilson]], bragged to a House committee of his group's aggressive efforts to spark unrest and [[color revolution]] in [[Iran]], including by smuggling [[Starlink]] terminals and fashioning anti-Iran [[narrative]]s and [[propaganda]] for [[the West]]ern [[mainstream media]].<ref>[https://thegrayzone.substack.com/p/ned-leader-cut-off-in-congress-after NED leader cut off in Congress after boasting of ‘deploying’ 200 Starlinks to Iran amid violence], By [[Max Blumenthal]] and Wyatt Reed, ''[[The Grayzone]]'', Feb 24, 2026. </ref> |