I suspect that this author herself has origins not American in nature. Ukrainian is not a common language for American nationals, nor is living in Kiev.
And with the Harvard/Fulbright pedigree, I suspect she has been promoted far beyond any hope of her talent in order to have her push domestically divisive narratives.
This person is a spy, I suspect.
What is both funny and pathetic is that she has this delusion that the world owes her a comfortable living writing her opinion spew when she is totally insignificant. There is so little market for her diatribes and she can’t bear the reality.