[aaus-list] American Institute in Ukraine in action?

[Robert DeLossa]

AAUSivtsi,

I think as scholars we need to be careful about 
propagating questionable sources that are quoting 
questionable sources. Critical below is that the 
original quote from "tap-the-talent" includes the 
caveat "according to the article" after the 
attribution of Ms. Biberman's putative position. 
A quick check of the State Dept. website yields 
no such name and a quick Google check yields the 
following:

http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Political_Science/graduate/

Ms. Biberman's concise biography is there. It was 
about 45 seconds to a minute to check all four 
sources involved and to come to the conclusion 
that there is not a troll in the "US Embassy" 
(whichever one is implied). The Web is rife with 
these sorts of phantoms. We need to be doubly 
careful not to give them further life, especially 
on this list.

Thanks,

Rob DeLossa



>Yelena Biberman, a U.S. Embassy policy specialist engaged in research
>on Ukraine¹s foreign ministry: [Ukrainian] Foreign ministry officials
>are ideologically anti-Russian and nationalist to the extent that they
>may not always be able to objectively assess Ukraine¹s real national
>interests. They believe that Russia is inherently imperialistic and
>bent on regaining control over Ukraine as a step to rebuilding its
>empire, and NATO membership is the only way to stop this. Even for a
>new Ukrainian president, it will be very hard to change their
>perspective.
>
>http://tap-the-talent.blogspot.com/2009/07/more-appeasement-from-american.html
>


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