Tatiana Serafin is an award-winning journalist and senior fellow for the U.S. Global Engagement Initiative (USGE) at Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs.
She is also a journalism professor at Marymount Manhattan College and a consultant at First Amendment Watch, which she helped launch in 2017. Previously, Serafin was a staff writer at Forbes and co-editor of the magazine's annual "Billionaire's List," initiating coverage of billionaires in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. She began her career in management consulting, advising multinational corporations on strategy and competitive positioning.
Serafin has an MFA in creative writing from the New School, an MA in business and economic reporting from New York University, and an MA in Central European and Russian studies, and a BS in foreign service from Georgetown University.
You can find her at tatianaserafin.com.
Featured Work
APR 26, 2023 • Podcast
Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology, with Chris Miller
In "Chip War," economic historian Chris Miller explains how America’s advantage in the chip market led to economic and military superiority, and what it ...
APR 5, 2023 • Podcast
Geopolitics of Electricity, with Chiara Lo Prete
The global energy crisis, greener energy, and the expansion of renewables are many of the reasons electricity grids are making headlines. Chiara Lo Prete, associate ...
MAR 29, 2023 • Podcast
Reframing the Refugee Crisis, with Sana Mustafa
In collaboration with Marymount Manhattan College and their Social Justice Academy: Great Migrations, "Doorstep" co-host Tatiana Serafin speaks with Sana Mustafa, CEO of Asylum Access, ...
MAR 22, 2023 • Podcast
How Feminist Foreign Policy Can Reshape the Globe, with Kristina Lunz
In the second conversation of our Women's History Month podcast series, Kristina Lunz, co-CEO and co-founder of the Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy, joins "Doorstep" ...
MAR 15, 2023 • Podcast
Closing the Global Gender Gap, with Eliza Reid
For Women's History Month, "The Doorstep" is highlighting steps being taken for greater global gender equality. What can societies do to increase the pace of ...
MAR 8, 2023 • Podcast
Re-engaging Africa, with The New School's Sean Jacobs
At the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in December, President Joe Biden signaled that "Africa's success is the world's success." The New School’s Sean ...
FEB 22, 2023 • Podcast
How the Ukraine-Russia War Has Changed the U.S., with Dr. Alex S. Vindman
Alex S. Vindman, former director for European affairs at the National Security Council, joins "The Doorstep" to assess how the ongoing Ukraine-Russia war has affected ...
FEB 10, 2023 • Podcast
India Rising, with Harvard's Prof. Tarun Khanna
With India now at helm of the G20 and a summit set for New Delhi in September, the South Asian nation is stepping up its ...
FEB 1, 2023 • Podcast
Sanctions Loopholes, Rerouting Trade, & Russia's War Machine, with Rachel Ziemba
Leading up to the one-year anniversary of Russia's second invasion of Ukraine, Rachel Ziemba, head of Ziemba Insights and adjunct senior fellow at the Center ...
JAN 19, 2023 • Podcast
Ideology in U.S. Foreign Relations, with Christopher McKnight Nichols
From racialized notions of subjecthood and civilization in the 18th century to the neoconservatism, neoliberalism, and unilateralism of the 21st century, ideology drives American foreign ...