
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 on Twitter, @TatianaSerafin, and at tatianaserafin.com.
Featured Work

NOV 12, 2021 • Podcast
The Doorstep: Reversing Missed Opportunities in Africa, with Howard W. French
By 2030, Africa is projected to be home to 60 percent of the world’s working-age population. Columbia Journalism School’s Professor Howard W. French, author of ...

OCT 28, 2021 • Podcast
The Doorstep: The Evangelical Right Takes Latin America, with Francisco de Santibañes
It's election season in the U.S. and around the world. Wilson Center's Francisco de Santibañes joins Doorstep co-hosts Nick Gvosdev and Tatiana Serafin ...

OCT 19, 2021 • Podcast
Negotiating the New START Treaty, with Rose Gottemoeller
As the U.S. chief negotiator of the New START treaty, Rose Gottemoeller's new book is an invaluable insider's account of the negotiations between the ...

OCT 14, 2021 • Podcast
The Doorstep: The New Age of Mass Migration, with FutureMap's Parag Khannna
Ahead of the United Nations COP26 Climate Change Summit, Parag Khanna joins "Doorstep" co-hosts Nick Gvosdev and Tatiana Serafin to speak about his new book "...

SEP 30, 2021 • Podcast
The Doorstep: Can the United Nations Save the World? with Catherine Tinker
The 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly ended this week in New York with little fanfare. Yet important global discussions took place in ...

SEP 28, 2021 • Podcast
China's Civilian Army: The Making of Wolf Warrior Diplomacy, with Peter Martin
What can we learn about China's ambitions from studying how its diplomats operate? In his new book "China’s Civilian Army," Bloomberg's Peter Martin draws ...

SEP 2, 2021 • Podcast
The Doorstep: What's Next for Biden's Asia Pivot? with Paul Saunders
"Doorstep" co-hosts Nick Gvosdev and Tatiana Serafin are joined by Paul Saunders, president of the Energy Innovation Reform Project, to evaluate Vice President Kamala Harris' ...

AUG 19, 2021 • Podcast
The Doorstep: The Future of Afghanistan Roundtable Discussion, with Ali M Latifi & Said Sabir Ibrahimi
Ali M Latifi, Kabul-based journalist for Al Jazeera English, and Said Sabir Ibrahimi, non-resident fellow with NYU's Center on International Cooperation, join "Doorstep" co-hosts Nick ...

AUG 5, 2021 • Podcast
The Doorstep: How Shipping Can Help Reenergize Globalization, with BIMCO's Peter Sand
BIMCO shipping analyst Peter Sand joins Carnegie Council Senior Fellows Nick Gvosdev and Tatiana Serafin to discuss how the effects of the pandemic on shipping--container ...

JUL 23, 2021 • Podcast
The Doorstep: Biden's India Strategy, with Dhruva Jaishankar
The U.S.-India relationship is a central part of the Biden-Harris administration focus on the Indo-Pacific region. Ahead of U.S. Secretary of State ...