
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

JUL 21, 2021 • Podcast
The Heartbeat of Iran: Real Voices of a Country and Its People, with Tara Kangarlou
In today’s interconnected global village, Iran remains a mystery to much of the rest of the world―especially to those living in the United ...

JUL 9, 2021 • Podcast
The Doorstep: China in the Middle East & U.S. Foreign Policy, with Asha Castleberry-Hernandez
What is China up to in the Middle East? How is its massive Belt and Road infrastructure project affecting U.S. foreign policy and American ...

JUN 18, 2021 • Podcast
The Doorstep: Cryptocurrencies & Global Decentralization, with NYU Stern's David Yermack
Cryptocurrencies are dominating headlines with El Salvador recently announcing Bitcoin as the country's legal tender and Biden and Putin discussing ransomware and crypto at their ...

JUN 15, 2021 • Podcast
Rethinking American Grand Strategy, with Christopher McKnight Nichols
What is grand strategy? What differentiates it from normal strategic thought? What, in other words, makes it "grand"? In answering these questions, most scholars have ...

JUN 4, 2021 • Podcast
The Doorstep: Press Freedom & Foreign Policy Panel, with Stephen J. Adler & Carlos Martínez de la Serna
Advocating for press freedom around the globe has long been a cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy. The Trump administration changed the rules, but what ...

MAY 21, 2021 • Podcast
The Doorstep: Analyzing Biden's New Approach to Sanctions, with CNAS's Rachel Ziemba
Sanctions are becoming an increasingly important part of the Biden administration's foreign policy toolkit. Carnegie Council Senior Fellows Nick Gvosdev and Tatiana Serafin discuss their ...

MAY 7, 2021 • Podcast
The Doorstep: What Does Biden's "Omnipolicy" Mean for the U.S.? with Politico's Nahal Toosi
Nahal Toosi, foreign policy and national security writer at "Politico," returns to speak with Carnegie Council Senior Fellows Nick Gvosdev and Tatiana Serafin about how ...

APR 23, 2021 • Podcast
The Doorstep: Sustainability vs. Food Security in Our Oceans, with Duke University's Martin Smith
Dr. Martin Smith from Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment joins "Doorstep" co-hosts Nick Gvosdev and Tatiana Serafin to discuss the health of our ...

APR 9, 2021 • Podcast
The Doorstep: The New Space Race with The Washington Post's Christian Davenport
"Washington Post" defense and space reporter Christian Davenport joins "Doorstep" co-hosts Nick Gvosdev and Tatiana Serafin to talk about commercialization and democratization in space. How ...

MAR 31, 2021 • Podcast
2034: A Novel of the Next World War, with Admiral James Stavridis & Elliott Ackerman
U.S.-China competition is one of the defining stories of this era, but it has stopped short of violence, for now. In the novel "2034," ...