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
JAN 11, 2023 • Podcast
Will 2023 Be the Year of Global Power Shifts? with Judah Grunstein
Judah Grunstein, editor-in-chief of "World Politics Review," joins "Doorstep" co-hosts Nick Gvosdev and Tatiana Serafin for his annual review of global power shifts. The past 12 ...
DEC 14, 2022 • Podcast
Blind Spot: The Global Rise of Unhappiness and How Leaders Missed It, with Jon Clifton
Although pundits and politicians pay close attention to measures like GDP or unemployment, almost no one tracks citizens' wellbeing. Gallup CEO Jon Clifton discusses this "...
NOV 16, 2022 • Podcast
Personality and Power: Builders and Destroyers of Modern Europe, with Ian Kershaw
Throughout the 20th century, European leaders from Stalin to Mussolini, from Gorbachev to Thatcher, and more, have shifted global narratives by sheer force of will. ...
NOV 9, 2022 • Podcast
What's Next Post-Midterms for the Biden/Harris Administration? with Rational Security
In a crossover collaboration with the national security and foreign policy podcast "Rational Security," co-hosts Scott R. Anderson and Alan Z. Rozenshtein, both "Lawfare" senior ...
NOV 2, 2022 • Podcast
The Young Leaders Transforming the 2022 Midterms, with Layla Zaidane
With less than a week to Election Day, Layla Zaidane, president and CEO of the Millennial Action Project, joins "Doorstep" co-hosts, Nick Gvosdev and Tatiana ...
OCT 26, 2022 • Podcast
What You Need to Know About Global Supply Chains, with the AP's Joshua Goodman
The Associated Press' Joshua Goodman joins "Doorstep" co-hosts Nick Gvosdev and Tatiana Serafin to discuss his latest reporting on the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee ...
OCT 5, 2022 • Podcast
Is Elon Musk the Future of U.S. Foreign Policy? with Puck's Teddy Schleifer
With one tweet about the outlines of a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia, Elon Musk elicited a derisive response from Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, ...
SEP 14, 2022 • Podcast
The Doorstep: The Global Water Crisis, with Susanne Schmeier
In two years, two-thirds of the world's population may face water shortages that will lead to crises of epic proportions from water refugees to potential ...
SEP 9, 2022 • Podcast
Freezing Order: Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath, with Bill Browder
What will it take to stop Russia’s President Vladimir Putin? Few have seen his wrath as closely as American-born British financier Bill Browder, who ...
JUL 28, 2022 • Podcast
The Doorstep: What is the Real Threat of Nuclear War? with Dr. Gary Samore
Brandeis University's Professor Gary Samore, joins Doorstep co-hosts Nick Gvosdev and Tatiana Serafin to discuss how nuclear deterrence fosters restraint and caution, and the hope ...