Tatiana Serafin

Podcast Host, Professor, Writer

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Ukraine Russia War Analysis and Commentary

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On Jan 25 2023

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Selected links to my writing and commentary on the Ukrainian Russian War

Peer Reviewed Journal, Orbis

Ukraine’s President Zelensky Takes the Russia/Ukraine War Viral

Abstract

As Russia amassed thousands of troops and tanks on Ukraine’s border at the end of 2021 and the threat of nuclear war loomed large, Ukraine’s leadership ramped up a distinctly non-physical counter-offensive. President Volodymyr Zelensky and his tech savvy team focused on building a communications machine harnessing social media messaging, marketing savvy and celebrity to fight Russia digitally as well as directly on the battlefield. Never has a sitting president relied so heavily on various social apps to communicate both at home and abroad, and to build Ukraine’s brand. Whether or not this strategy is sustainable amidst a protracted war and short internet attention spans is yet to be seen, but Zelensky has made a case for marketing war that other leaders are sure to follow.

The Doorstep Podcast – Links to discussions with experts as the war has evolved

How Cryptocurrencies & NFTs May Change the Global World Order, with David Yermack

Is the U.S. Already at War? with Politico’s Nahal Toosi

Can Putin Be Stopped? with Atlantic Council’s Melinda Haring

Reporting in Al Jazeera

Is seizing the yachts & mansions of Russian oligarchs enough. No.

Will escalating sanctions shift Fortress Russia? It’s not a given

Commentary in Ink Stick Media

Russian Disinformation and the Erasure of History

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Protecting First Amendment Freedoms

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On Oct 04 2017

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We are one week out from the launch of First Amendment Watch, a website dedicated to tracking threats to freedom of press, speech, assembly, and petition. I am excited to have been part of this project from the beginning, building a site that will engage a wide audience in an imperative topic of the day. More news soon!

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Journey to Carnivale in Venice

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On Mar 04 2017

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Many years ago my Georgetown friend, Kathy McCabe, was inspired to start a travel newsletter, Dream of Italy, which she has built into a successful business, including most recently a PBS series. In February, I wrote my first travel piece for her about checking off my bucket list experience, A Family Adventure at Carnevale in Venice. It was my first travel piece and I am lucky to have gone and to have written about it and encourage readers to put Carnavele on your bucket list. Check out my piece – Venice Carnevale is actually way more family friendly than you may have imagined!

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New World (that is China, India) Outpaces Old World 2 to 1

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On Jun 10 2010

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Greece, Spain and Hungary once spawned mighty empires (8th to 6th century BC, 15th century AD and 19th century AD respectively), but now their crumbling economies are far outshined by cousins in the East – particularly China and India.

Yes we all know China and India are giants but today consulting firm BCG came out with its report on Global Wealth trends which has some very interesting empirical data.

Wealth in Asia (excluding Japan) will grow at twice the global rate and in China and India, wealth is expected to grew more than three times the global rate from 2009 to 2014. Another interesting statistic: in China – communist China that is – there are approximately 670,000 millionaire households. There are more millionaires in China that in the old world countries of the United Kingdom (485,000 millionaire households), Germany (430,000 millionaire households), Italy (300,000 millionaire households), Switzerland (285,000 millionaire households) and France (280,00 millionaire households). Only the US and Japan have more millionaire households with 4,715,000 millionaire households and 1,230,000 millionaire households respectively.

But the Old World still has something of an edge – Europe is the wealthiest region overall with $37.1 trillion in assets under management. It will need it for all those bailouts.

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May is Energy Month – BP, wind, Jack Manning, India & more

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On May 04 2010

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BP continues to make headlines for its abysmal failure in containing the oil spill that is wreaking havoc on Louisiana’s coastline, leading some to call for a stop to offshore oil projects. But Jad Mouawad in the NYT’s Week in Review (The Spill Vs A Need To Drill) interestingly writes, “whatever the magnitude of the spill…it is unlikely to seriously impede offshore drilling in the Gulf.” We need energy and oil is a big part of that need.

Alternatives like wind will not replace oil overnight, if ever; add that to the fact that the U.S. is slow to embrace alternatives like wind – note the battle over Cape Wind, the plan for windmills in Nantucket Sound (see piece in NYT). Some are big believers. I wrote a piece on one-time billionaire Jack Manning who five years ago began the big push to get wind credits because he believed windfarms would be ubiquitous. Though he caught an initial gust of support — in a report from the American Wind Energy Association, the U.S. led the world in wind power installations and had a record year last year, by installing over 10,000 MW — so far, for the first quarter of 2010, the US installed 539 MW of new wind capacity, the lowest value since 2007.

The fight over power generation is being fought worldwide. Author Megha Bahree starts off our guest writer series this month with her look at what is going on in one section of India where billionaires are battling locals.

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