International relations, public diplomacy, international political communications, foreign policy decision-making, linguistic analysis, the European Union, Scandinavia, the Russian Federation, and Iran, U.S. Foreign Policy in the Islamic WorldMatt works in the areas of public diplomacy and international political communications. His research interests include foreign policy decision-making, international negotiation, the Russian Federation, textual analysis, and alternative futures. He is currently conducting research on how we talk about the "war on terrorism."