Foreign Policy Analysis is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Studies Association. The journal was established in 2005, and serves as a source for efforts at theoretical and methodological integration and deepening the conceptual debates throughout this rich and complex academic research tradition. It provides an open forum for research publication that enhances the communication of concepts and ideas across theoretical, methodological, geographical and disciplinary boundaries.

Leslie Wehner (University of Bath, UK) and Sibel Oktay (American University) join Kesgin as co-lead editors.聽The lead editors assembled a strong, international team of associate editors; their term will begin in 2026.

The International Studies Association is one of the oldest interdisciplinary associations dedicated to understanding international, transnational and global affairs. Founded in 1959, its more than 7,000 members span the globe 鈥� comprising academics, practitioners, policy experts, private sector workers and independent researchers, among others. The Association has long served as a central hub for the exchange of ideas and for networking and programmatic initiatives among those involved in the study, teaching and practice of International Studies.

Kesgin has been an active member of the International Studies Association, its sections and committees, and its Midwest region, and has served in multiple capacities.

The recipients of the Turnage Fund will present their work on campus during the 2024-25 academic year.

Enrique Armijo聽

Enrique Armijo, professor in the School of Law, is pursuing a research project titled 鈥淐ounter鈥恖ies: Disinformation and the Marketplace of Ideas.鈥� According to Armijo, “participants in knowledge production environments are often not motivated by accuracy.鈥�

His project 鈥渙ffers a novel but needed corrective to First Amendment theory by taking a social epistemology approach to considering actors鈥� motivations in the knowledge production system and introduces and theorizes the concept of counter鈥恖ies: disinformation concerning verifiable facts that is shared with the intent to deceive one into believing their mistaken beliefs are true.”

Armijo will use the Turnage Funds to present his work at professional venues and produce public-facing writing for general audiences.

Jane O’Boyle

Jane O鈥橞oyle, associate professor of strategic communications, received support for her project 鈥淕en Z, Media Literacy and Elections: Two studies about news consumption and first-time voters.鈥� O鈥橞oyle says her project鈥檚 goal is “to teach students how important it is for a democracy to have citizen engagement and ethical news media that reaches them.鈥�

Noting a distrust in news media and politics, she will collect national data about Gen Z鈥檚 use of news media and also develop 鈥減edagogical tools that will make a difference in students鈥� learning and engagement on these topics.”

J. Israel Balderas and Jill Auditori

The trio of J. Israel Balderas, assistant professor of journalism, Jill Auditori, lecturer in political science and public policy and Matthew Blomberg, assistant professor of journalism at Temple University Japan, will have the Turnage Fund support their collaborative project 鈥淭he N.C. Coalicio虂n por la Precisio虂n: Combating Misinformation and Disinformation Targeting North Carolina’s Latino Communities in the 2024 Election.鈥�

Balderas, Auditori and Blomberg are working with the Latino community through Alamance Community College, and with the support of resources from Factchequeado, a pioneering Spanish-language fact-checking organization in their project. Among the objectives of this project are analyzing “how political actors communicate to Latino constituencies in a fraught media environment鈥� and equipping “Latino voters with media literacy skills to determine information accuracy.鈥� The researchers will use the Turnage Funds for data collection and dissemination of their research.

The Turnage Family Faculty Innovation and Creativity Fund for the Study of Political Communication was established with generous contributions by Dave Turnage to facilitate the study of political communication and media literacy in the 21st century. Baris Kesgin, associate professor of political science and public policy, is the director of the Turnage Fund.

If you wanted to build a machine that would distribute propaganda to millions of people, distract them from important issues, energize hatred and bigotry, erode social trust, undermine respectable journalism, foster doubts about science, and engage in massive surveillance all at once, you would make something a lot like Facebook.

Facebook grew out of an ideological commitment to data-driven decision-making and the power of connectivity, championing the spread of knowledge to empower people to change their lives for the better. No company better represents the dream of a fully connected planet “sharing” words, ideas, images and plans. No company has better leveraged those ideas into wealth and influence. Yet no company has contributed more to the global collapse of basic tenets of deliberation and democracy. How did the mission go so wrong? Author, professor and former journalist Siva Vaidhyanathan discusses this all in his latest book, “Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy.”

Siva Vaidhyanathan is the Robertson Professor of Media Studies and director of the Center for Media and Citizenship at the University of Virginia. He is the author of “Intellectual Property: A Very Short Introduction” from Oxford University Press (2017) and “The Googlization of Everything – and Why We Should Worry” (2011). He has written two previous books and edited another. He has appeared in an episode of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart to discuss early social network services. He serves on the board of the Digital Public Library of America. He has written for many periodicals, including The New York Times, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Columbia Journalism Review, Washington Post and The Guardian, and has appeared on news programs on BBC, CNN, NBC, CNBC, MSNBC, ABC and public media. A former journalist, he earned a Ph.D. in American Studies from The University of Texas at Austin. He is a fellow at the New York Institute for the Humanities and a faculty associate of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University.

Sponsored by the School of Communications, the Council on Civic Engagement, and the Turnage Family Fund for the Study of Political Communication

The lecture, held in the McEwen screening room, also included a lively Q&A session with inquiries about the international perception of the U.S., the stability of Iran’s government, the threat of nuclear war from North Korea, and the overall impact of nuclear weapons in the Middle East and Far East.

Photos of the lecture are available on the .

Following an introduction from Hundley, Oswald opened the lecture with a recap of her interest in the Korean peninsula.

Having covered North Korea “on and off” since 2009, Oswald noted that she has heard “fringe voices” in South Korean news outlets often call for the country to acquire nuclear weapons. While that opinion has “always been part of the political conversation,” she said, North Korea’s progress with nuclear warheads and ballistic missiles has given these concerns more merit.

With that objective in mind, Oswald pitched Hundley her story idea and the Pulitzer Center supported her travel and reporting earlier this year.

During her lecture, she delved into her coverage that concentrated on one main question: Will South Korea get a nuclear weapon? Her conclusion: Likely yes, if two things happen. First, the North Korea crisis needs to get worse. Secondly, South Korea needs to doubt the U.S. military alliance. “This is a sign to really, really watch,” she said.

She then addressed the possibility of South Korea building its own nuclear weapons program, developed on the strength of its advanced atomic energy program. She also discussed the well-orchestrated conservative protests in Seoul, and how they were commandeering the national conversation, and the role that emotions could play in South Korean’s decision making.

While traditionally conservative, South Korea’s recently elected government officials and staff are liberal leaning. There is noticeable friction between the country’s political parties.

“This debate isn’t about military advantage, it’s about feelings,” Oswald said.

Last fall, when U.S. President Donald Trump declared that he would not certify Iran’s compliance with the 2015 nuclear agreement, “PBS NewsHour” dispatched Sayah to Tehran for a news feature segment on the nuclear deal from Iran’s perspective. Before playing the “NewsHour” segment for the audience, he outlined his objectives and his role as a reporter.  

“Being in Iran, being in that region in general, I see it as my duty to provide the U.S. audience Iran’s perspective,” Sayah said. “That’s one thing lacking in U.S. media. We hear Washington’s narrative. We hear the West’s narrative. But in order to solve a problem, we have to understand the other side.”

Sayah explained he tries to ensure that his reporting presents an “accurate picture of what Iran is and not the caricature that it’s been painted for many years in U.S. media.”

This year, journalism major Paul LeBlanc ’18 was awarded a Pulitzer Center Student Fellowship and spent a week in London investigating deradicalization programs in English prisons. He will publish a report on his findings in a few weeks. Before the lecture, LeBlanc provided introductions for the three journalists.

As part of their campus visit, Oswald, Sayah and Hundley also spoke with two communications classes, an honors course, and members of the student-run 黑料不打烊 News Network. Additionally, they appeared on the ” to discuss their reporting.

The April 5 lecture was sponsored by the School of Communications, the Department of Political Science & Policy Studies, and the Turnage Family Faculty Innovation and Creativity Fund for the Study of Political Communication.

鈥嬧�嬧�婽he 7 p.m. lecture will be held in the screening room (room 013) of McEwen Communications Building. During their two-day visit to 黑料不打烊, the journalists will also meet with School of Communications classes and student journalists.

Currently based in Tehran, Iran, Sayah has worked for Al Jazeera and was CNN’s correspondent based in Cairo where he covered the Middle East and North Africa. Prior to his Egyptian posting, the Iran-born journalist was CNN’s Pakistan-based correspondent responsible for covering Pakistan and surrounding countries in South Asia. During his career, Sayah has reported on numerous world events including the Egyptian Revolution, the war in Afghanistan, the Ukrainian Revolution, the Libyan Revolution, and the disputed 2009 presidential elections in Iran.

Last fall, when U.S. President Donald Trump declared that he would not certify Iran’s compliance with the 2015 nuclear agreement, “PBS NewsHour” dispatched Sayah to Tehran for a news feature segment on the nuclear deal from Iran’s perspective. Trump’s decision left it up to Congress to decide whether to reimpose sanctions and effectively scuttle the deal. Sayah reported that Iranians across the political spectrum were dismayed by President Trump’s decision, and that killing the agreement played into the hands of regime hard-liners.

The Iranian-American correspondent holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from Pepperdine University and a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri, Columbia.

Since 2014, Oswald has worked as a foreign policy reporter for CQ Roll Call, covering the intersection of Congress and foreign affairs. She has reported on congressional oversight of the State Department, the foreign aid budget, the Iran nuclear deal, sanctions policy, human rights concerns, the refugee/migrant crisis, and arms control treaties. Previously, she spent five years at National Journal’s Global Security Newswire covering nuclear weapons issues.

Oswald received her B.A. in Middle Eastern studies in 2006 from George Washington University. Additionally, she serves as the vice chair of the National Press Club’s Press Freedom Committee and as co-chair of the club’s International Correspondents Committee.

The two-time Pulitzer Center fellow is also a past fellow of the International Reporting Project, the Japan Foreign Press Center, and the National Endowment for Democracy. She has reported from Japan, Austria, Russia, Kazakhstan and the Dominican Republic.

In early 2018, Oswald traveled to South Korea to explore that country’s growing interest in acquiring nuclear weapons. She has reported on growing public sentiment in favor of nuclear weapons, steps that the U.S. took in the 1970s and 1990s to dissuade Seoul from that course, and the degree to which public support for going nuclear is tied to anxieties about U.S. security guarantees under President Trump. She also examined the potential for redeployment of U.S. tactical nuclear weapons on South Korean territory.

Hundley, a senior editor for the Pulitzer Center, spent three decades as a newspaper journalist, including nearly 20 years as a foreign correspondent for the Chicago Tribune. During his time with the Tribune, he served as its bureau chief in Jerusalem, Warsaw, Rome and London. Additionally, he has covered three wars in the Persian Gulf, the Arab-Israeli conflict and the rise of Iran’s post-revolutionary theocracy.

黑料不打烊 is one of the Pulitzer Center’s more than 30 partners, an educational initiative that brings Pulitzer Center staff and journalists to 黑料不打烊’s campus twice a year. With 黑料不打烊’s membership in the consortium, students have the opportunity to work with the center on developing international reporting projects, which have been featured on the center’s website and can be disseminated through media partners.

The April 5 lecture is sponsored by the School of Communications, the Department of Political Science & Policy Studies, and the Turnage Family Faculty Innovation and Creativity Fund for the Study of Political Communication.

WHERE: Whitley Auditorium

Congressional scholar and Assistant Professor of Political Science Carrie Eaves will join Rep. Howard Coble, R-N.C., in a discussion of the many fascinating events he watched unfold. Coble has served the North Carolina 6th Congressional District since 1984. 

Approaching his retirement and 30 years of service in Washington, Coble returns to a campus he has long known to reflect on his work and on the nation.

“Howard Coble witnessed the Republican takeover in 1994 and the rise of an increasingly polarized legislature,” Eaves said. “He watched the House work with five different presidents. This is a unique opportunity for students and the local community members to hear firsthand from someone who truly understands the inner-workings of the House of Representatives. We, at 黑料不打烊, are lucky to have this chance to hear from Congressman Coble and to thank him for his years of service.”

Born in Greensboro, N.C., on March 18, 1931, Coble is a Coast Guard veteran, a law school graduate, and former state legislator.

When 黑料不打烊 awarded Coble an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree in 2006, President Leo M. Lambert said, “Congressman Coble has been a role model for our students through his long service to the region and the citizens of North Carolina. He has demonstrated the tremendous impact an individual can make through a career in government.  By securing federal funding for university projects and by assisting individual students, faculty and staff in their dealings with the federal government, Congressman Coble has stood as a strong advocate for higher education.  We congratulate him on reaching this milestone of civic involvement.” 

Sponsored by the Department of Political Science and Policy Studies and the Council on Civic Engagement

WHERE: Koury Business Center 101

Professor Doug McAdam of Stanford University will visit 黑料不打烊 to discuss “Deeply Divided: Racial Politics and Social Movements in Post-War America,” his new book co-authored with Karolina Kloos.

McAdam will be remembered by many 黑料不打烊 community members as the 2010 Phi Beta Kappa keynote speaker.

Praise for “Deeply Divided”:

“In this timely book, Doug McAdam and Karina Kloos masterfully illuminate the often neglected role that social movements of the left and right have played in replacing bipartisan politics of the 1950s with the rancorous divisions of the twenty-first century.” –Nolan McCarty, Susan Dod Brown Professor of Politics and Public Affairs, Princeton University

“This thoughtfully provocative reading of transformations to American politics and society since the close of World War Two artfully weaves together issues, themes, and types of analysis too often kept apart. Placing race, social movements, and economic inequality front and center, Deeply Divided develops a fresh and compelling analytical account of the origins, content, and dynamics of current democratic distempers.” –Ira Katznelson, author of Fear Itself: The New Deal and the Origins of Our Time

McAdam is The Ray Lyman Wilbur Professor of Sociology at Stanford University and the former director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences.  He is the author or co-author of 18 books and some 85 other publications in the area of political sociology, with a special emphasis on race in the U.S., American politics, and the study of social movements and “contentious politics.”  Among his best known works are Political Process and the Development of Black Insurgency, 1930-1970, a new edition of which was published in 1999 (University of Chicago Press), Freedom Summer (1988, Oxford University Press), which was awarded the 1990 C. Wright Mills Award as well as being a finalist for the American Sociological Association’s best book prize for 1991 and Dynamics of Contention (2001, Cambridge University Press) with Sid Tarrow and Charles Tilly.  He is also the author of the 2012 book, A Theory of Fields (Oxford University Press), with Neil Fligstein and and Putting Social Movements in their Place (with Hilary Boudet), which was published by Cambridge University Press in 2012.

Sponsored by the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, the Department of Political Science and Policy Studies, The Turnage Family Faculty Innovation and Creativity Fund for the Study of Political Communication, and the Council on Civic Engagement

Where: Lakeside 212

The 2014 election results will have important implications for the laws and leaders impacting every member of the 黑料不打烊 community. 

Assistant Professors of Political Science Carrie Eaves, Kenneth Fernandez and Jason Husser will lead a discussion of the likely policies crafted after the 2014 midterm elections.

Join for a lively discussion and questions. No RSVP needed.

Sponsored by the Council on Civic Enagement and the Department of Political Science and Policy Studies.

Are you considered a “dingbatter,” or outsider, when you visit the Outer Banks? Have you ever noticed a picture in your house hanging a little “sigogglin,” or crooked? Do you enjoy spending time with your “buddyrow,” or close friend?

Drawing on over two decades of research and 3,000 recorded interviews from every corner of the state, Walt Wolfram and Jeffrey Reaser’s lively book introduces readers to the unique regional, social and ethnic dialects of North Carolina, as well as its major languages including American Indian languages and Spanish. Considering how we speak as a reflection of our past and present, Wolfram and Reaser show how languages and dialects are a fascinating way to understand our state’s rich and diverse cultural heritage. The book is enhanced by maps and illustrations and augmented by more than 100 audio and video recordings which can be found online at talkintarheel.com.

Walt Wolfram is the William C. Friday Distinguished Professor of English at North Carolina State University and author of “Hoi Toide on the Outer Banks: The Story of the Ocracoke Brogue,” among other books. Jeffrey Reaser is associate professor of English at North Carolina State University and coauthor of the curriculum “Voices of North Carolina: Language and Life from the Atlantic to the Appalachians.”

Panelists share personal experiences and perspectives on the issues of hunger and homelessness. Presented as part of National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week.

Sponsored by the Kernodle Center for Service Learning and Community Engagement and Truitt Center for Religious and Spiritual Life