Dr. Max Margulies is the Director of Research and an Assistant

Professor at the Modern War Institute at West Point. He also serves as

the course director for the thesis and capstone programs in West

Point’s Defense and Strategic Studies program, which includes a

required course on research design. Prior to joining MWI, he was a

faculty member in West Point’s Department of Social Sciences, where he

taught classes on international affairs and served as Executive

Director of the Rupert H. Johnson Grand Strategy Program from July

2018- July 2020. In addition to his primary interests in military

personnel policies, innovation, and effectiveness, he also studies and

writes broadly on civil-military relations, strategy, and conflict.

His writing has appeared in War on the Rocks, Lawfare, and the

Washington Post’s Monkey Cage. He holds a PhD in Political Science

from the University of Pennsylvania, an MA in Political Science from

Columbia University, and a BA in Political Science from McGill

University.

The views expressed are personal, and do not necessarily reflect those of the Department of Defense, the U.S. Army, the U.S. Military Academy or any other department or agency of the U.S. government.