MAJ Matthew Fiorelli Instructor Executive Officer – Department of Social Sciences Social Sciences matthew.fiorelli [at] westpoint.edu About Education Research & Publications MAJ Matthew Fiorelli is an instructor of American politics in the Department of Social Sciences at the United States Military Academy. He previously served with the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, commanding an attack helicopter company. MAJ Fiorelli deployed to Afghanistan in 2018-19 and Europe in 2020. He graduated from USMA in 2014, majoring in American politics and French. He also holds a master's in public affairs from Princeton, where he served as a graduate fellow at the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions. His research focuses on American foreign policy and national security. Matt and his wife, Andrea, have five children. MPA - Princeton UniversityB.S. - U.S. Military Academy Research Interests American foreign policy, U.S. national security, American founding Current Research Fiorelli, Matthew and Heather Jebb. “Military Experience and the Use of Force: Congressional AUMF Votes among Combat and Non-Combat Veteran Legislators.” Paper presented at the 2024 Security Seminar at West Point, NY, Feb. 9, 2024. Jebb, Benjamin and Matthew Fiorelli. “Nuclear Weapons and Interstate Conflict: an Empirical Analysis of Conflict Frequency and Intensity.” Paper presented at the IS-ISSS 2023 Conference hosted by APSA and ISA, Colorado Springs, CO, Oct. 20, 2023. Selected Publications Fiorelli, M. and Jebb, H. (2025), “Military Experience and the Use of Force: Congressional AUMF Votes Among Combat and Non-Combat Veteran Legislators.” Legislative Studies Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1111/lsq.70003Fiorelli, Matthew. “Arms, Ideology, and Alignment: Analyzing U.S.-Soviet Realignment During the Ogaden War.” Georgetown Security Studies Review, Volume 11, Issue 2, February 2024.Fiorelli, Matthew. “A Better Way to Fight the Forever War.” Defense One, Nov. 18, 2020.Fiorelli, Matthew. “Piracy in Africa: The Case of the Gulf of Guinea.” Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping and Training Center, Occasional Paper No. 37, August 2014.