Dr Max Margulies Associate Professor Chief Research Officer - The Modern War Institute Modern War Institute Personal Website max.margulies [at] westpoint.edu About Education Research & Publications Dr. Max Margulies is an Associate Professor and the Chief Research Officer at the Modern War Institute at West Point. He also serves as the Thesis Program Director in West Point’s Defense and Strategic Studies program. 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. 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. 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 (Honors) from McGill University. B.A. - McGill University M.A. - Columbia University Ph.D. - University of Pennsylvania Research Interests Civil-Military Relations, Military Personnel Policies, Military Effectiveness, Military Innovation, Strategy and Conflict Current Research Max Margulies and Keith Carter, "Call of Duty: Perceptions of Volunteerism and Support for the Use of Force.", Danielle Lupton, Jessica Blankshain, and Max Margulies, "Patriarchy and Prejudice: Feminist Attitudes and Confidence in the US military.", Selected Publications Max. Z. Margulies, “Drafting Restraint: Do Military Recruitment Policies affect Interstate Conflict Initiation,†Journal of Peace Research (2024). DOI: 10.1177/00223433241255. Max Margulies and Rachel Metz, “Issue Linkage in Security Assistance: A Pathway to Recipient Security Sector Reform,†Journal of Strategic Studies (2024). DOI: 10.1080/01402390.2024.2376541. Max Z. Margulies and Jessica Blankshain, “Specific Sources of Trust in Generals: Individual-Level Trust in the US Military,†Daedalus 151, no. 4 (2022): 280–301. DOI: 10.1162/daed_a_01954. Max Z. Margulies, “Patrons and Personnel: The Foreign Determinants of Military Recruitment Policies,†Security Studies 30, no. 3 (2021): 354–384. DOI: 10.1080/09636412.2021.1951832. Max Z. Margulies and Leah E. Foodman, “Suboptimal Selective Service: An Analysis of the Obstacles to Selective Service Reform in American Political Institutions,†Journal of Strategic Security 14, no. 2 (2021): 74–88. DOI: 10.5038/1944-0472.14.2.1903.