Dr Joel J. Sokolsky, Professor Emeritus
Dr. Sokolsky is Professor Emeritus with the Department Political Science and Economics at the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC) where he taught from 1986 to 2024.He holds a PhD in Political Science from Harvard University. A native of Toronto, Dr. Sokolsky earned his Honours BA from the University of Toronto and an MA from the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University. From 2008 to 2013, he was Principal of RMC. Prior to this appointment, Dr. Sokolsky was Dean of the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, Head of the Department of Political Science and Chair of the War Studies Committee. He is a Senior Fellow at the Queen’s University Centre for International and Defence Policy and holds an appointment with the Queen’s Department of Political Studies He is a Senior Analyst with Wikistrat.com. Dr. Sokolsky has served as a consultant to several government offices and represented Canada on the Secretariat Working Group of the NATO/Partnership for Peace Consortium of Defence Academies and Security Studies Institutes.
Dr. Sokolsky has taught at the Canadian Studies Center at SAIS, Dalhousie University Duke University, Bridgewater State University and Norwich University. He has been the recipient of several scholarships and awards including, two Fulbright Scholarships, two NATO Fellowships and a Killam Fellowship. In 2005, he received the RMC Research Excellence Award. He is also a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.
Dr. Sokolsky has been the author, co‑author and co‑editor of a number of books, monographs, book chapters and articles. His most recent works include; “The Mission: American International Professional Military Education and the United States Naval War College,” North American Strategic Defense in the 21st Century: Security and Sovereignty in an Uncertain World, “Schoolhouses and COCOMs: Educating and Cultivating the American-led International Fraternity of he Uniform,” “Canada’s NATO: Seventy Years of Commitment and Re-Commitment,” Canada in NATO, 1949-2019, Multilateral Unilateralism: Europe’s Second Chance…on America’s Terms and “Driven by technology: the Rise and protracted decline of U.S.-Canada North America defence organization.