Joel Sokolsky

sokolsky-j@rmc.ca
Phone:
613-541-6000 Ext 6426

JOEL SOKOLSKY is Dean of Arts and a Professor of Political Science at the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC). His areas of interest and teaching include Canadian foreign and defense policy, international security relations and American foreign and defense policy. He has been the recipient of several scholarships and awards, including two NATO Fellowships and two Fulbright Scholarships. In 1995, he was named to the Teaching Excellence Honors List at RMC and in 2005 won the RMC Research Excellence Award. In 2003 he was awarded the Queens Golden Jubilee Medal. His works include:

Seapower in the Nuclear Age: The United States Navy and NATO, 1949-1980
Canadian Defense Policy: Decisions and Determinants
The Americanisation of Peacekeeping: Implications for Canada
Projecting Stability: NATO and Multilateral Naval Cooperation in the Post-Cold War Era
Sailing in Concert: The Strategy and Politics of Canada-U.S. Naval Interoperability
The Soldier and The State in the Post-Cold War Era
Realism Canadian Style: National Security and the Chrétien Legacy
Guarding the Continental Coasts: United States Maritime Homeland Security and Canada

Selected Publications

“Sailing In Concert: The Politics and Strategy of Canada-U.S. Naval Interoperability,” Choices 8 Institute for Research on Public Policy, 2002.
“Clausewitz, Canadian Style?" Canadian Military Journal. 3 (Autumn 2002).
“The Power of Values or the Value of Power? America and Europe in a Post 9/11 World,” Columbia International Affairs On-Line www.ciaonet.org (August 2003).
“Between Venus and Mars: Canada and the Trans-Atlantic Gap” Connections 2 (September 2003).
“Realism Canadian Style: National Security Policy and the Chrétien Legacy,” Policy Matters 5 (June 2004), Institute for Research on Public Policy.
“Guarding the Continental Coasts: United States Maritime Homeland Security and Canada,” Policy Matters, Institute for Research on Public Policy. 6 March 2005
“Northern Exposure? American Homeland Security and Canada,” International Journal, 60 Winter 2004-2005.