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VOSSE, Wilhelm M.

Professor

Division of Arts and Sciences, College of Liberal Arts, International Christian University

■ Academic Background

1.	1993/04～2000/05	Political Science, University of Hanover, Germany, Graduated, Dr. phil.
2.	1990/09～1991/06	Political Science, International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Studying abroad,
3.	1986/10～1992/12	University of Hanover, Germany, Graduated, M.A.

■ #Professional Background

1.	2021/04～	Department Chair, Politics and International Studies, International Christian University
2.	2019/09～2020/08	Visiting Professor, Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS), University of Warwick
3.	2015/04～2019/03	Director, Social Science Research Institute (SSRI), International Christian University (ICU)
4.	2015/04～2017/03	Department Chair, Department of Politics and International Studies, International Christian University (ICU)
5.	2015/04～2017/03	Member, Graduate School Council, International Christian University
6.	2013/09～2014/08	Academic Visitor, St. Antony's College, Oxford University
7.	2012/04～2013/03	Department Chair, Department of Politics and International Relations, International Christian University (ICU)
8.	2011/04～	Professor of Political Science, Department of Politics and International Studies, International Christian University (ICU)
9.	2011/04～2012/03	Major Coordinator, Peace Studies, International Christian University
10.	2010/04～2011/03	Member, Committee on Research, International Christian University
11.	2008/04～2010/03	Major Coordinator, Peace Studies, International Christian University
12.	2008/07～2013/03	Director, Social Science Research Institute (SSRI), International Christian University
13.	2009/12～2010/08	Associate Director, Rotary Peace Center, Rotary Peace Center, International Christian University
14.	2007/09～2012/08	Chair and Co-Convener, UNU Global Seminar Japan, United Nations University
15.	2007/01～2007/07	Visiting Researcher, Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, Harvard University
16.	2005/04～2006/03	Director, International Education Exchange Office, International Education Exchange Office, International Christian University (ICU)
17.	2006/04～2011/03	Associate Professor, Department of Politics and International Relations, International Christian University (ICU)
18.	2002/07～2003/03	Assistant of the Rotary Peace Center, Rotary Peace Center, International Christian University
19.	2000/09～2006/03	Assistant Professor, Division of Social Science, International Christian University (ICU)
20.	1995/09～2000/08	Part-time Lecturer, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University
21.	1994/10～1995/03	Lecturer, Institute of Political Science, University of Hanover (Germany)
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■ #Present Specialized Fields

International relations, Politics (Key Word：Japanese politics, security policy, Japanese foreign policy, European Union, cybersecurity, cyberspace,)

■ Profile

Wilhelm M. Vosse is Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the International Christian University (ICU) in Tokyo, Japan, where he also serves as Chair of the Department of Politics and International Studies (2021-). He formerly also held the position of Director of the Social Science Research Institute (SSRI). Wilhelm held visiting research positions at Harvard University, the University of Oxford, and The University of Warwick. His research interests include Japanese foreign and security policy, EU-Japan security relations, cybersecurity, and cyber diplomacy. Research projects deal with Japan’s new security partnerships and European and Japanese cyber diplomacy. Since 2020, he is the academic coordinator and ICU lead on an ERASMUS+ Jean Monnet Network on European Cyberdiplomacy that is funded by the European Commission (2020 - 2023).
Recent books include "Governing Insecurity in Japan. The Domestic Discourse and Policy Response" (Routledge, 2014), "Japan’s New Security Partnerships" (Manchester University Press, 2018) and "New Directions in Japan’s Security: Non-U.S. Centric Evolution" (Routledge, 2020).

■ #Main Course Titles

Japan's International Relations, Japanese Politics, Advanced Studies in Security Studies, International Security Studies, Foreign Policy Analysis, Security and Conflict Resolution, Peace Studies I

■ #Books and Articles

1.	Book	New Directions in Japan’s Security: Non-U.S. Centric Evolution (Collaboration) 2020/09
2.	Book	Is Japan’s engagement in counter-piracy missions a step towards decentering of its security policy? pp.154-174 (Collaboration) 2020/09
3.	Article	Digital connectivity going global: The case for digital ODA Clingendael Policy Brief (Collaboration) 2020/05
4.	Article	Rethinking Japan: The Politics of Contested Nationalism, by Arthur Stockwin and Kweku Ampiah Social Science Japan Journal 22(2),pp.411-414 (Single) 2019/09
5.	Article	Japan’s Cyber Diplomacy Research in Focus 2019 (Single) 2019/10
6.	Book	Reviving Japan through internationalization of higher education: Is there a "New Meiji"? Japan's Future and a New Meiji Transformation: International Reflections (Collaboration) 2019/05
7.	Article	Renewable Energy Strategies Leading to Closer Europe-Japan Cooperation after 3/11 Asian International Studies Review 19(2),pp.61-85 (Single) 2018/12
8.	Book	EU–Japan security partnership in practice: The counter-piracy mission off the coast of Somalia pp.219-235 (Collaboration) 2018/07
9.	Book	Japan’s New Security Partnerships: Beyond the Security Alliance (Collaboration) 2018/07
10.	Article	Learning multilateral military and political cooperation in the counter-piracy missions: a step towards de-centering of Japan's security policy? The Pacific Review 31(4),pp.480-497 (Single) 2018/04
11.	Book	Recent Developments and Trends in Japanese Foreign Policy 2016/2017: Japan´s reaction to Donald Trump and Kim Jun-un (Collaboration) 2017/11
12.	Book	Governing Insecurity in Japan: The Domestic Discourse and Policy Response (Collaboration) 2016/12
13.	Book	Broadening of security- and trade politics Japanese Foreign Policy 2015/2016 [In German] David Chiavacci and Iris Wieczorek (eds.) Japan: Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft 2016,pp.68-91 (Collaboration) 2016/11
14.	Book	National Security as a Dominating Factor of Japanese Foreign Policy 2014/2015 pp.136-165 (Collaboration) 2015/11
15.	Book	From Abenomics to “proactive pacifism”: Developments in Japanese Foreign Policy 2013/2014 (in German) 2014,pp.100-124 (Collaboration) 2014/11
16.	Article	Opportunities and challenges of an independent deployer in informal organizational structures: Japan’s Contribution to the CGPCS Working Paper of the Lessons Learned Project (Single) 2014/11
17.	Book	Governing Insecurity in Japan. The Domestic Discourse and Policy Response (Collaboration) 2014/06
18.	Book	Increasing Threat Perceptions and Anti-Militarist Norms (Collaboration) 2014/06
19.	Book	From Noda to Abe: Japan's foreign policy reaction to increasing threat perception [In German] (Collaboration) 2013/11
20.	Book	The DPJ approach to enhance Japan’s diplomatic role: Japanese Foreign Policy 2011/12 [In German] pp.91-108 (Collaboration) 2012/11
21.	Book	Comparing Japanese, Australian and European Responses to ‘out-of-area’ Security Challenges (Collaboration) 2012/10
22.	Book	Im Land der untergehenden Sonne: Japan im Jahr 2030 [In the land of the setting sun: Japan in 2030] (Collaboration) 2012/09
23.	Article	Middle Power, Civilian Power, or New Power? Comparing Underlying Factors of the Security Policy in Japan and Germany Journal of Social Science 74,pp.5-25 (Single) 2012/09
24.	Book	Japan: Public Opinion and the Political Reaction Concerning the Iraq War (Collaboration) 2012/05
25.	Book	Herausgefordert durch Wirtschaftskrise und Naturkatastrophe: Japanische Außenpolitik 2010/2011 Challenged by an Economic Crisis and a Natural Catastrophe: Japanese Foreign Policy 2010/2011 (Collaboration) 2011/11
26.	Article	Rethinking Japanese Public Opinion and Security: From Pacifism to Realism? International Relations of the Asia-Pacific 11(3),pp.534-537 (Single) 2011/09
27.	Article	European Lessons for East Asia Community Building International and Comparative Political Studies (Single) 2011/03
28.	Book	In Search of New Global Role: Japanese Foreign Policy 2009/2010 (Collaboration) 2010/11
29.	Book	Toward Theories and Policies of “Peace, Security, and Conviviality (Collaboration) 2010/03
30.	Book	Will Japan be the Britain or the Germany of Asia? Domestic Changes and Future Options for Japanese Foreign and Defense Policy (Single) 2010/03
31.	Article	The German Peace Movement and its Influence on German Politics and Political Culture in the 1970s and 1980s pp.275-302 (Collaboration) 2010/03
32.	Article	Recent Developments and Trends in Japanese Foreign Policy. Between Global Economic Crisis and Nuclear Threat pp.102-128 (Collaboration) 2009/11
33.	Book	Recent Developments and Trends in Japanese Foreign Policy. Enhancing its International Profile by Addressing Global Challenges pp.99-124 (Collaboration) 2008/11
34.	Book	Main features and tendencies of Japans foreign policy pp.101-124 (Collaboration) 2007/11
35.	Article	Need for a New Environmental Movement: A Fragmented Environmental Movement in Times of Global Environmental Problems Klaus Vollmer (ed.): Ökologie und Umweltpolitik in Japan und Ostasien. Transnationale Perspektiven [Environmental Policies and Ecological Issues in Japan and Eastern Asia]. Iudicium Verlag, Munich pp.107-122 (Single) 2006/06
36.	Article	Are Americans from Mars and Japanese from Venus? New Approaches in Explaining Different Public Attitudes Towards Foreign Policy in Japan and the United States Journal of Social Sciences 57,pp.305-330 (Single) 2006/03
37.	Article	Civil Society in Times of Depolitizatio Foljanty-Jost, Gesine (ed.), Japan in the 1990s. Crisis as an Impetus for Change, Lit Verlag, Münster, Hamburg, Berlin, Vienna, London pp.155-178 (Single) 2004/06
38.	Article	Japan - A Disaffected Democracy? On Political Trust, Political Dissatisfaction, Political Activity, and Environmental Issues Institut für Asienkunde [Institute for Asian Studies] (eds.), Japan 2001/2002. Politik und Wirtschaft [Japan 2001/2002. Politics and Economy], Hamburg, pp.254-277 (Single) 2002/11
39.	Article	The Long Protest for the Long River. The Protest Movement Against the Construction of the Estuary Dam in the Nagara River (Japan) Asian Cultural Studies, Special Issue: Grassroots Movements in Asia, 10,pp.265-275 (Single) 2001/03
40.	Article	The Emergence of a Civil Society in Japa German Institute of Japanese Studies (eds.), Japanstudien. Japan im 21. Jahrhundert. Staat und Zivilgesellschaft in der postindustriellen Moderne [Japan Studies. Japan in the 21. Century. State and Civil Society in Post-Industrial Modern Age], Tokyo pp.74-109 (Single) 1999
41.	Book	Die Umweltbewegung im gegenwärtigen Japan - Strukturen, Probleme, Wirkungen [The Environmental Movement in Contemporary Japan. Structure, Problems, and Influence] pp.231-277 (Collaboration) 1998
42.	Book	Rationalität im Diskurs [Discourse on Rationality] (Collaboration) 1994/10
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■ #Academic Conference Presentation

1.	2021/07/12	EU-Japan Cooperation in Cybersecurity and Internet Governance: The new focus on the Indo-Paciﬁc (International Political Science Association World Congress)
2.	2021/04/07	A conceptional broadening of security order in the Indo-Paciﬁc: The role of EU-Japan cooperation in IT and cybersecurity (International Studies Association Annual Meeting 2021)
3.	2020/03/12	Japan-UK Cooperation on Cybersecurity and AI: What impact Brexit? (EU-Japan Forum)
4.	2019/10/18	From defensive to offensive cyber operations? Japan's cybersecurity cooperation with the US, EU, and NATO (Annual Conference of the International Studies Association (ISA) International Security Studies Section)
5.	2019/09/20	Cybersecurity and AI: Core drivers for the EU-Japan SPA? (Human-Centered Digitalization)
6.	2019/09/10	UK-Japan cooperation in cybersecurity and/or the development and governance of artificial intelligence (Post-Brexit: UK-Japan Relations)
7.	2019/03/19	EU-Japan Cyber Diplomatic Cooperation (EU-Japan Forum)
8.	2018/09/13	EU-Japan Co-operation on Cyber Security (EU-Japan Agreements – What Now?)
9.	2018/04/05	Cyberspace and Security Partnerships: The Case of Japan, EU, and NATO Cooperation (International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Meeting 2018)
10.	2017/10/20	The role of Germany in an Era of Uncertainty (The Era of Uncertain Leadership: East Asian Responses to a G-Zero World and the role of Middle Powers)
11.	2016/12/11	Reviving Japan through Internationalization of Higher Education: Is there a New Meiji? (Japan Futures Initiative (JFI) and European Japan Advanced Research Network (EJARN) Joint Conference)
12.	2016/06/26	Japan-EU Security Cooperation in Out-of-Area Missions: The Case of the Counter-Piracy Mission Off the Coast of Somalia (International Studies Association (ISA) Asia-Pacific Conference 2016)
13.	2016/06/03	Trying to Make Sense of Recent Changes in Japanese Security Policy: From Peace Studies to Critical Security Studies (“Rethinking Peace Studies”)
14.	2016/03/11	Japan’s New Security Partnerships (School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London)
15.	2016/02/20	Decentering after Developing Independent Political and Military Capabilities? Japan’s Counter-Piracy Mission and Beyond (“Non-American Directions in Japanese Security”)
16.	2015/06/26	The Japanese Counter-Piracy Missions and its Contribution to Abe’s Policy of ‘Proactive Pacifism’” (Hitotsubashi University, Department of Public Policy and Law)
17.	2015/02/26	Japan’s New Security Cooperation in Counter-Piracy Missions (University of Oxford)
18.	2014/11/17	Japan’s Expanding Global Security Footprint: Maritime Security and the Counter-Piracy Missions (University of Warwick, Department of Politics and International Studies.)
19.	2014/06/24	Increasing threat perceptions and anti-militarist norms in Japan (Book launch: Governing Insecurity in Japan: The Domestic Discourse and Policy Response)
20.	2014/06/16	EU-Japan Cooperation in the Development and Implementation of Renewable Energy (European Japan Advanced Research Network (EJARN) 2014 Conference “Approaches to Renewable Energy and Energy Security in Europe and Japan, Political and Economic Dimensions”)
21.	2014/03/03	Japan is Fighting Captain Hook: The Case of Japan's Counter‐Piracy Mission in the Gulf of Aden (University of Cambridge, East Asian Studies Seminar Series)
22.	2012/04/01	Renewable Energy Strategies Leading to Closer Europe-Japan Cooperation After 3/11 (Annual Conference of the International Studies Association (ISA))
23.	2011/09/29	The Impact of Out-Of-Area Missions on Interregional Security Cooperation: The Case of Europe and Asia-Pacific (International Studies Association Asia Pacific Inaugural Conference “Regions, States and Peoples in a World of Many Worlds”)
24.	2009/12/05	The Impact of the Cold War on German Political Culture in the 1970s and 1980s (Twenty Years After the End of the Cold War)
25.	2009/02/15	Normalization or Europeanization of Japan ("Annual Conference of the International Studies Association, New York, USA")
26.	2008/03/26	From U.S. Embrace to Normal State? Japan’s Public Discourse in the Aftermath of the Iraq War ("Annual Conference of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, USA")
27.	2008/01/12	Perceptions of Insecurity and its Impact on Policy Preferences ("ICU, Center of Excellence Symposium")
28.	2007/11/23	Heightened Threat Perception and the Future of Japan’s Anti-Militarism ("Annual Conference of the German Association for Social Science Research on Japan, Berlin, Germany")
29.	2007/05/02	"Japan’s Anti-Militarism In Times of Crisis. Public Threat Perceptions and Its Significance For Policy Preferences in Japan Today, Cambridge" ("Contemporary Japanese Politics Study Group, Harvard University, Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies")
30.	2007/04/12	"Globalization and threat perception in Japan, Germany and the United States" ("Annual Conference of the Mid-Western Political Science Association, Chicago ")
31.	2007/01/15	Insecurity is What We Make of It: A Comparative Look at Threat Perceptions and their Significance for Policy Preferences in Japan and the United States ("Violence, Instability and Peace Seminar, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway")
32.	2006/07/09	Are American from Mars and Japanese from Venus? A Comparative Look at Public Attitudes on Peace and Security in Japan and the United States ("World Conference of the International Political Science Association (IPSA), Fukuoka, Japan")
33.	2006/06/24	Are Americans from Mars and Japanese from Venus? A New Look at Militarism in Japan ("Annual Conference of the Asian Studies Conference Tokyo, Japan ")
34.	2006/06/15	Are American from Mars and Japanese from Venus? A Comparative Look at Public Attitudes on Peace and Security in Japan and the United States ("Annual Conference of the Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast, Pullman")
35.	2006/06	Insecurity is what we make of it. Threat Perception and Its Significance for Policy Preferences in Japan Today ("Workshop: Insecurity and Public Attitudes. Public Threat Perception, Risk Evaluation, and Policy Preferences in the Post-Industrial Era, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii. ")
36.	2006/03	"Worldviews: Citizen Evaluations of Threat, Risk, and Security, and the Link to Political Action" ("Annual Conference of the Western Political Science Association, Albuquerque")
37.	2005/04	Changing Attitudes on International Engagement in the Japan and the USA ("Annual Conference of the Mid-Western Political Science Association, Chicago")
38.	2005/02/03	Japanese Environmental NGOs from a European Perspective ("EU-UNU Tokyo Global Forum, Bridging the Gap. Involving Citizens and NGOs in the Democratic Process, United Nation University, Tokyo")
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■ #Lectures

1.	2020/11/13	New Directions in Japan’s Security: Non-US Centric Evolution (Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies)
2.	2020/09/15	Japan's cooperation regarding cybersecurity and digital governance with the European Union (Paris, France)
3.	2019/10/08	Cyber Security and Cyber Diplomacy: Japan and East Asia (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
4.	2018/03/14	Japan’s New Security Partnerships (School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London, UK)
5.	2017/03/08	The Impact of Japan’s New Security Partnerships (School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London)
6.	2016/02/20	Decentering after Developing Independent Political and Military Capabilities? Japan’s Counter-Piracy Mission and Beyond (Osaka University)
7.	2015/06/26	The Japanese Counter-Piracy Missions and its Contribution to Abe’s Policy of ‘Proactive Pacifism’” (Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan)
8.	2015/05/15	Japanese Politics Today (EU-Japan Center for Industrial Cooperation)
9.	2015/02/26	The Japanese Counter-Piracy Missions and its Contribution to Abe’s Policy of ‘Proactive Pacifism’ (University of Oxford, Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies)
10.	2014/11/17	Japan’s Expanding Global Security Footprint: Maritime Security and the Counter-Piracy Missions (University of Warwick, Department of Politics and International Studies)
11.	2014/03/03	Japan is Fighting Captain Hook: The Case of Japan's Counter‐Piracy Mission in the Gulf of Aden (University of Cambridge, East Asian Studies Seminar)
12.	2009/06/03	Wird Japan zum Großbritannien Asiens oder zum Deutschland Asiens? Beobachtungen zur außenpolitischen Entwicklung Japans im 21sten Jahrhundert
13.	2006/02/07	Civil Society Environmental Dialogue Japan - Germany
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■ #Academic Society Memberships

1.	2006/01～	International Studies Association, ISA, USA
2.	2001/04～	Peace Research Institute (PRI), International Christian University
3.	2001/01～	American Political Science Association, ASPA, USA
4.	2000/09～	Social Science Research Institute, ICU, Tokyo
5.	2008/09	∟ Director
6.	1995/01～	German Association of Political Science, DVPW, Germany
7.	1988/11～	German Association of Social Science Research on Japan, Germany
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■ #Research Topics, Funded Research, and Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

1.	2021/04～	Protecting the Free and Open Internet Through Cyber Diplomacy: Conceptual and Practical Challenges (Key Word : cybersecurity, cyber diplomacy, EU-Japan)
2.	2020/09～	ERASMUS+ Jean Monnet Network on European Cyberdiplomacy (CYDIPLO) (Key Word : cyber diplomacy, cybersecurity, EU, Japan)
3.	2017/04～	Cyberspace and International Relations: Security Cooperation between Japan, Europe and NATO (Key Word : Security Policy, Japanese Politics, Cybersecurity, International Relations, Foreign Policy)
4.	2012/04～2015/03	Japan, Australia, EU and NATO Security Cooperation in Out-of-area Missions (Key Word : )
5.	2009/04～2012/03	Comparison of Japanese and German Foreign and Defense Policy after 9/11 (Key Word : Foreign policy / Defense policy / Public opinion/ Germany / Japan)

■ #Websites

https://icu.academia.edu/WilhelmVosse

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Wilhelm_Vosse

■ #E-Mail Addresses

■ #Grants-in-aid for Scientific Research Researcher Number

70327732

■ #ORCID

0000-0002-5188-4227