Wilhelm is a Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the International Christian University (ICU) in Tokyo, Japan, where he also served as Chair of the Department of Politics and International Studies and Director of the Social Science Research Institute (SSRI). He 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.  He is currently the PI of a research project on the growing influence of AI in weapons systems and military infrastructure in Japan and Europe, funded by a JSPS grant.

Research Interests

• Japanese national security
• Cybersecurity
• Military AI
• EU/UK-Japan security cooperation

Publications 

Books

• George Christou, Wilhelm Vosse, Burton Joe, and Joachim A. Koops (eds.), The Palgrave Handbook on Cyber Diplomacy, (Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2025)
• Paul Midford and Wilhelm M Vosse (eds.), New Directions in Japan’s Security: Non-U.S. Centric Evolution (Abingdon and New York: Routledge, 2020).
• Wilhelm Vosse and Paul Midford (eds). Japan’s New Security Partnerships: Beyond the Security Alliance. (Manchester: Manchester Univ Press. 2018).
• Wilhelm Vosse, Reinhard Drifte, and Verena Blechinger-Talcott (eds.), Governing Insecurity in Japan. The Domestic Discourse and Policy Response (London and New York: Routledge. 2014).

Book chapters

• Wilhelm Vosse, Wilhelm. “Japan.” In The Palgrave Handbook on Cyber Diplomacy, edited by Christou, Vosse, Burton, and Koops (Springer Nature Switzerland, 2025), https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-93385-1_24.
• Wilhelm Vosse, “EU-Japan Cooperation in Combatting Cybercrime: From the Strategic Partnership Agreement to Global Partnerships.” In Europe and Japan Cooperation in the Fight against Cross-Border Crime: Challenges and Perspectives, edited by Shin Matsuzawa, Anne Weyembergh, and Irene Wieczorek (Routledge, 2023).

Research articles

• Wilhelm Vosse and Michael Dizon. 2025. “EU Influence on Cyber Governance in the Indo-Pacific: A Normative Power in a Contested Space.” The Hague Journal of Diplomacy 20 (4): 707–42. https://doi.org/10.1163/1871191X-bja10229.
• Vosse, Wilhelm. 2024. “Japan’s Gradual Shift from Passive to Active Cyber Defense: Evidence from the Domestic Discourse and International Cooperation.” Études Françaises de Renseignement et de Cyber (Paris cedex 14) 2 (1): 89–106. https://doi.org/10.3917/efrc.232.0089.
• Wilhelm Vosse,. 2022. “A Conceptional Broadening of Security Order in the Indo-Pacific: The Role of EU-Japan Cooperation in ICT and Cybersecurity.” Asian Affairs 53 (3): 561–82. https://doi.org/10.1080/03068374.2022.2090683.