Dr. Takashi Hosoda (Ph.D.) is a Japanese international political scientist and security studies scholar living in the Czech Republic. His research focuses on strategic culture, multi-domain hybrid warfare, cognitive domain, military-civil fusion, maritime security, and Japan-European security cooperation.
He served as a Research Assistant at the Japan Institute of International Affairs (2002–2003), a Specially Appointed Researcher at the Embassy of Japan in the Czech Republic (2003–2006), a Lecturer at the Faculty of Social Sciences of Charles University (since 2006), an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Intelligence Studies of the University of Defence of the Czech Republic (2023–2025). He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations, Faculty of Philosophy, University of West Bohemia.
Major publications: “National Identity, National Pride, and ‘Armed force’ in Japan–How to verify the existence of pacifist culture in Japan-,” Identity, Culture, and Memory in Japanese Foreign Policy, Peter Lang, New York, February 2021. “Considering New Geopolitical Analysis on Japan-China Equivocal Relations,” Geopolitics in the Twenty-First Century, Nova Science Publishers, New York, January 2021. “A pact of iron? China’s deepening of the Sino-Russian partnership,” Frontiers, Vol. 6, 2024. “Measuring Taiwan’s Power and Resilience: Capabilities, Strategic Culture, and Geopolitical Agents amid Cognitive Warfare,” Asian International Studies Review, 2025. “Position, Transportation, and Resources: Japan’s Potential and Strategic Choices Under Analytical Geopolitics,” European Journal of Geography, Vol. 16 (2), 2025.
