The Neutrals and Japan’s Long Second World War
A seminar talk by Pascal Lottaz exploring the political and economic interactions between neutral actors and the Empire of Japan
Author: Pascal Lottaz
Pascal is an Associate Professor at Kyoto University where he researches Neutrality in International Relations.
Neutrality in the New Cold War
June 13, 2023. Temple University, Room 304. A talk at the Institute for Contemporary Asian Studies.
Oman as a Neutral State
June 12, 2023. A seminar by Pascal Lottaz at Waseda University, Building 3 Room 602.
A Neutral Korean Peninsula
A Solution for Peace and Security in Northeast Asia?
“Cooperation” before “Neutrality”: Switzerland’s New Security Doctrine
Although Switzerland’s Federal Council rejected its Foreign Minister’s idea for “cooperative neutrality”, the new security doctrine it recently approved reverses parts of the alpine nation’s traditional neutrality concept. Preparations for collective defense with NATO and EU-states are underway.
The Second Tournament of Shadows
British, German, and Soviet perceptions of great power politics in Turkestan, 1919–1933
Neutral No More
Why Finland and Sweden are Joining NATO
What the ‘Neutralization’ of Ukraine would actually mean
Debates about “Ukrainian neutrality” to end the war with Russia are picking up steam in the US. After many calls from international academics, last week, a former Assistant Secretary of State, A. Wess Mitchell, published a call for Ukrainian “fortified neutrality” in Foreign Affairs—the medium where George Kennan published his famous “Article X,” in 1947.
Sweden, Japan and theLong Second World War
A booktalk with Dr. Pascal Lottaz and Dr. Ingemar Ottosson
Why Permanent Neutrality is Right for Ukraine
Becoming a permanently neutral and federal country is the most realistic way to end the war in Ukraine fast and re-secure Europe for decades to come.