Neutrality in the New Cold War
June 13, 2023. Temple University, Room 304. A talk at the Institute for Contemporary Asian Studies.
Author: Pascal Lottaz
Pascal is an Associate Professor at Kyoto University where he researches Neutrality in International Relations.
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.
Ukraine will either be Permanently Neutral or Permanently Divided
Offering Ukraine and Georgia NATO membership back in 2008 was a tremendous mistake. It hardened the political fronts inside the countries, leading Georgia to believe that NATO would help bringing back its breakaway regions, creating the ground for the 2008 Russo-Georgian war. We are seeing the replay of that on a much grander scale now in Ukraine.