Basic Information

Email Address

• Email Address

  lottaz.pascal.5akyoto-u.ac.jp

Academic Degree

• 21 Nov. 2018

  政策研究大学院大学博士（国際関係論）
• 14 Sep. 2012

  政策研究大学院大学修士（公共政策）

Academic Resume (Undergraduate School/Majors)

• College St.Croix，Fribourg（Switzerland）, 卒業
• University of Fribourg（Switzerland）, Faculty of Philosophy，Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and History, 卒業

Research History

• From Mar. 2023, To Present

  Kyoto University, Faculty of Law, Associate Professor
• From Apr. 2022, To Mar. 2023

  Waseda University, Institue for Advanced Study, Adjunct Researcher
• From Apr. 2019, To Mar. 2022

  Waseda University, Waseda Institute for Advanced Study, Assistant Professor
• From Jan. 2017, To Dec. 2022

  Temple University, Japan Campus, Political Science, Adjunct Professor for European Politics

Profile

• Profile

  I'm an associate professor for international relations at Kyoto University.  My research focus is neutrality in world history and Japan’s relations with neutral countries during the Second World War. I received my PhD from the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (Tokyo) and lectured on international relations at Waseda University and Contemporary European Politics at Temple University, Japan Campus. I also served as Secretary of the Diplomatic Studies Section (2019–2023).

ID,URL

• J-Global ID

  201901006737590856

• External link

  http://www.neutralitystudies.com

researchmap URL

• https://researchmap.jp/pascal.lottaz

Research

Research Interests

• Neutrality Studies
• International Relations
• Historical International Relations
• Second World War

Research Areas

• Humanities & social sciences, International relations, Neutrality Studies

Papers

• 

  The Future of Neutrality

  Pascal Lottaz

  GCSP Policy Brief, Feb. 2023, Peer-reviewed, Invited, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• Dual-neutrality for the Koreas: a two-pronged approach toward reunification

  Pascal Lottaz; Heinz Gärtner

  Defense & Security Analysis, 14 Jun. 2022, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• Neutrality Studies

  Pascal Lottaz

  Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies, 23 Mar. 2022, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• The Politics and Diplomacy of Neutrality

  Oxford Bibliographies in International Relations, 12 Jan. 2022, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• Mongolia: Neutrality, a Nice Horse

  Pascal Lottaz; Tumurjin Ganbaatar

  Neutral beyond the Cold: Neutral States and the Post-Cold War International System, 2022, Peer-reviewed, Invited, Lead author

  
• Belarus: Between Alliance and Neutralism

  Yauheni Preiherman; Pascal Lottaz

  Neutral beyond the Cold: Neutral States and the Post-Cold War International System, 2022, Peer-reviewed, Invited, Last author

  
• Going East: Switzerland's Early Consular Diplomacy toward East and Southeast Asia

  Pascal Lottaz

  Traverse: Zeitschrift für Geschichte, May 2020, Peer-reviewed, Invited, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• The Nomos of Neutrality in East Asia

  Herbert R. Reginbogin; Pascal Lottaz

  Permanent Neutrality: A Model for Peace, Security, and Justice, 2020, Peer-reviewed, Last author

  
• Taiwanese Neutrality: Solving the Conundrum

  Pascal Lottaz; Herbert R. Reginbogin

  Permanent Neutrality: A Model for Peace, Security, and Justice, 2020, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• The Logic of Neutrality

  Pascal Lottaz

  Permanent Neutrality: A Model for Peace, Security, and Justice, 2020, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• The Vatican, WWII, and Asia: Lessons of Neutral Diplomacy

  Pascal Lottaz; Florentino Rodao

  Notions of Neutralities, 2019, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• 'Private Neutrality' – The Bank for International Settlements

  Pascal Lottaz; Herbert R. Reginbogin

  Notions of Neutralities, 2019, Peer-reviewed

  
• Neutrality and Wartime Japan

  Pascal Lottaz

  Notions of Neutralities, 2019, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• 

  Neutral States and Wartime Japan: The Diplomacy of Sweden, Spain, and Switzerland toward the Empire

  Pascal Lottaz

  National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Nov. 2018, Peer-reviewed

  
• Violent Conflicts and Neutral Legations: A Case Study of the Spanish and Swiss Legations in Wartime Japan

  Lottaz Pascal

  NEW GLOBAL STUDIES, Jul. 2017, Peer-reviewed

  

Presentations

• 

  Neutralization—A Tool Long Lost?

  Pascal Lottaz

  Friends with Enemies—Neutrality and Nonalignment Then and Now, 03 Mar. 2020, Invited

  
• The Neutral Idea after the Second World War

  Pascal Lottaz

  The Neutrals and the Bomb: Conference on the N+N States and Nonproliferation, 14 Dec. 2019, Invited

  
• The Triangular Logic of Neutrality: Conceptualizing the Impact of a Neutral Taiwan on U.S.–P.R.C. Relations

  Pascal Lottaz

  he Third East Asia Peace Forum, 24 Aug. 2019, Invited

  
• 

  The Neutrals: Friends with Japan and her Enemies During WWII

  Pascal Lottaz

  ICAS Public Lectures Series, 11 Jul. 2019, Invited

  
• The IOC and the Empire of Japan: A Historic Case of Sports Diplomacy in Asia

  Pascal Lottaz

  ISA Annual Convention, 28 Mar. 2019

  
• 

  Neutrality? What Neutrality?

  Pascal Lottaz

  Conference on Permanent Neutrality: A Model for Peace, Security, and Justice, 25 Mar. 2019, Invited

  
• Neutrality and Wartime Japan

  Pascal Lottaz

  International Conference of the Institute for European Global Studies: Global Diplomacy—A Post- Institutional Approach, 13 Aug. 2018, Invited

  
• Private neutrality in WWII

  Pascal Lottaz

  ISA Annual Convention, 26 Feb. 2018

  
• 

  The Neutrals in Wartime Japan – A Comparison of Spanish, Swedish and Swiss Involvement in the Pacific Theater

  Pascal Lottaz

  Neutrality Conference: Lessons from the Past and Visions for the 21st Century, 27 Oct. 2017, Invited

  
• The Neutrals in Wartime Japan

  Pascal Lottaz

  Annual Conference of the Second World War Research Group: When East Meets West—The Second World War in Global Perspective, 22 Jun. 2017

  
• Neutral Diplomacy in WWII Japan

  Pascal Lottaz

  ISA Annual Convention, 27 Feb. 2017

  
• Neutral State Diplomacy in Wartime Japan

  Pascal Lottaz

  New Diplomatic History: Borders, Networks, and Organisations through the 20th Century, 25 Nov. 2016

  
• Swiss Neutral Diplomacy in Wartime Japan - How Peace with Neutrals Matters to States at War

  Pascal Lottaz

  ISA Annual Convention, 25 Mar. 2016

  

Books and Other Publications

• Neutral Beyond the Cold: Neutral States and the Post-cold War International System

  Pascal Lottaz; Heinz Gärtner; Herbert Reginbogin, Editor, International Relations

  Lexington Books, 15 Jul. 2022

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• Sweden, Japan, and the long Second World War : 1931-1945

  Lottaz, Pascal; Ottosson, Ingemar, Joint work, International Relations

  Routledge, 14 Jul. 2021

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• Permanent Neutrality: A Model for Peace, Security, and Justice

  Pascal Lottaz; Herbert Reginbogin, Editor, International Relations

  Lexington Books, 13 Mar. 2020

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• Notions of neutralities

  Lottaz, Pascal; Reginbogin, Herbert R., Editor, International Relations

  Lexington Books, 16 Nov. 2018

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• «Journal d'un témoin» : Camille Gorgé, diplomate suisse dans le Japon en guerre (1940–1945)

  Donzé, Pierre-Yves; Hauser, Claude; Lottaz, Pascal; Maître, Andy, Editor, Second World War History

  Documents Diplomatiques Suisses, 2018

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• Konflikte wagen - Frieden leben: Ein Manual zur Gewaltpraevention bei Jugendlichen

  Müller Xenia; Steger, Rahel; Grünefelder Bruno; Lottaz, Pascal

  BoD, Mar. 2014

  

External funds: Kakenhi

• Switzerland and Japan during the Long Second World War: A Diplomatic History

  Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

  Basic Section 03010:Historical studies in general-related

  Kyoto University;Waseda University

  LOTTAZ Pascal

  From 01 Apr. 2021, To 31 Mar. 2025, Granted

  World War 2;Switzerland;Japan;Foreign Policy;International Relations;Archival Documents;Archival Work;Neutrality Studies;World War II;Diplomacy;Japanese History

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-21K13087/

Academic, Social Contribution

Committee Memberships

• From Apr. 2019, To Mar. 2023

  Diplomatic Studies Section, International Studies Association
• From May 2020

  International Institute for Peace