Dr. Pascal Lottaz
Assistant Professor
Waseda Institute for Advanced Studies (WIAS)
Adjunct Professor for European Politics
Temple University, Japan Campus (TUJ)

Research Interests: International Relations, Diplomatic History, Diplomacy Studies, Global
History of WWII, Economic History, Value Theory
Current Research Projects•••••

Taiwanese Neutrality: The Key to Peace (Journal Article—under Review)
Swedish-Japanese Relations during WWII (Co-Authored book with I. Ottosson)
Swiss-Japanese Relations during WWII (Monograph)
The Manual of Neutrality: A Guidebook (Co-Authored book with H. Reginbogin)
The Neutrals and the Bomb (Co-Edited book with Y. Iwama)

Academic Positions
2019 – Present

Waseda Institute for Advanced Studies (WIAS)
Assistant Professor

2017 – Present

Temple University Japan Campus
Adjunct Professor for European Politics

2014 – 2018

National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (Tokyo)
PhD Candidate in International Relations (MEXT Scholarship)
Assistant to Professor Yoko Iwama (2015–2018)

Professional Positions
2012 – 2018

Consultant: Timesensor AG, Switzerland

2009 – 2010

Internship: Minato City Office, Tokyo, Japan1

Volunteer Positions
2012 – 2014

Representative of the Social Democratic Party in the Culture Commissionof the Commune of Schmitten, Switzerland

2011 – 2012

Secretary of Student Council at National Graduate Institute for Policy
Studies, Tokyo, Japan

2007 – 2014

Secretary of the board of VHD-Schmitten (Healthcare NGO), Fribourg,
Switzerland

Education2014 – 20182011 – 20122007 – 2011

PhD in International Relations, National Graduate Institute for Policy
Studies, Tokyo (Expected Graduation: October/November 2018)
Master of Arts in Public Policy, National Graduate Institute for Policy
Studies, Tokyo.
Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and History, University of Fribourg,
Switzerland

Publications
Edited Books
Lottaz, P., & Reginbogin, H. (Eds.). (2018). Notions of Neutralities. USA: Lexington.
Donzé, P. Y., Hauser, C., Lottaz, P., & Maître, A. (Eds.). (2018). Journal d'un Témoin: CamilleGorgé, Diplomat Suisse dans le Japon en Guerre 1940-1945 (Vol. 10). Berne: DiplomaticDocuments of Switzerland.
Müller, X., Steger, R., Grünenfelder, B., & Lottaz, P. (Eds.). (2014). Konflikte wagen - Frieden
leben: Ein Manual zur Gewaltprävention bei Jugendlichen. Norderstedt: BoD.

Book Chapters
Lottaz, P. (2018). Neutrality and Wartime Japan. In P. Lottaz & H. Reginbogin (Eds.), Notionsof Neutralities (pp. 113-134). Lanham: Lexington.
Lottaz, P., & Reginbogin, H. (2018). 'Private Neutrality' – The Bank for International
Settlements. In P. Lottaz & H. Reginbogin (Eds.), Notions of Neutralities. Lanham: Lexington.
Lottaz, P., & Rodao, F. (2018). The Vatican, WWII, and Asia: Lessons of Neutral Diplomacy. InP. Lottaz & H. Reginbogin (Eds.), Notions of Neutralities. Lanham: Lexington.
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Journal Articles
Lottaz, P., & Reginbogin, H. (2019 [Under Review]). The Key to Peace: Neutrality Solving theTaiwanese Conundrum.
Lottaz, P. (2017). Violent Conflicts and Neutral Legations: A Case Study of the Spanish andSwiss Legations in Wartime Japan. New Global Studies, 11(2), 85-100.

News Paper Articles and Online Publications
The Washington Times. (2018, December 6). A Solution to the Ukrainian Quagmire. Lottaz,
Pascal and Reginbogin, Herbert.
Lottaz, P. (2017). The Role of Neutrality in the Pacific Theatre of the Second World War.
Second World War Research Group,. Retrieved from defenceindepth.com website:
https://defenceindepth.co/2017/11/27/the-role-of-neutrality-in-the-pacific-theatre-of-thesecond-world-war/

Academic Conferences and Panels OrganizedLottaz, P. (2018, April). Organizer(s) of Panel on the Power of Non-Traditional Diplomacy. At:
Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, San Francisco.
Lottaz, P. (2017, February). Organizer(s) of Panel on Changing Neutrality: New Perspectives
on Noerms, Strategy and Diplomacy of Neutrality in the 19th and 20th Century. At: AnnualConvention of the International Studies Association, Baltimore.
Lottaz, P., & Rodao, F. (2017, October). Organizer(s) of 2017 Neutrality Conference: Lessons
from the Past and Visions for the 21st Century, Madrid.

Papers Presented at Academic Conference
Lottaz, P. (2018, August). Neutrality and Wartime Japan. Paper presented at the International
Conference of the Institute for European Global Studies: Global Diplomacy—A PostInstitutional Approach, Basel.
Lottaz, P. (2018, February). Private neutrality in WWII. Paper presented at the Annual
Convention of the International Studies Association, San Francisco.

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Lottaz, P. (2017, December). Neutral Diplomacy in Wartime Japan. Paper presented at theJapan Association of International Relations (JAIR) Regional / GraduateStudents Study Group:Japan and International Relations—Diplomacy and Foreign Policy during WWII and Present,Tokyo.
Lottaz, P. (2017, February). Neutral Diplomacy in WWII Japan. Paper presented at the Annual
Convention of the International Studies Association, Baltimore.
Lottaz, P. (2017, June). The Neutrals in Wartime Japan. Paper presented at the Annual
Conference of the Second World War Research Group: When East Meets West—The Second
World War in Global Perspective, King’s College, London.
Lottaz, P. (2017, October). The Neutrals in Wartime Japan – A Comparison of Spanish, Swedishand Swiss Involvement in the Pacific Theater. Paper presented at the 2017 Neutrality
Conference: Lessons from the Past and Visions for the 21st Century.
Lottaz, P. (2016, November). Neutral State Diplomacy in Wartime Japan. Paper presented atthe New Diplomatic History: Borders, Networks, and Organisations through the 20th Century,
Copenhagen.
Lottaz, P. (2016, March). Norms of Neutral Diplomacy in WWII Japan: The Case of Switzerland.
Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Atlanta.

ThesisLottaz, P. (2018). Neutral States and Wartime Japan: The Diplomacy of Sweden, Spain and
Switzerland toward the Empire. (Ph.D. Thesis), National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies,Tokyo.
Lottaz, P. (2012). R2P in East and Southeast Asia. (Master Thesis), National Graduate Institutefor Policy Studies, Tokyo.

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