Pascal Lottaz
4 platforms tracked
Academic specialising in the study of neutrality in international relations and host of Neutrality Studies. Combining scholarly work on neutrality with regular video analysis and interviews, he examines great-power conflict through the lens of non-alignment and peace research.
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Researcher in neutrality studies (Waseda University, Kyoto University); founder of Neutrality Studies; editor of academic volumes on neutrality in international relations
Why Offstream tracks this voice
One of the few academic specialists in the formal study of neutrality, bringing a scholarly and historically grounded framework to questions of alignment, sanctions and conflict mediation. His work distinctively connects peer-reviewed academic research with accessible public analysis, and he explicitly distributes content for resilience across platforms — a model of the durable, portable presence this directory values.
Biography
Pascal Lottaz is an academic researcher specialising in the study of neutrality in international relations, with affiliations at Waseda University and Kyoto University. Through Neutrality Studies he combines peer-reviewed scholarship with regular public-facing video analysis and interviews.
His scholarly framework — the formal study of how states pursue non-alignment, mediation and neutrality — gives his commentary on the Ukraine war, EU foreign policy and the multipolar transition an unusual analytical grounding. He frequently hosts other analysts and academics in extended discussion.
Lottaz is notable for deliberately distributing his work across multiple platforms — Substack, YouTube, Rumble, podcast feeds and his own site — explicitly to build resilience against deplatforming, an approach that mirrors the portability principles underpinning this directory.