Neutrality Studies is an international academic research project, for the study of neutrality as a concept in international relations, sociology, international law, diplomacy, political science, security, and history.

Our research group organizes conferences, workshops, and publications for a scholarly understanding of neutrality.

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(Swiss) Neutrality: Between Myth and Paradigm
​
A Book Talk with 
​Micheline Calmy-Rey
President of the Swiss Confederation 2007 and 2011
Head of the Department of Foreign Affairs 2003-11

​Thursday, May 20, 2021​ (approx. 2h)
07:00 Washington DC
13:00 Berne
20:00 Tokyo

Recent Seminars

More workshop and conference recording under events.

In other News...

Book Publication: Mark Kramer, Aryo Makko, and Peter Ruggenthaler have published a collection of chapters about "The Soviet Union and Cold War Neutrality and Nonalignment in Europe." Have a look here.

Opinion: On February 3, Maartje Abbenhuis has written about the importance of the academic study of neutrality at blog of Kent University's Centre for the History of War, Media and Society. Have a read here.

Latest book

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

Edited by Herbert R. Reginbogin and Pascal Lottaz
2020, Lexington Books

In this edited volume, we compiled ten chapters about the contemporary functioning of neutrality in the European and Asian context. As an outcome of the 2019 neutrality conference in Washington DC, it shines a light on the logic behind neutralist strategies in different contexts. It takes into consideration current Russian perspectives, and explains an indigenous Taiwanese neutrality movement that aims at making Taiwan an "island of peace and neutrality." Read more...

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