Saturday, June 14, 2025

Special Edition: Parade or Power Play? Politics of Army Celebration

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A massive military parade is happening in the nation's capital today to mark the Army’s 250th anniversary — but it’s not without controversy.

From the timing and cost to the political context, we’re unpacking what this spectacle might really signal.

Today’s expert, Yvonne Chiu, helps us explore the deeper meaning, historical comparisons, and how Americans might think about the military’s role in a democracy.

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Guest: Yvonne Chiu

Yvonne Chiu is a Jeane Kirkpatrick Visiting Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where she focuses on Indo-Pacific policy, defense strategy, authoritarianism, just-war theory, and global justice. She also teaches at the United States Naval War College as an associate professor of strategy and policy and serves on the board of directors for the International Society for Military Ethics.

Before joining AEI, Dr. Chiu was a fellow with the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and a scholar at the Liberty Fund. She was previously a visiting scholar at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Chiu has also been a member of the Institute for Advanced Study and an assistant professor at the University of Hong Kong.

She has a PhD and MA in political science from the University of California, Berkeley, and an AB in international relations from Stanford University.

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