Yvonne Chiu, Ph.D.

Associate Professor College of Distance Education
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Biography

Yvonne Chiu is an associate professor of strategy & policy in the NWC at NPS resident program (Monterey), and formerly in the Strategy & Policy Department (Newport). She writes on just war theory, international ethics, and authoritarianism. Her book "Conspiring with the Enemy: The Ethic of Cooperation in Warfare" won the International Studies Association–International Ethics Section Book Award 2021 and the North American Society for Social Philosophy Book Award 2019. She has been a national fellow at Hoover Institution, a member of Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, NJ), a professor at University of Hong Kong, and a postdoctoral fellow at Political Theory Project (Brown University).

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Areas of Expertise

  • Asia-Pacific
  • Civil-Military Relations
  • Ethics
  • Geopolitics

Professional Highlights

2024

Jeane Kirkpatrick Fellow, American Enterprise Institute

2020

National Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University

2019

Associate Professor, Department of Strategy & Policy, USNWC, Newport, RI

2013

Member, Institute for Advanced Study

2010

Assistant Professor, Department of Politics, University of Hong Kong

2008

Post-doctoral Fellow, Political Theory Project, Brown University

Education

Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley

M.A., University of California at Berkeley

A.B., Stanford University

Research Contributions and Publications

Iron Fist, Silk Glove: The Evolution of Soft Authoritarianism in Hong Kong and East Asia
(project under contract, Yale University Press)

"Strategic Ambiguity Out of Balance: Updating an Outdated Taiwan Policy"
The Strategy Bridge, November 2022

Conspiring with the Enemy: The Ethic of Cooperation in Warfare
Columbia University Press, 2019

"Liberal Lustration," 
The Journal of Political Philosophy 19(4), 2011

Awards and Decorations

Navy Civilian Service Commendation Medal
2024

Choice (Association of College and Research Libraries) - Outstanding Academic Title
2021

International Studies Association (ISA) – International Ethics Section Book Award
2021

North American Society for Social Philosophy (NASSP) Book Award
2020

External Memberships and Associations

Naval War College Review
Editorial Board

International Society for Military Ethics
Treasurer

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