'Arma Virumque Cano' - Militarism and Parades in Asia
Category: WORLDPOST
Military parades are an indispensable political platform for communicating power and ambition and are now amplified by the tools of mass media, which can orchestrate and glamourize rhythmic ranks of well-booted warriors and rolling chariots of gleaming steel.
By Franz-Stefan Gady, ContributorSenior Fellow, EastWest Institute; Editor, The Diplomat Magazi..., 2015-04-24