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The Royal Society for Asian Affairs values and upholds free speech and open debate, is independent of governments and political bodies and does not take institutional positions on issues of policy at its meetings or in its publications.

Asian Affairs

Asian Affairs is the quarterly journal of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs, published continuously since 1914.

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Library

The RSAA’s eLibrary includes established classics of Asian studies, current scholarship, recent fiction and general reading.

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Events

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Upcoming Events

Travelling the Silk Road: From London to Beijing

Christopher Wilton-Steer
10 September 2025
14.00 BST Online

Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia

An online Reading Room discussion with author and historian Sam Dalrymple, hosted by Sophie Ibbotson.
15 September 2025, 18.30 BST

From Geo to Astropolitics: How Taiwan Builds Outer Space Missions Amid Geopolitical Tensions

Yi-Ting Chang, RSAA Travel Awards 2024 recipient with guest host Sze Miller
1 October 2025, 14.00 BST Online

Nuclear Diplomacy, Instability and the Survival of the Islamic Republic

An online panel discussion with Professor Ali Ansari, Dr Banafsheh Keynoush and Holly Dagres.
Guest moderated by Sir Richard Dalton
23 October 2025 14.00 BST

RSAA/SOAS Schools’ Day 2025

SOAS Brunei Gallery
5 November 2025
09.15-16.00 GMT

Being A Foreign Academic Imprisoned in Thailand

Dr Paul Chambers guest hosted by Dr Bill Hayton
20 November 2025
15.00 GMT Online

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