Events

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Upcoming Events

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Return to Sri Lanka: Travels in a Paradoxical Land

Razeen Sally, 17 February 2026 14.00 GMT Online

Nightfaring: In Search of the Disappearing Darkness

An online Reading Room discussion with award-winning Travel Writer Megan Eaves-Egenes, hosted by Sophie Ibbotson. 3 March 2026, 18.30 GMT

Mirziyoyev’s Decade: What Next for Uzbekistan?

An online panel discussion with Joanna Lillis, Dr Dilmira Matyakubova, Dr Farkhad Tolipov and Dr Franco Galdini. Guest Moderated by Polina Ivanova. 18 March 2026 14.00 GMT

Xi Jinping Thought and the Chinese Party-State: Power, Prosperity and Security

An online panel discussion with Dr Chi Zhang, Dr Olivia Cheung and Dr Victor SHih. Further speakers and moderator to be announced. 16 April 2026 18.00 – 19:30 BST

Farewell to Russia: A Journey Through the Former USSR

An online Reading Room discussion with author and journalist Joe Luc Barnes, hosted by Sophie Ibbotson. 2 June 2026, 18.00 BST

Recent Events

Hindutva and Modi’s India: The Makings of a Superpower?

An online panel discussion with Dr Sripad Motiram, Professor Kate Sullivan De Estrada and Javed Gaya. Guest moderated by Neha Dixit. 21 January 2026 14.00 GMT

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

Middle East: Continuity or Change?

The Hugh Leach Memorial Lecture Sir William Patey KCMG LLD, 25 September 2025 14.00 BST At the Royal Astronomical Society and Online

Trump 2.0: US Policy Towards Asia

A two-day online conference hosted in partnership with the FCDOA and the IIAS. 6 & 7 November 2025 13.00-17.00 GMT

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