We are Asiatic Affairs
We are Asiatic Affairs
At Asiatic Affairs, our focus is awareness and education of current affairs and issues in the Asia region.
Our society objective is to enhance understanding of current issues happening in Asia, as well as the impacts the region has on the wider world. Our members see the society as not only a community for networking but also a platform increasing exposure to new global perspectives and driving discussions beyond Eurocentrism. We attain this creatively through our two main branches: Publications and Events.
[March 2023]
Read Envisioning Tomorrow: Hope or Uncertainty?
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The Belt and Road Initiative: A Pursuit of Hegemony
by Aryaman Srivastava
The BRI was introduced as a critical foreign policy strategy, but has its appeal diminished and what would this mean for Chinese hegemony in Asia? Aryaman unpacks these important questions in this article.
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Jakarta’s uncertain future: finding solutions to climate change and its unequal social consequences in Indonesia’s capital
by Fynn Haagen
Will the Indonesian government’s plan to build a new capital, Nusantara, solve its climate change woes, or will this only worsen the already unequal social realities for Jakarta’s residents? Fynn explores this question in this article.
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A Warming Siberia: the Russian Prelude to our Climate Quagmire
by Owen Tsai
Owen unpacks ‘the globe’s elephant in the room’, Climate Change, in the context of Asian Russia.
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Ageing population in East Asia: Are we heading towards the Plan 75 dystopia?
by Sunnie Chan
In Sunnie’s review of the 2022 Japanese film Plan 75, she explores the possibility of this dystopian future becoming a reality.
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India is beset by a huge problem of regional inequality. An important contributor towards the Northern social instability and economic stagnation are the Naxals. Owen looks at this terrorist organisation that many have not heard of.