The Asia Society is a unique educational organization like no other in the area promoting relationships and understanding among and of leaders, people, and organizations of Asia. It features a vast array of Asian art including art, business, culture, and education, promoting collaboration and a new, progressive understanding of Asian relations. The opportunities for discovery here are endless, with lessons about art, calligraphy, language, literature, politics, and religion.

The Asia Society is a 501(3) organization that focuses on educating the world about Asia. It has several centers in the United States and around the world . The Society's headquarters are in New York City, and includes a museum that exhibits pre-modern, modern, and contemporary art from Asia, Oceania and the Asian diaspora. Asia Society also publishes an online magazine, ChinaFile. In January 2024, Kyung-wha Kang, who served as the first female Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Korea, from 2017 to 2021, was named its president and CEO, effective in April 2024; in October 2025, she stood down to become South Korea's ambassador to the United States; former president and CEO, Kevin Rudd, returned to that position in March 2026, having resigned early from his role as Australian ambassador to the United States. Asia Society has sometimes been described by the Chinese Communist Party as a participant in its "backchannel" diplomatic efforts with the United States government. Others have disputed any characterization of the Asia Society as speaking on behalf of the United States in track II diplomacy.