We are delighted to announce that this year’s Academy Annual Lecture will be delivered by Professor Rana Mitter OBE FBA.
China’s relations with the world will be shaped by factors from the past, present and future. The technological competition between China, the US and EU will shape global economics and security for decades to come, yet China’s fraught historical relationship with the west over more than a century and a half will also affect its geopolitical choices.
In this year’s lecture, Rana, who is ST Lee Chair in US-Asia Relations at the Harvard Kennedy School, will assess how the world will change, and how Europe might react, in an era when the leaders of the US and China seek to change global order in new and unpredictable directions.
China, the US and Europe in the era of Xi and Trump will take place on Wednesday 1 July 2026 between 6pm and 8.30pm. The event will be held at 1 Wimpole Street (The Royal Society of Medicine), London, W1G 0AE. Doors open at 5.30pm with the lecture starting promptly at 6pm. A networking reception will follow the lecture until 8.30pm. Spaces are limited so register now to avoid disappointment.