5 \; E+ P* K8 {; GThe Rise of China and the Future of the West$ r: m6 G( Q$ q' a
Can the Liberal System Survive?G. John Ikenberry" v" i. z3 W" S( G1 h% Y* `
From Foreign Affairs, January/February 2008" @/ e! C! H U6 R
% _$ O0 c: E% u( [$ o$ oSummary: China's rise will inevitably bring the United States' unipolar moment to an end. But that does not necessarily mean a violent power struggle or the overthrow of the Western system. The U.S.-led international order can remain dominant even while integrating a more powerful China -- but only if Washington sets about strengthening that liberal order now., }0 y. Z+ ^+ I0 V G. JOHN IKENBERRY is Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University and the author of After Victory: Institutions, Strategic Restraint, and the Rebuilding of Order After Major Wars. + O4 b3 R. A: [; M' c) ?! J8 ?0 i1 U p" D; G$ y& Y& b y0 o http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20080101faessay87102/g-john-ikenberry/the-rise-of-china-and-the-future-of-the-west.html
