The Rise of China and the Future of the West

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The Rise of China and the Future of the West
1 c3 W$ o8 H& {, j* r2 kCan the Liberal System Survive?G. John Ikenberry
6 P0 O* k$ S* p" I6 EFrom Foreign Affairs, January/February 2008
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Summary:  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.; i  ~' Y) o0 f3 M
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.
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