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Can the Liberal System Survive?G. John Ikenberry0 M" K ?( d! [0 n
From Foreign Affairs, January/February 2008+ [0 Z, L6 U; m1 [. ?* R
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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. 8 f. o" Z% {4 z X( SG. 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.. Y$ b( k2 h+ m8 U$ V) o