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The Rise of China and the Future of the West 7 G9 T/ @3 a; x4 Z! b0 _Can the Liberal System Survive?G. John Ikenberry5 w1 }- Q. [" d0 m
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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.# p: s5 Q& U' m0 G" t 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. z' N- o$ ^4 I7 F. X , _# N2 b. Y2 [" @* X, w. N5.35.249.64http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20080101faessay87102/g-john-ikenberry/the-rise-of-china-and-the-future-of-the-west.html