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The Rise of China and the Future of the West! i. i( Y) D. }& ]0 Z
Can the Liberal System Survive?G. John Ikenberry) u7 @/ v9 p. ^& c: f+ d# H+ f
From Foreign Affairs, January/February 2008 $ O, }/ R* p) n W5 q5.35.249.64 3 O/ ?! ?% v8 B) nSummary: 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. ! s! s/ R8 \+ M$ C# U6 g( L( S% `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. 4 e' x( u- S( m) p& v + x5 `* ]5 U) Qhttp://www.foreignaffairs.org/20080101faessay87102/g-john-ikenberry/the-rise-of-china-and-the-future-of-the-west.html