http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20080101faessay87102/g-john-ikenberry/the-rise-of-china-and-the-future-of-the-west.html - J: j( I! `- k; [$ E $ L6 o1 ?. E+ p- `* H4 b2 ?5 {The Rise of China and the Future of the West; K$ o6 ~# J& ]# o' E( v/ V
Can the Liberal System Survive?G. John Ikenberry , @$ J) m( c1 v5.35.249.64From Foreign Affairs, January/February 2008 % T% E* K5 _9 z9 h0 v5.35.249.64 % f/ y+ S0 J% Z [5.35.249.64Summary: 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.' R0 G+ m W" f8 A8 b8 u 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.) S+ |* w( h# Z5 [+ D4 g