( B8 Z1 B$ k, D& LThe Rise of China and the Future of the West: K* b+ C3 h9 Z! x1 e- `3 G
Can the Liberal System Survive?G. John Ikenberry 9 o6 K j* y/ X$ W# J, l E9 Zrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deFrom Foreign Affairs, January/February 2008 + ^) u. ?% i/ }: f" ^. k. ` ) T7 F2 ?6 \9 ?( W/ S; e# r dSummary: 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.& h+ d7 U2 ~- I3 r. O 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.; r; B* P0 G+ A' t; C/ C
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