The Rise of China and the Future of the West

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The Rise of China and the Future of the West
! u2 t9 a/ z7 h' frs238848.rs.hosteurope.deCan the Liberal System Survive?G. John Ikenberry
& i' d/ ~4 C4 ]4 [: C% U' H4 wFrom Foreign Affairs, January/February 20087 x, F+ e& t1 [' P0 N3 d

+ W$ j; j1 w/ u5 xSummary:  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" W7 e! v. G5 X6 FG. 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.
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