! t1 o8 k* \' D4 m7 H6 t; [3 \+ XThe Rise of China and the Future of the West 6 a0 W" g2 f1 B# U( g, GCan the Liberal System Survive?G. John Ikenberry6 k) |/ p- {0 F
From Foreign Affairs, January/February 2008 8 ^( B! x$ y, ^) R9 ? / q( x! o' Y. c7 q8 Q* p4 ]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. + P7 V2 U% N/ D$ Q. L! BG. 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 N/ r, b ?" ?( S$ |( _$ h8 k) R. n: r/ [9 f& Y( r- i http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20080101faessay87102/g-john-ikenberry/the-rise-of-china-and-the-future-of-the-west.html
