& _# G- @% c( e) t/ \The Rise of China and the Future of the West4 a" o3 z2 G" V* F# E' ^
Can the Liberal System Survive?G. John Ikenberry: a( f4 ~7 R+ K0 W
From Foreign Affairs, January/February 2008 $ z- E0 L( w# W( b# g & O$ }) }- s4 t* |$ YSummary: 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.: N% G! b$ K3 _5 L" ` 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 c) c! k7 H+ f8 `1 r- l" I4 }
