, |# I# L g: y- C* |: g! dThe Rise of China and the Future of the West / U- E, I+ k- t/ pCan the Liberal System Survive?G. John Ikenberry * u/ O/ s1 } r+ UFrom Foreign Affairs, January/February 2008 $ Y3 u) X: y0 Y' b# V' V, \; q: A1 R9 d/ M& k4 i! u
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. , ]+ n% W' q& O; w8 ]4 t/ {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* `4 N. h! F$ l' b! Z( W [6 ^% s9 R) ]3 y: e http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20080101faessay87102/g-john-ikenberry/the-rise-of-china-and-the-future-of-the-west.html
