% z1 L' Y9 E* z- W+ pThe Rise of China and the Future of the West9 A/ t; s. T1 Y( w* ?3 f4 M# `0 y
Can the Liberal System Survive?G. John Ikenberry7 P+ M# H$ t" z; J
From Foreign Affairs, January/February 2008 0 \" }' y, E5 k0 o* M 4 z" N: _+ m2 _2 g- L; y- \9 qSummary: 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. ( z. n p; `+ F9 Xrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deG. 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.. v. ]8 J% c: m q& r. W& b