The Rise of China and the Future of the West

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Can the Liberal System Survive?G. John Ikenberry8 a6 g$ k0 O! g) b% o
From Foreign Affairs, January/February 2008; l! m+ Y0 \: X9 D# x* t8 _
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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.2 b+ A* d- W; ], q- e- L+ ]5 R8 U
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.( }. s- \0 Y2 Z& r6 K& p& J" k
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