8 r( k, K4 |. ^2 v# LThe Rise of China and the Future of the West / ]1 ?3 v6 U1 o. ]2 @Can the Liberal System Survive?G. John Ikenberry + v$ w! v1 z! c: r8 oFrom Foreign Affairs, January/February 2008+ g/ T8 g+ [- a9 d0 W
8 z8 {. ~8 U5 `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.6 M1 H3 R# M5 G2 w* h4 ` 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.8 j3 D# {- x; k8 S2 M
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