The Rise of China and the Future of the West

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Can the Liberal System Survive?G. John Ikenberry
7 h) F( s" j8 ~9 A# L) bFrom Foreign Affairs, January/February 2008
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0 \3 f) [' I7 H! k1 C! ]* wSummary:  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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de/ W$ R  f/ z5 s2 w
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.' F4 C' o: e3 j1 F( w0 U8 [

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