& @1 w1 T$ j" r5 F8 |" ?' ?5 m$ S' ? aThe Rise of China and the Future of the West& k5 C8 i9 x# {, Y( T# f3 P
Can the Liberal System Survive?G. John Ikenberry 7 h) F( s" j8 ~9 A# L) bFrom Foreign Affairs, January/February 2008 ' M" I& T- r' R$ w) l 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 [