- v8 q" Z9 n; q5 vThe Rise of China and the Future of the West , v% j5 w- ]" Z TCan the Liberal System Survive?G. John Ikenberry ' x- `( Z4 t; u' k3 w1 [! W0 k7 CFrom Foreign Affairs, January/February 2008 J+ R0 `) H& m, a4 B/ y! z2 D h2 e( k9 ]# J& MSummary: 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. # Y; o. ]# M$ F- X) {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. + F3 Y! G- W) s' A+ ]$ G- O" L1 G, u' C& O h1 s http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20080101faessay87102/g-john-ikenberry/the-rise-of-china-and-the-future-of-the-west.html