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Can the Liberal System Survive?G. John Ikenberry . ~/ D. O& g/ e$ g A: tFrom Foreign Affairs, January/February 2008 0 D; t7 Y! M+ U) R2 ^7 l+ f 5 ]- t" y. U* O+ Irs238848.rs.hosteurope.deSummary: 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. / `% U# b" ?( x! x. `4 g+ v$ y2 z- gG. 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.3 d# \( Q2 {0 l5 x6 z: @9 n# t2 `