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Can the Liberal System Survive?G. John Ikenberry " s8 q; S' \1 w3 v. I% s! T人在德国 社区From Foreign Affairs, January/February 2008/ c+ V& T$ h5 v
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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 M" t& y2 S; }+ v l" YG. 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. & E5 U% ~+ v ?人在德国 社区4 B" C6 p3 V) W# A1 s4 M% { http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20080101faessay87102/g-john-ikenberry/the-rise-of-china-and-the-future-of-the-west.html