The Rise of China and the Future of the West

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Can the Liberal System Survive?G. John Ikenberry
+ O: X7 Q0 }. j) k( fFrom Foreign Affairs, January/February 2008
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& X& o- ?/ ?( g4 P6 I/ qSummary:  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.
: Z% R  J0 j! U$ [; ~rs238848.rs.hosteurope.deG. 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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de* b* ?1 Y1 ]: s2 }6 j

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