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The Rise of China and the Future of the West# }" g- ]! K; X7 p9 g# v; v/ H! K
Can the Liberal System Survive?G. John Ikenberry 8 K j1 y, m$ XFrom Foreign Affairs, January/February 2008; |1 T2 t: K5 ~/ A+ F- l r
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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. 9 c a. N( F. x1 WG. 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." k; v& N5 `# t% `- c! t/ `
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