The Rise of China and the Future of the West

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) Q% y4 i1 H6 u2 hCan the Liberal System Survive?G. John Ikenberry% r5 j: |' X+ j2 c. r& e
From Foreign Affairs, January/February 20081 B, }+ r9 S/ g; Q. D
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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.5 f& q, L8 e. r
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.0 N- P  N) w+ k* k3 H4 c

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