The Rise of China and the Future of the West

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$ ~3 D( K) G8 d1 ]! O2 xThe Rise of China and the Future of the West
4 l9 a/ ~) z4 }+ `0 p  z& XCan the Liberal System Survive?G. John Ikenberry
/ d1 _6 k# s0 b1 O  R2 {9 QFrom Foreign Affairs, January/February 20086 M, J) c( k7 P9 P/ v

5 E& w  _8 e' C" \, a8 |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.
3 D+ J& _; y6 V! }, @3 k0 Q* b, \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.5 u! y3 I) j  H* T/ f$ C7 y

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