/ @& W* W3 T% j) QThe Rise of China and the Future of the West# @6 b: T: t+ I, v& _ l2 j
Can the Liberal System Survive?G. John Ikenberry + O: X7 Q0 }. j) k( fFrom Foreign Affairs, January/February 2008 5 o' i0 D- I# X( c( q& h/ Z & 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