The Rise of China and the Future of the West

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Can the Liberal System Survive?G. John Ikenberrycsuchen.de  n# e3 q9 G: }8 i0 Q4 T
From Foreign Affairs, January/February 2008! d9 ]3 \7 \; K6 R6 c& p' C

% x, u# V: g. D" S( kSummary:  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.
* Y2 ^$ ^- k+ U0 n. ~9 ~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.3 ]2 M  L. C% t! z! j2 P3 g$ ~

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