9 o1 M" {1 Q4 }. P# z# q. BThe Rise of China and the Future of the West $ z g# L* @! b% z# x( L3 s- uCan the Liberal System Survive?G. John Ikenberry 7 V7 W1 A1 Z& b) X8 y5 Q& PFrom Foreign Affairs, January/February 2008 - r& I' m, s9 v: v) s+ f$ {8 ^- R! L: w& g/ U8 t
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.6 Q5 f& F. l F0 Z; ~! j 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. ! D6 t( S! n' ?6 u/ O A8 E+ `% X4 R. U% F- j http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20080101faessay87102/g-john-ikenberry/the-rise-of-china-and-the-future-of-the-west.html